JP2004213188A - Printed matter production estimate device, printed matter production estimate method and printed matter production estimate program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a printed matter production estimate device capable of easily exhibiting an estimated money amount according to request contents of production of printed matter. <P>SOLUTION: This printed matter production estimate device has: an acceptance part accepting specifications and an amount of the printed matter from a terminal; a changeable content notification part reading specification changeable contents in the specifications specified from the terminal from a change fee storage part, and transmitting the specification changeable contents to the terminal; a change content acceptance part accepting change contents of the specifications based on the specification changeable contents received from the changeable content notification part, from the terminal; an estimated money amount calculation part reading a basic fee from an estimate formation basic data storage part on the basis of the specifications of the printed matter accepted by the acceptance part, reading change fee data from the change fee storage part on the basis of the change contents accepted by the change content acceptance part, and calculating the estimated money amount on the basis of the read basic fee data, change fee data and amount; and a transmission part transmitting data on the estimated money amount calculated by the estimated money amount calculation part to the terminal. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a printed matter production estimating apparatus, a printed matter production estimating method, and a printed matter production estimating program for calculating an estimated amount in response to a printed matter creation request.
[0002]
[Prior art]
2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, printed materials such as telephone cards, business cards, and prepaid cards are created by a printed material manufacturer in response to a request from a printed material creation requester, and delivered to the printed material creation requester. At this time, the fee for creating the printed matter is determined by specifications such as the print medium (plastic card, magnetic card, paper, etc.) of the printed matter, the design, the type of color to be used, the size of the image to be used, and the number of sheets to be created. Therefore, the print product maker requests the print product creation requester to create a finished image diagram of the printed material, estimates a creation fee based on the contents of the finished image diagram, and presents the estimate to the print product creation requester.
On the other hand, the print creation requester checks the estimated amount, considers the budget amount that can be ordered by himself, corrects the finished image diagram so that the desired design is obtained, and requests the estimate again. The print maker makes a quotation again in consideration of the correction contents and presents the estimated amount to the print creator. After the presentation of the estimate and the correction work are repeated, an order for printed matter is made.
[0003]
Further, in the related art, there has been proposed a system for individually receiving a design of a printed matter from a user and creating the printed matter. Further, in this conventional technique, it is also possible to notify a user of a copyright fee of an image used for a printed matter (for example, see Patent Document 1).
[0004]
[Patent Document 1]
Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2000-190669
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in the above-described conventional technology, when ordering printed materials with a small number of lots or a small number of issued sheets, the amount of order is small for the printed material manufacturer, and the profits obtained are limited. If the estimate is re-created many times, it takes time and effort, and it has been difficult to obtain profits efficiently.
On the other hand, there is a request that a print creation requester wants to create a print in a design that satisfies his or her needs in the shortest possible time while keeping the print creation cost within the budget amount. It is necessary to show the estimated amount because it is necessary to keep within the range. Therefore, it is necessary to wait for the presentation of the estimated amount many times each time the finished image diagram is corrected, so that the time that can be corrected in a limited creation period is limited, so that the creation deadline can be met. In some cases, the degree of satisfaction was low but orders had to be placed.
[0006]
Further, in the above-described related art, although the creation of the printed matter is received from the individual user, the estimated amount cannot be presented. Therefore, for the print creation requester, is the estimated amount within the range of the budget amount? I can't figure out whether or not. Also, although the copyright fee is presented, the price according to the change in the specifications of the printed material is not presented, so for the print product requester, is the estimated amount of the printed material actually created within the budget amount? I can't figure out whether or not.
[0007]
The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and a purpose thereof is to provide a printed matter production estimation apparatus, a printed matter production estimation method, and a printed matter estimation method that can easily present an estimated amount according to the content of a request for producing a printed matter. To provide a production estimation program.
[0008]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, the present invention relates to a printed matter production estimating apparatus for receiving a printed matter creation request from a terminal, the method comprising: creating a quote in which specifications of the printed matter are stored in association with basic charge data corresponding to the specifications; A basic data storage unit, a change charge storage unit that stores specification changeable contents indicating a changeable part of the specification of the printed matter and change charge data corresponding to the specification changeable contents in association with each other, A receiving unit that receives a quantity as a creation request from the terminal, a changeable content notification unit that reads from the change fee storage unit and transmits to the terminal the specification changeable content in the specification specified by the terminal, and the changeable content. A change content receiving unit that receives specification change content based on the specification changeable content received from the notification unit from the terminal; Based on the specifications of the printing material, the basic charge was read from the estimate creation basic data storage unit, and the change charge data was read and read from the change charge storage unit based on the content of the change received by the change content receiving unit. An estimated amount calculation unit that calculates an estimated amount based on the basic charge data, the changed amount data, and the quantity, and a transmission unit that transmits data of the estimated amount calculated by the estimated amount calculation unit to the terminal. It is characterized by.
[0009]
Further, according to the present invention, in the above-described printed matter production estimating apparatus, a created image generating unit for creating created image data of a printed matter according to a specification instructed from the terminal, and a created image data generated by the created image generating unit And an image data transmitting unit that transmits the image data to the terminal.
