Printing system, printing apparatus and transmitting server
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMakoto Matsuda
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Abstract
An information output system is provided with an information output unit that outputs information represented by service data, and a data transmitting server configured to transmit the service data to the information output unit. The data transmitting server is provided with a charging unit configured to perform a charging operation with respect the service data transmitted to the information output unit, the charging operation being performed at least one predetermined stage after a start and before a completion of the output of the information.
Claims20
A printing system comprising:
- a printing apparatus configured to print an image represented by print data on a recording medium;
- a data transmitting server configured to transmit the print data to the printing apparatus, the data transmitting server being capable of performing data communication with the printing apparatus,
- wherein the printing apparatus is provided with a printing unit configured to receive the print data transmitted by the data transmitting server and prints an image represented by the received print data on the recording medium, and
- wherein the data transmitting server is provided with a charging unit configured to perform a charging operation with respect the print data transmitted to the printing apparatus, the charging operation being performed when a progress of the printing unit after a start of a printing operation and before a completion of the printing operation reaches a predetermined charging stage.
A printing system comprising:
- a printing apparatus configured to print an image represented by print data on a recording medium;
- a data transmitting server configured to transmit the print data to the printing apparatus, the data transmitting server being capable of performing data communication with the printing apparatus,
- wherein the printing apparatus is provided with:
- a printing unit configured to receive the print data transmitted by the data transmitting server and print an image represented by the received print data on the recording medium;
- and
- a progress notifying unit configured to transmit progress data indicative of progress of a printing operation executed by the printing unit to the data transmission server, and
- wherein the data transmitting server is provided with a charging unit configured to determine the progress of the printing operation based on the progress data received from the printing unit and perform at least one charging operation with respect the print data transmitted to the printing apparatus at a plurality of different stages in accordance with the progress of the printing operation.
An information output system comprising:
- an information output unit that outputs information represented by service data;
- a data transmitting server configured to transmit the service data to the information output unit,
- wherein the data transmitting server is provided with a charging unit configured to perform a charging operation with respect the service data transmitted to the information output unit, the charging operation being performed by at least one predetermined stage after a start and before a completion of the output of the information.
A printing apparatus, which is configured to print an image represented by print data on a recording medium, for a printing system provided with the printing apparatus, and a data transmitting server configured to transmit the print data to the printing apparatus, the data transmitting server being capable of performing data communication with the printing apparatus, the data transmitting server being provided with a charging unit configured to perform a charging operation with respect the print data transmitted to the printing apparatus, the charging operation being performed when a progress of the printing unit after a start of a printing operation and before a completion of the printing operation reaches a predetermined charging stage,
- wherein the printing apparatus is provided with a progress notifying unit configured to transmit progress data indicative of progress of a printing operation executed by the printing unit to the data transmission server.
A printing apparatus, which is configured to print an image represented by print data on a recording medium, for a printing system provided with the printing apparatus, and a data transmitting server configured to transmit the print data to the printing apparatus, the data transmitting server being capable of performing data communication with the printing apparatus, the data transmitting server being provided with a charging unit configured to determine the progress of the printing operation based on the progress data received from the printing unit and perform charging operations with respect the print data transmitted to the printing apparatus at a plurality of different stages in accordance with the progress of the printing operation,
- wherein the printing apparatus is provided with a progress notifying unit configured to transmit progress data indicative of progress of a printing operation executed by the printing unit to the data transmission server.
A data transmission server configured to transmit print data to a printing apparatus, the data transmitting server comprising a charging unit configured to perform a charging operation with respect the print data transmitted to the printing apparatus, the charging operation being performed when a progress of the printing apparatus after a start of a printing operation and before a completion of the printing operation reaches a predetermined charging stage.
A data transmission server configured to transmit print data to a printing apparatus, the data transmitting server comprising a charging unit configured to determine the progress of the printing operation based on the progress data received from the printing unit and perform charging operations with respect the print data transmitted to the printing apparatus at a plurality of different stages in accordance with the progress of the printing operation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.