Rating manner of the print system and the print system and records the rating control supervisor of the print system the record media

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a printing system capable of easily obtaining charging information for every operator or for every operator's section without increasing the cost of a printer and a master device. SOLUTION: A status storing database 14 has a mechanism for issuing an event at the time of changing information and a printing data transmission monitor 17 adds total print number information and printing job start/end informing control code to printing data and transmits these data to the printer 2. Information generated by a control code emulator 23 is stored in a status storing database 14 by a printer state monitor 15 and the monitor 17. An accounting log preparing program 13 prepares and accounting log file 18 by monitoring information by an event and a printer status window 11 displays the status of the printer.