Patent ID: 7986425
Filing Date: 2011-07-26
Classification: G03G,G06F

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus with a department management function, comprising: a printing unit configured to print in accordance with a print job; a communication interface connected to a first computer belonging to a first department and a second computer belonging to a second department via a network; a storage unit configured to store a first IP address for the first department and a second IP address for the second department, both of the first and second IP addresses are used to receive a first print job from the first computer and a second print job belonging to a second department via the network, respectively; and a control unit configured to count the number of the first print job based on the number of print jobs received from the first computer with the first IP address and count the number of the second print job based on the number of print jobs received from the second computer with the second IP address.