Patent ID: 9146527
Filing Date: 2015-09-29
Classification: G03G,G06F,Y02D

Abstract:
1. An apparatus cooperation system including plural apparatuses connected via a network to share a function among the plural apparatuses, the apparatus cooperation system comprising: a first apparatus; and a second apparatus, wherein the first apparatus includes wherein the second apparatus includes a printed number counting unit configured to count a number of pages to be charged of both the first apparatus and the second apparatus as the number of pages to be charged of the first apparatus, wherein when the output condition acceptance unit accepts an output condition to output the image data by the first apparatus and the second apparatus, the first counting unit is configured to count a total number of the output objects output by the first output unit and the second output unit based on the selected first counting rule, and the first apparatus and the second apparatus store an upper limit information and compares usable amounts of the first apparatus and the second apparatus with corresponding data of the upper limit information.