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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2016
Keisuke Mori, Tokyo, JP;
Keisuke Mori, Tokyo, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus for controlling an output of an output data includes a selection receiving unit configured to receive an output instruction, in which the output data is selected, from a user; an acquisition unit configured to acquire calculation information, which associates a cost rate being a cost per an output unit of the output data with a currency unit used to display the cost calculated based on the cost rate, and which is associated with the user; a calculation unit configured to calculate the cost corresponding to an output of the output data, which corresponds to the output instruction received from the user, by using the cost rate included in the acquired calculation information; a cost display unit configured to display the calculated cost on a screen in the currency unit included in the acquired calculation information; and an output process unit configured to output the output data.