| 摘要 |
In an image forming device management system and method of the present invention, a data communication device (7) transmits, on an early message date that is earlier than a normal message date for a corresponding one of a plurality of image forming devices (1-5), a usage data of the corresponding one of the image forming devices (1-5) to a center management device (6) via a telephone network (8) by using a call sent by the data communication device. The center management device (6) receives, on the early message date for the corresponding one of the image forming devices (1-5), the usage data of the corresponding one of the forming devices (1-5) that is transmitted by the data communication device (7), by using the call that is sent by the data communication device (6). The center management device (8) issues a billing of a usage charge of the corresponding one of the image forming devices (1-5) based on the usage data received by the center management device (6). <IMAGE> |
