Host printing system, apparatus and method

摘要

Techniques for tracking printer usage are provided. For example, a host print page count of pages printed by a printer device is maintained for each of a plurality of host terminals based on print jobs from the host terminal over a predetermined period of time. When a print job communication from a sending host terminal is received, network address information in the print job communication from the sending host terminal is utilized to retrieve the host print page count maintained for print jobs from the sending host terminal over the predetermined period of time.