摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a department management system for an image forming device capable of automatically recognizing a department of an output requiring destination for managing it and capable of performing fee charging management according to the output. <P>SOLUTION: In this department management system, to which data input devices such as host computers 2a-2c are connected via a network 1, for the image forming device 3, a data input device has a function for adding data input device identification information constructed of an IP address or a computer name to image formation information. The image forming device 3 has an extraction means automatically extracting the data input device identification information from the data input device and performs department management according to management information previously registered in the image processing device on the basis of the information. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI |