Patent ID: 8553243
Filing Date: 2013-10-08
Classification: G06F,G06K,G06Q

Abstract:
1. An inkjet printer that is in communication with a host computer and that prints based on a print job sent from the host computer, the inkjet printer comprising: a job data memory that stores information relating to print jobs; a receiver that receives the print job from the host computer; a print controller that prints on paper using a predetermined ink according to the print job; an ink shot count converter that calculates an ink shot count used to print the print job, wherein the ink shot count only includes the number of ink shots actually discharged onto the paper for printing; a printing evaluator that verifies that the ink shot count used to print the print job corresponds to a desired print output; a job data manager that records in the job data memory a job ID for the print job and the ink shot count used to print the print job linked to device identification information that is contained in the print job and identifies a particular host computer that sent the print job linked to the verification; and wherein the job data manager sends the ink shot count used for printing to the host computer in response to a job data transmission request received from the host computer; the job data transmission request contains a job ID selection value that specifies a print job; the job data manager sends the ink shot count linked to a job ID corresponding to the job ID selection value to the host computer.