Patent ID: 8009312

Claim:
An appropriate printer selection simulation system comprising: a user terminal; a printer, connected to the user terminal via a network, translating a print file transmitted from the user terminal via the network and printing the translated print file; and a server, connected to the user terminal and the printer via the network, generating a cost report with respect to the printer and transmitting the generated cost report to the user terminal, wherein the printer includes: an e-mail generating unit extracting printer information including an ink consumption amount with respect to the printer and generating e-mail including the extracted printer information; and an e-mail transmitting unit transmitting the e-mail generated by the e-mail generating unit to the server, and the server includes: a cost report generating unit generating the cost report based on the ink consumption amount, the cost report indicating that the cost of the ink consumption amount when a color copy is printed in color is less than the cost of the ink consumption amount when the color copy is printer in monochrome; and a transmitting unit transmitting the generated cost report to the user terminal.