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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2012
Tetsuro Kutsuwada, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroya Uruta, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Masuda, Tokyo, JP;
Daisuke Masui, Kanagawa, JP;
Takayuki Inoue, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroaki Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Hajime Kubota, Kanagawa, JP;
Yusuke Kawatsu, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuro Kutsuwada, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroya Uruta, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Masuda, Tokyo, JP;
Daisuke Masui, Kanagawa, JP;
Takayuki Inoue, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroaki Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Hajime Kubota, Kanagawa, JP;
Yusuke Kawatsu, Tokyo, JP;
Ricoh Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus stores billing information depending on a formation and output of an image. The apparatus includes a page information acquiring unit that acquires page information written in PDL, a page information analysis unit that analyzes the page information and outputs a drawing command for performing the formation and output of the image for each of a plurality of regions divided from a unit page, a drawing information generating unit that generates drawing information for performing the formation and output of the image on the basis of the drawing command, a billing amount determining unit that judges whether an image to be drawn is contained in each of the divided regions and determines a billing amount for each divided region on the basis of the judgment result, and a billing information storage unit that stores information of the determined billing amount.