JPS6132862A - Managing device of copying machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To manage the number of accumulated copied sheets in each using section easily by connecting terminal equipment to each copying machine through a communication line and transmitting/receiving the number of accumulated copied sheets of the using section which is stored in each terminal equipment through the communication line. CONSTITUTION:A reader 4 reads out a section code stored in a recording medium and a CPU5 discriminates whether the section code coincides with that stored in an external storage device 6 or not. The CPU5 commands terminal equipments 1 other than the one corresponding to the section code read out by the reader 4 to transmit the number of accumulated copied sheets stored in each terminal equipment through a communication line 3 and the number of accumulated copied sheet corresponding to each section code is transmitted from each terminal equipment through the communication line 3 and received by a transmitter/receiver 8. The CPU5 sums up the numbers of accumulated copied sheets transmitted from respective terminal equipments 1, displays the summed result on a display device 7 and also stored in the external storage device 6. When a user executes copying thereafter, the CPU5 counts up billing signals S2 outputted from the copying machine 2 and adds the counted value to the external storage device 6.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a copying machine management device that manages the number of copies used by a department that uses the copying machine.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, in a copying machine, the number of copies is managed separately for each department in order to bear the cost of copying for each department. The management device calculates the cumulative number of copies for each department using each copier, and totals and displays the counted copy number data for each department using a totaling device, thereby grasping the number of copies for each department. He was in charge of managing the copying budget.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

With the above-mentioned management device, when determining the total cumulative number of copies made by the department in use, each terminal device is configured to cumulatively count only the number of copies made by the copier to which that terminal is connected.
There was a problem in that the number of copies to be managed by the department in use was troublesome.

An object of the present invention is to easily manage the number of copies for each department.

[Means and effects for solving the problem] The present invention provides a means for transmitting the cumulative number of copies counted by a means for counting and storing the cumulative number of copies for each department in which a copying machine is used, and a method for transmitting the cumulative number of copies by this means. This is made possible by equipping the copying machine with a terminal device having means for receiving, displaying and storing the total number of sheets for each department of other copying machines.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, the present invention will be explained based on embodiments shown in the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing its details.

In the figure, (1) is a terminal device connected to each copying machine (2), and the terminal device (fl) has functions such as cumulative counting of the number of copies made by the copying machine (2), displaying it, and storing it. has. The terminal devices (11) are connected by a communication line (3), and when the terminal devices (1) send and receive data via the communication line (3), each terminal device +11 is connected to a copying machine as described later. Data on the number of copies for each department can be tracked.

FIG. 2 shows a detailed block diagram of the terminal device (ll).

In the figure, (4) is a reading device that reads the department code of the copying machine stored in a storage medium such as a magnetic card. Storage media are distributed to departments that use each copying machine.
Moreover, the department codes stored in this storage medium are classified for each department in use. (5) is CPU (central processing unit)
, f61 is the external storage device of the same CP, U+5i. This external storage device (6) stores the usage department code and the cumulative number of copies corresponding to this usage department code. Further, (7) is a display device, which displays the cumulative number of copies for each usage department in response to a command from the CPU +5i. Furthermore, (8) is a transmitting/receiving device that uses the communication line (3) to communicate with each terminal device! 11 The mutual copy number data is transferred to the CPU (
Reception and transmission are performed according to the command of 51.

The present invention is configured as described above, and when a user in each department uses a copying machine, the reading device (4) reads the department code stored in the storage medium, and this department code is read externally. The CPU +5i determines whether the department code matches the department code stored in the storage device (6). When the department codes match, the CPU +5i outputs a command signal (Sl) to the copying machine to enable copying, thereby allowing the user to make copies.

The CPU 151 also drives the transmitting/receiving device (8) to transmit the cumulative number of copies stored in the other terminal device fll of the department code read by the reading device (4) through the communication line (3). give commands to. As a result, each terminal device (1) transmits the cumulative number of copies corresponding to its department code via the communication line (3), which is received by the transmitting/receiving device (8). Then, the CPU (5) totals the cumulative number of copies from each terminal device (1), displays it on the display device (7), and stores it in the external storage device (6). After this, when the user makes a copy, the copying machine (2)
The pilling signal (S2) output from CPU (5
1 is counted up, added to the external storage device (6), and displayed on the display device (7).

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, the terminal devices connected to each copying machine are connected through a communication line, and the cumulative number of copies of the department in use stored in each terminal device is transmitted and received through the communication line. Since the total cumulative number of copies for each department can be grasped at each terminal device, the cumulative number of copies for each department can be easily managed.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a terminal device.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Means for counting and storing the cumulative number of copies for each department in which the copying machine is used; means for transmitting the number of copies counted by this means via a communication line; 1. A control device for a copying machine, comprising: a terminal device having means for receiving and summing the cumulative number of copies, and displaying and storing the total value.