IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image formation apparatus which does not need user's registration, and can perform correct charging to a printer user even if the user is at a distant location from the image formation apparatus when instructing image formation.

SOLUTION: The image formation apparatus is provided with; a memory means to store image data; an image formation section which forms an image on a sheet based on image data stored in the above memory means; an image data receiving means to receive image data from an external apparatus; a holding means for temporarily holding the image data received by the above image data receiving means; a control means which carries out image formation of the image data held by the above holding means by the above image formation section under prescribed conditions; and an accounting control mean by which a user inserts the charge. The accounting control mean compares the inserted charge with accounting conditions in carrying out image formation of the above image data and transmits an operation permit signal at prescribed conditions and the above image data is subjected to image formation by the above image formation section, only when the above control means receives the above operation permit signal.

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