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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2013
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Takashi Honda, Toyokawa, JP;
Yoshinori Maruyama, Toyokawa, JP;
Shigeki Nozawa, Hoi-gun, JP;
Toshiya Furubayashi, Toyokawa, JP;
Masao Kondo, Toyokawa, JP;
Masazumi Ito, Toyohashi, JP;
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In order to properly count the number of sheets printed which serves as the basis on which a charge is calculated, an MFP that acts as a designated printer includes a job accepting portion to accept a print job, a job executing portion to carry out printing based on the print job, a requesting portion to, when the job executing portion is not available for executing the print job, transmit an alternative instruction including the print job to an alternative printer, and an adding portion to add the number of alternative sheets printed by the alternative printer based on the print job included in the alternative instruction to the number of sheets printed by the job executing portion.