Image forming apparatus and method thereof
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTakashi Isoda
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image data input unit; an image forming unit adapted to print an image on a printing sheet in accordance with image data from the image data input unit; a control unit connected to the image forming unit; and a billing setting unit adapted to enable to selectively set either a first mode for billing per side of the printing sheet or a second mode for billing per sheet of the printing sheet for double-sided printing, wherein the control unit executes a printing service in accordance with the set mode by the billing setting unit.
Claims10
An image forming apparatus capable of printing on both sides of a printing sheet, comprising:
- an image data input unit;
- an image forming unit adapted to print an image on the printing sheet in accordance with image data from said image data input unit;
- a control unit connected to said image forming unit;
- and
- a billing setting unit adapted to enable to selectively set either a first mode for billing per side of the printing sheet or a second mode for billing per printing sheet for double-sided printing;
- wherein said control unit executes a printing service in accordance with the set mode by said billing setting unit.
A method of controlling an image forming apparatus capable of printing on both sides of a printing sheet, comprising:
- an image data input step;
- an image forming step of printing an image on the printing sheet in accordance with image data from the image data input step;
- a control step;
- and
- a billing setting step of enabling to selectively set either a first mode for billing per side of the printing sheet or a second mode for billing per printing sheet for double-sided printing;
- wherein said control step executes a printing service in accordance with the set mode in said billing setting step.
A control program, which is executable by a computer of an image forming apparatus capable of printing on both sides of a printing sheet, describing a method of controlling said image forming apparatus, said control program having:
- an image data input step;
- an image forming step of printing an image on the printing sheet in accordance with image data from the image data input step;
- a control step;
- and
- a billing setting step of enabling to selectively set either a first mode for billing per side of the printing sheet or a second mode for billing per printing sheet for double-sided printing;
- wherein said control step executes a printing service in accordance with the set mode in said billing setting step.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.