摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image forming apparatus improving the convenience in paying a registration fee, its method of payment for its registration fee and a payment supporting system. <P>SOLUTION: A control part 700 of a copying machine 1 is provided with a money amount acquiring part 704 acquiring a usable amount of money from a portable phone 8, a condition setting part 705 setting a printing condition which is the condition for printing, a charge amount calculating part 706 deriving a charged amount which is the amount charged to a user based on the printing condition, a printing executing part 707 forming an image on recording paper, a remaining sum calculating part 708 deriving the remaining sum by subtracting the charged amount from the usable amount of money and a money amount updating part 711 updating the usable amount of money information stored in the portable phone 8 to the remaining amount. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI |