Patent ID: 9678695
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04N

Claim:
1. A printing management system comprising: an image forming apparatus; and a server apparatus communicably coupled to the image forming apparatus, wherein the image forming apparatus includes an acceptance section configured to accept user identification information for identifying a user, a print request for requesting printing of template paper on which a printing image containing a predetermined template image and a user identification image indicating the user identification information is formed, and a read request for requesting reading of an image on an original document which is the template paper which has been filled in, a printing section configured to print he template paper upon the print request being accepted, a reading section configured to read the image on the original document to acquire the user identification information upon the read request being accepted, a first transmission section configured to transmit number-of-printed-copies information indicating the number of copies printed by the printing section, in association with the user identification information, to the server apparatus, and transmit number-of-read-copies information indicating the number of copies read by the reading section, in association with the user identification information, to the server apparatus, a first reception section configured to receive, from the server apparatus, the total number of printed copies obtained by adding up the numbers of printed copies for each user indicated by the user identification information, and the total number of read copies obtained by adding up the numbers of read copies for each user indicated by the user identification information, and a determination section configured to, when the acceptance section accepts the print request or the read request, determine whether or not the template paper is to be printed, on the basis of the total number of printed copies and the total number of read copies received by the first reception section, and the server apparatus includes a second reception section configured to receive, from the image forming apparatus, the number-of-printed-copies information, the number-of-read-copies information, and the user identification information, a storage section configured to store the total number of printed copies and the total number of read copies in association with the user identification information, a counting section configured to obtain the total number of printed copies on the basis of the number of printed copies and the user identification information, obtain the total number of read copies on the basis of the number of read copies and the user identification information, and write the total number of printed copies and the total number of read copies to the storage section, and a second transmission section configured to transmit the total number of printed copies and the total number of read copies to the image forming apparatus.