Patent ID: 8330975
Filing Date: 2012-12-11
Classification: G06Q,G07F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A printing system comprising: a printing apparatus configured to print an image represented by print data on a recording medium; a data transmitting server configured to transmit the print data to the printing apparatus, the data transmitting server being capable of performing data communication with the printing apparatus, wherein the printing apparatus is provided with: wherein the data transmitting server is provided with a charging unit configured to determine the progress of the printing operation based on the progress data received from the printing unit and perform at least one charging operation with respect to the print data transmitted to the printing apparatus at a plurality of different stages prior to completion of the printing operation in accordance with the progress of the printing operation, wherein the printing operation is executed automatically until the completion of the printing operation; wherein the progress notifying unit transmits the progress data at completion of the printing operation for each of the plurality of different stages between the start and the completion of the printing operation by the printing unit, and wherein the charging unit executes the charging operation upon every reception of the progress data, regarding the printing operation for the subsequent one of the plurality of different stages.