Printing system for printing at various locations

A printing system comprising:

• a processor;
• a non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon executable instructions that when executed by the processor cause the printing system to instantiate:
• an acquirer that acquires a number of media printed by a first printing device installed at a first location;
• a comparator that compares the number of printed media acquired by the acquirer with a number of media specified based on a billing amount;
• a calculator that calculates a first number of printable media of the first printing device based on the comparison by the comparator;
• and
• an allocator that allocates at least a part of the first number of printable media calculated by the calculator as a second number of printable media to a second printing device installed at a second location;
• and
• a determiner that determines whether a medium to be printed by the second printing device is a medium for business use or a medium for private use, wherein
• the second printing device can perform printing as a billing target based on the second number of printable media,
• when the medium determined by the determiner as the medium for business use is printed, only the number of media printed for business use is subtracted from the second number of printable media, and
• when the medium determined by the determiner as the medium for private use is printed, the number of media printed for private use is not subtracted from the second number of printable media.

A printing system comprising:

• a processor;
• a non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon executable instructions that when executed by the processor cause the printing system to instantiate:
• an acquirer that acquires a number of media printed by a first printing device installed at a first location;
• a comparator that compares the number of printed media acquired by the acquirer with a number of media specified based on a billing amount;
• a calculator that calculates a first number of printable media of the first printing device based on the comparison by the comparator;
• an allocator that allocates at least a part of the first number of printable media calculated by the calculator as a second number of printable media to a second printing device installed at a second location;
• and
• a code generator that generates the second number of printable media as a code;
• and
• a reader that is included in the second printing device and reads the code, wherein
• the second printing device can perform printing as a billing target based on the second number of printable media, and
• the second number of printable media is set in the second printing device by reading the code by the reader.