Patent ID: 9019525
Filing Date: 2015-04-28
Classification: G03G,G06F

Abstract:
1. A printing system comprising an image processing apparatus, a counting server that manages the number of printed sheets printed by the image processing apparatus, and a print service server that transmits a print job to the image processing apparatus via a network, wherein the print service server comprises: a first management unit configured to manage information included in the print job to be transmitted and that is specific information required for specifying a user ID, and a user ID that has been registered with the print service server, wherein the image processing apparatus comprises: a transmission unit configured to transmit, to the counting server, the number of printed sheets used upon printing based on the print job and the specific information included in the print job, and wherein the counting server comprises: a query unit configured to query the managing unit based on the transmitted specific information about the user ID that has been registered with the print service server; a second management unit configured to manage a user ID that has been registered with the counting server and the user ID that has been registered with the print service server by associating them with each other; and a saving unit configured to save the user ID that has been registered with the counting server managed by the second management unit associated with the user ID acquired as the result of the query by the query unit, and the number of printed sheets transmitted by the transmission unit by associating them with each other.