# US 10,122,878 B2 · Printing apparatus capable of counting the number of times of printing, method for controlling printing apparatus, and storage medium

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- Number: US 10,122,878 B2
- Document ID: US10122878B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/391,647
- Filed: 2016-12-27
- Published: 2017-04-20
- Granted: 2018-11-06
- Earliest claimed: 2014-04-15
- Assignees: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicants: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Inventors: Ritsuto Sako
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10122878B2

## CPC

- H04N 1/00832: {Recording use, e.g. counting number of pages copied}
- G06F 3/1207: {resulting in the user being informed about print result after a job submission}
- G06F 3/1229: {Printer resources management or printer maintenance, e.g. device status, power levels}
- G06F 3/1259: {Print job monitoring, e.g. job status}
- G06F 3/1273: {Print job history, e.g. logging, accounting, tracking}
- G06F 3/1285: {Remote printer device, e.g. being remote from client or server}
- G06F 3/1287: {via internet}
- H04N 1/00217: {only involving computer data transmission protocols, e.g. SMTP, WAP or HTTP (communication protocol aspects and techniques in packet data networks H04L69/00; network-specific arrangements or communication protocols supporting networked applications H04L67/00)}
- H04N 2201/0094: Multifunctional device, i.e. a device capable of all of reading, reproducing, copying, facsimile transception, file transception
- H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

## Abstract

If the printing protocol associated with a received print job is not an internet printing protocol, the number of times of printing is counted for each type of printing protocol. If the printing protocol associated with a received print job is an internet printing protocol, the number of times of printing is counted while distinguishing a transmission source application by identifying a transmission source application.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A printing apparatus comprising:
a network I/F that receives a print job;
a printer that executes printing based on the received print job;
a memory device that stores a set of instructions; and
at least one processor that executes the set of instructions to:
identify a protocol of the received print job;
count a number of times of printing separately for each protocol that is a subject of a print counting,
increment, in a case where the identified protocol is an IPP and a format of image data is a first type, a number of times of printing for the IPP and a number of times of printing for a first function by 1; and
increment, in a case where the identified protocol is the IPP and the format of the image data is a second type, the number of times of printing for the IPP and a number of times of printing for a second function by 1,
wherein when the identified protocol is the IPP, the printing apparatus distinguishes between the first type and the second type of the format of the image data in order to count a number of times of printing for the first type and a number of times of printing of the second type.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The printing apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein the first type is pwg-raster, and the second type is PDF.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The printing apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein, the at least one processor executes instructions in the memory device to:
increment, in a case where the identified protocol is not the IPP, a number of times of printing for the identified protocol by 1.

### Claim 4

A printing apparatus comprising:
a network I/F that receives a print job;
a printer that executes printing based on the received print job;
a memory device that stores a set of instructions; and
at least one processor that executes the set of instructions to:
identify a protocol of the received print job; and
count a number of times of printing separately for each protocol that is a subject of a print counting,
increment, in a case where the identified protocol is an IPP and predetermined information is included in a HTTP request, a number of times of printing for the IPP and a number of times of printing for a first function by 1, and
increment, in a case where the identified protocol is the IPP and the predetermined information is not included in the HTTP request, the number of times of printing for the IPP and a number of times of printing for a second function by 1,
wherein when the identified protocol is the IPP, the printing apparatus distinguishes between the first type and the second type of the format of the image data in order to count a number of times of printing for the first type and a number of times of printing of the second type.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The printing apparatus according to claim 4,
wherein, the at least one processor executes instructions in the memory device to:
increment, in a case where the identified protocol is not the IPP, a number of the identified protocol by 1.

### Claim 6

A printing method comprising:
receiving a print job by a network I/F;
printing based on the received print job by a printer;
identifying a protocol of the received print job; and
counting a number of times of printing separately for each protocol that is a subject of a print counting,
incrementing, in a case where the identified protocol is an IPP and a format of image data is a first type, a number of times of printing for the IPP and a number of times of printing for a first function by 1; and
incrementing, in a case where the identified protocol is the IPP and the format of the image data is a second type, the number of times of printing for the IPP and a number of times of printing for a second function by 1,
wherein when the identified protocol is the IPP, the printing apparatus distinguishes between the first type and the second type of the format of the image data in order to count a number of times of printing for the first type and a number of times of printing of the second type.

### Claim 7

A printing method comprising:
receiving a print job by a network I/F;
printing based on the received print job by a printer;
identifying a protocol of the received print job; and
counting a number of times of printing separately for each protocol that is a subject of a print counting,
increment, in a case where the identified protocol is an IPP and predetermined information is included in a HTTP request, a number of times of printing for the IPP and a number of times of printing for a first function by 1, and
increment, in a case where the identified protocol is the IPP and the predetermined information is not included in the HTTP request, the number of times of printing for the IPP and a number of times of printing for a second function by 1,
wherein when the identified protocol is the IPP, the printing apparatus distinguishes between the first type and the second type of the format of the image data in order to count a number of times of printing for the first type and a number of times of printing of the second type.