Printing system including printing device generating image data and data processing server calculating fee to be charged for forming image based on the image data

A printing device comprising:

• a reader configured to read a reading target;
• a printer configured to form an image on a printing medium;
• and
• a controller configured to perform:
• reading a reading target with the reader to generate image data corresponding to the reading target;
• determining, based on a comparison between a threshold defined in capacity-related information and available capacity information describing available storage in a memory of the printing device, to set a data upload flag;
• determining a print setting used in association with the image data based, at least in part, on the image data;
• and
• based on the data upload flag indicating to upload the image data to a data processing server, transmitting the image data and the print setting to the data processing server;
• receiving payment data from the data processing server;
• in response to receiving the payment data from the data processing server, outputting the payment data;
• receiving print data corresponding to the image data from the data processing server, the print data being generated at the data processing server in response to a payment of a fee to be charged for forming an image on the printing medium based on the image data being completed after the data processing server determines the fee;
• and
• in response to receiving the print data, forming the image corresponding to the print data on the printing medium with the printer.

A printing system comprising:

• a printing device comprising:
• a reader configured to read a reading target;
• a printer configured to form an image on a printing medium;
• and
• a first controller
• a data processing server comprising:
• a second controller;
• and
• a transaction server,
• wherein the first controller is configured to perform:
• reading a reading target using the reader to generate image data corresponding to the reading target;
• determining, based on a comparison between a threshold defined in capacity-related information and available capacity information describing available storage in a memory of the printing device, to set a data upload flag;
• and
• based on the data upload flag indicating to upload the image data to the data processing server, transmitting the image data to the data processing server,
• wherein the second controller is configured to perform:
• receiving the image data from the printing device;
• in response to receiving the image data from the printing device, determining a print setting used in association with the image data based, at least in part, on the image data;
• in response to determining the print setting, determining a fee to be charged for forming an image on the printing medium based on the image data and the print setting;
• converting the image data to print data;
• and
• in response to determining the fee, transmitting fee information indicating the fee to the transaction server,
• wherein the second controller is configured to further perform:
• in response to receiving the payment information from the transaction server, transmitting payment data corresponding to the payment URL indicated by the payment information to the printing device,
• wherein the first controller is configured to further perform:
• receiving the payment data from the data processing server;
• and
• in response to receiving payment data from the data processing server, transmitting payment data corresponding to a payment URL indicated by the payment information to the printing device,
• wherein the second controller is configured to further perform:
• in response to receiving confirmation that the payment of the fee is completed from the transaction server, transmitting the print data corresponding to the image data to the printing device, and
• wherein the first controller is configured to further perform:
• receiving the print data from the data processing server corresponding to the image data;
• and
• in response to receiving the print data, forming the image corresponding to the print data on the printing medium with the printer.