Patent ID: 8848229

Claim:
An information processing device that enables communication between a matter management device that manages data for each matter upon receipt of an order from a user device, an image forming device, and a printing service device, the information processing device comprising: an acquiring unit configured to acquire document data and matter information linked to the document data that are sent from the matter management device that has received a printing instruction through the user device, to send the document data or the printing data that is generated based on the document data to the printing service device, and to acquire printing identifying information, that identifies the sent data, from the printing service device; a notifying unit configured to notify the user device of a printing notification including the acquired printing identification information and access information to register the printing costs related to the printing instruction after completion of printing; an image providing unit configured to provide the user device with a costs registering screen that is used to register the printing costs related to the printing instruction due to the access based on the access information from the user device; and a registering unit configured to receive the costs registering information from the user device that performs registering processing on the costs registering screen and to register the costs corresponding to the costs registering information by linkage with the matter information on the matter management device.