Method and device for recording charges for copies made on a copying machine
AssigneeOce-Nederland B.V.
InventorPeter J. J. M. Simons
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A device for selectively recording charges for copies made on a copying machine by way of two or more accounting means connected at the same time via the device to the copying machine, comprising means for coupling the device to the copying machine, a plurality of connection points each one of which is connectable separately to a different accounting means and control means which selectively activates one of the accounting means for recording of the charges and the method of accomplishing the recording of such charges.
Claims11
A device for selectively recording charges for copies made on a copying machine by way of two or more accounting means connected at the same time via said device to said copying machine, comprising means for coupling said device to said copying machine, a plurality of connection points each one of which is connectable separately to a different accounting means and control means which selectively activates one of said accounting means for recording of said charges while deactivating those remaining of said two or more accounting means.
A system for recording charges for copies made on a copying machine which comprises in combination:
- a copying machine for reproducing copies,
- a plurality of different accounting means for recording charges for said copies, and
- a device coupled to said copying machine for selectively recording charges against one of said different accounting means for copies made by said copying machine, said device including a plurality of connection points each one of which is connectable separately to one of said different accounting means and control means which selectively activates one of said different accounting means and deactivates those remaining of said plurality of different accounting means, while all of said different accounting means remain connected by way of said connection points via said device to said copying machine.
A method for selectively recording charges for copies made on a copying machine by way of a plurality of different accounting means separately connectable to said copying machine, without disconnecting any of said different accounting means, comprising:
- providing a device for connecting a copying machine to a plurality of different accounting means via a plurality of connection points corresponding to each of said different accounting means, and
- selectively activating a predetermined one of said plurality of different accounting means so as to record copying charges while at the same time deactivating, without disconnecting, those remaining of said plurality of different accounting means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.