Image forming apparatus, and billing destination setting method in the image forming apparatus

摘要

An image forming apparatus comprises: a controller storing therein a billing destination to which a fee for printing processing is charged, the controller operable to receive, from a user via an operation panel, an instruction for executing the printing processing while the user is logged in and to charge, to the billing destination, the fee for the execution of the printing processing; a card reader operable to receive a new billing destination while the user is logged in, without intervention of the operation panel, wherein when receiving the new billing destination, the controller updates the billing destination to the new billing destination by storing the new billing destination.

主权项

1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
an operation panel configured to receive an instruction for executing print processing from a logged-in user logged in during a first login session; a storage storing therein a first billing destination to which a fee for execution of the print processing is charged; a print processing execution part configured to execute the print processing corresponding to the instruction; a receiver configured to read a second billing destination stored in a recording medium and thereby receive an input of the second billing destination from the logged-in user logged in during the first login session; a memory updater configured to, when the receiver receives the input of the second billing destination, perform update processing of updating the first billing destination to the second billing destination by storing the second billing destination into the storage; and a billing part configured to charge, to the second billing destination stored in the storage, the fee for the print processing.