| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To charge a user for a service favorably by reducing the complicated operations of depositing money and receiving change. <P>SOLUTION: When a user starts a print job, a printing standby state is set. At this time, job information including consideration amount information is created. Electronic money information is stored in a contactless medium. When the user holds the contactless medium in the printing standby state, a charging device automatically collects electronic money corresponding to the consideration amount information from the contactless medium, displays the amount on an operation panel of a multifunction machine body, and then releases the printing standby state to start printing. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT |
