Appropriate printer selection simulation system, ink consumption amount simulation device, and cost server

An appropriate printer selection simulation system comprising:

• a user terminal;
• a printer, connected to the user terminal via a network, translating a print file transmitted from the user terminal via the network and printing the translated print file;
• and
• a server, connected to the user terminal and the printer via the network, generating a cost report with respect to the printer and transmitting the generated cost report to the user terminal, wherein
• the printer includes:
• an e-mail generating unit extracting printer information including an ink consumption amount with respect to the printer and generating e-mail including the extracted printer information;
• and
• an e-mail transmitting unit transmitting the e-mail generated by the e-mail generating unit to the server, and
• the server includes:
• a cost report generating unit generating the cost report based on the ink consumption amount, the cost report indicating that the cost of the ink consumption amount when a color copy is printed in color is less than the cost of the ink consumption amount when the color copy is printer in monochrome;
• and
• a transmitting unit transmitting the generated cost report to the user terminal.