摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a charging device capable of requesting a charge amount in response to the sum of the number of recording media used in an image formation, when forming a common image over a charge period. <P>SOLUTION: A printer 10 adopts a charge system applied with discount, even when executing printing with the printing number of the number applied with the discount or more, in a plurality of divided image forming jobs within the fixed charge period. Consequently, the charge amount is not only calculated in response to the printing number in one image forming job, but also the charge amount is calculated in response to the printing number accumulated in the fixed period. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT |