摘要 |
Computer users, possibly on a network, submit jobs to a digital printer (10), and then pay for the printing through a payment device (34), such as a currency acceptor or magnetic card reader, located at the printer (10). The submitted job data is retained at a memory (20) at the printer, and the cost of printing the job is calculated and displayed (32). The job is decomposed and output only in response to the payment device (34) receiving the cost of printing the job.
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