DEVICE AND METHOD FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING, PRINTER AND ITS CONTROL METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To efficiently charge for information dealt with on a network by effectively using the system of a dealer of information equipment such as a copying machine. SOLUTION: This information processor having a function of charging for information dealt with through the network has a 1st storage means which stores the accounting amount of the information, a 2nd storage means which stores the cost for the use of information equipment used to print the information, and a control means which charges the user of the information equipment for the information and the cost for the use of the information equipment used to print the information.