Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus that performs charging processing
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Application No.: US16549469Application Date: 2019-08-23
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Publication No.: US10708464B2Publication Date: 2020-07-07
- Inventor: Naoya Miyaji
- Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Tamatsukuri, Chuo-ku, Osaka
- Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tamatsukuri, Chuo-ku, Osaka
- Agency: IP Business Solutions, LLC
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@6895cf26
- Main IPC: G06F3/12
- IPC: G06F3/12 ; H04N1/34

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes a connecting device to which a charging apparatus is connected, an image forming device, an operating device, and a control device. The control device functions as an operation accepter, a controller, a charging processor, and a notifier. The notifier performs a processing for giving a first notice; the first notice is for asking a user whether or not to donate all of or part of a remaining money which is remaining, posterior to charging for a print job, in an inserted amount of money. After the notifier has performed the processing for giving the first notice, when the operation accepter accepts an instruction of execution of the donation, the charging processor performs a charging processing by subtracting, from the inserted amount of money, a charging amount for the print job and an amount of donation indicated by the instruction of execution of the donation.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200076984A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THAT PERFORMS CHARGING PROCESSING Public/Granted day:2020-03-05
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