摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a printer which is incorporated plurally in an information processing system and each managing their numbers of printable sheets and a program for operation of the managing function.SOLUTION: A printer 100 incorporated in an information processing system 1000 involving a plurality of printers comprises a printing part 170, a storage part 120 storing numbers of printable sheets for the plurality of printers and a printable sheet number control part 110 which modifies the number of printable sheets for the printer 100 on the basis of a printing operation to be carried out by the printing part 170, and, when the number of printable sheets of the printer is smaller than a predetermined threshold value, increases the number of printable sheets for the printer 100 and decreases the numbers of printable sheets for at least a part of the plurality of printers other than the printer 100. |