System and method for document processing operation accounting

摘要

A system and method for accounting for document processing operations. Notification data is received from a networked document processing device, which indicates the presence on the network of the document processing device. Accounting data is then communicated to the networked document processing device in response to the notification data. The accounting data facilitates the administration of costs associated with the usage of the networked document processing device. Cost data is then received from the networked document processing device representing the accumulated costs associated with the usage of the document processing device. The cost data is accumulated according to the received accounting data by the networked document processing device.