Electrophotography – Machine operation – Accounting
Reexamination Certificate
2007-11-01
2011-12-06
Gray, David (Department: 2852)
Electrophotography
Machine operation
Accounting
C399S080000, C399S081000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08073354
ABSTRACT:
An image forming apparatus is described. The image forming apparatus may be for printing sheets on the basis of a print instruction input therein, including: a limit quantity storage unit storing a predetermined limit quantity; an accounting storage unit storing an accounting for printing one sheet; and a printing authorization unit authorizing execution of printing, when the print instruction is input, after a quantity of a consumer product consumed by printing reaches the limit quantity stored in the limit quantity storage unit, on condition that a user pays a price obtained by multiplying the number of sheets which should have been continuously printed on the basis of the print instruction by the accounting with reference to the accounting storage unit.
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Banner & Witcoff , Ltd.
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
Fekete Barnabas
Gray David
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