Patent ID: 8891995
Filing Date: 2014-11-18
Classification: G03G,G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a job accepting portion to accept a print job; a printing portion to carry out printing based on the accepted print job; a requesting portion to, when said printing portion is not available for executing the accepted print job, transmit an alternative instruction including the accepted print job to an alternative printer; a counting portion to count the number of sheets printed by said printing portion; an alternative counting portion to count the number of alternative sheets, the alternative sheets being printed by said alternative printer based on the print job included in the alternative instruction; a unit charge determining portion to determine a unit charge per single sheet based on the number of sheets counted by said counting portion and on the number of alternative sheets counted by said alternative counting portion; and a charge calculating portion to calculate a charge of said print job by multiplying the number of sheets counted by said counting portion by the unit charge determined by said unit charge determining portion.