Patent ID: 7526222

Claim:
An image printing apparatus, comprising: a communications device which communicates data with a service server for providing a chargeable service over a network; a print device which prints an image on a predetermined print medium; a request input device through which a user input a request; a request execution device which uses a chargeable service by communicating data with the service server through the communications device in accordance with a request input through the request input device, obtains an image to be printed, and prints the image on a predetermined print medium by the print device; and a payment device which performs a paying process on separate payees between a printing rate for the image and a use rate for the chargeable service in a charge on the user, wherein the printing rate is paid to a manager of a printing apparatus printing the image and the use rate of the chargeable service is paid to a manager of the service server, wherein the paying process does not require registration by the user.