[0010]
Further, the present invention is a printed matter production estimating method for receiving a printed matter creation request from a terminal, wherein the specification and quantity of the printed matter are received from the terminal as a creation request, and the content specified by the terminal can be changed. Is read from the change charge storage unit that stores the changeable contents and the change charge data corresponding to the changeable specification contents in association with each other, and transmits to the terminal. From the estimate creation basic data storage unit that receives the changed content of the specification from the terminal and stores the specification of the printed material and the basic fee data corresponding to the specification based on the specification of the printed material transmitted from the terminal. In addition to reading out the basic fee, the device reads out the changed fee data from the changed fee storage unit based on the content of the change in the specification of the printed matter transmitted from the terminal, and reads the changed fee data. On the basis of the basic charge data and the change fee data and quantities issued, to calculate the estimated amount, and transmits the data of the calculated estimate amount of money to the terminal.
[0011]
Further, the present invention is a printed matter production estimation program for receiving a printed matter creation request from a terminal, wherein the step of receiving the specification and quantity of the printed matter from the terminal as a creation request includes: A step of reading specification changeable contents indicating changeable contents from the change charge storage unit that stores the changeable contents and change charge data corresponding to the specification changeable contents in association with each other, and transmitting the readout to the terminal; Receiving from the terminal a specification change content based on the specification changeable content, and storing the specification of the print material and basic charge data corresponding to the specification based on the specification of the print material transmitted from the terminal. The basic charge is read from the basic data storage unit for making the estimate, and the change is performed based on the change in the specification of the printed matter transmitted from the terminal. Reading the changed charge data from the money storage unit, calculating an estimated amount based on the read basic charge data, the changed charge data, and the quantity, and transmitting the calculated estimated amount data to the terminal. It is characterized by being executed by a computer.
[0012]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, a printed matter production estimation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a configuration of a printed matter production system to which a printed matter production estimation device 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied.
In this figure, the printed matter production system includes a printed matter production estimation device 1, a printing device 2, and a terminal 3. The printed matter production estimation device 1 and the terminal 3 are connected via a network such as the Internet, a LAN (local area network), or a network such as a dedicated line. The printed matter production estimation device 1 and the printing device 2 are connected via a network such as the Internet or a network such as a LAN or a dedicated line.
[0013]
In response to the access from the terminal 3, the printed matter production estimating apparatus 1 calculates an estimated amount of a production fee generated when the printed matter is produced in accordance with the specifications of the printed matter requested by the customer 4, and presents it to the terminal 3. The printed matter production estimation device 1 is operated by a printed matter maker that produces printed matter by the printing apparatus 2, for example.
The printing device 2 performs printing on a print medium and manufactures a printed material when printing is instructed based on the instruction from the printed material production estimating device 1.
The terminal 3 has a function of browsing a homepage provided by the printed matter production estimating apparatus 1 and inputting a command, and examples thereof include a computer, a mobile phone, and a PDA (personal digital assistance). This terminal is used by the customer 4. The customer 4 includes, for example, an individual customer and a corporate customer, and the individual customer may belong to, for example, a family, a club, or a club.
[0014]
Here, the printed matter is printed on a print medium, for example, a card such as a telephone card, a business card, a prepaid card, an IC card, a credit card, an employee ID card, a membership card, a calendar, a poster, and the like. There is. Examples of the print medium include paper, a plastic card, a magnetic card, an IC card, and the like.
[0015]
Next, the printed matter production estimating apparatus 1 will be further described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram for describing the configuration of the printed matter production estimation device 1. In this figure, in response to access from the terminal 3, the content providing unit 10 calculates an estimated amount of a production fee generated when producing a printed material in accordance with the specifications of the printed material requested by the customer 4 and presents it to the terminal 3. The terminal 3 is provided with various contents for providing a dedicated site for print production commissioning.
Further, the content providing unit 10 includes a receiving unit 110, a changeable content notifying unit 111, and a change content receiving unit 112.
[0016]
The receiving unit 110 receives the specification and quantity of the printed matter from the terminal 3 as a creation request. The specifications here include the type of printing medium (paper, plastic card, magnetic card, IC card, etc.), character information and image information for printing on the printing medium. The character information includes information for printing characters and symbols such as names, addresses, and contact information, and the image information includes information for printing images such as logos, illustrations, and photographs. Further, the character information and the image information include layout information which is information for designating the size, printing position, color, and the like of the character and the image.
[0017]
The changeable content notification unit 111 reads from the change fee storage unit 13 specification changeable content indicating a specification that can be changed in the specification specified by the terminal 3 and transmits the specification changeable content to the terminal 3.
The change content receiving unit 112 receives from the terminal 3 the specification change content based on the specification change content received from the changeable content notification unit 111.
[0018]
The basic design DB 11 stores basic design data that is a basic design for producing a printed matter. The basic design data includes a plurality of layout patterns for printing character information and image information, and also includes information for specifying a print medium. Further, the basic design data stores a plurality of patterns such as “pattern A, pattern A1, pattern B,...” As shown in FIG. 3 in accordance with a combination of layout patterns and various printing media to be used. ing.
[0019]
The estimate creation basic data storage unit 12 stores the specifications of the printed matter in association with basic charge data corresponding to the specifications. Here, the specifications of the printed matter refer to various patterns of the basic design data stored in the basic design DB 11, and for example, as shown in FIG. 4, "A, B,..." Basic charge data is stored in association with the basic charge data, for example, “円 yen, × yen,.
[0020]
The change fee storage unit 13 stores specification changeable content indicating a changeable portion of the specification of the printed matter and change charge data corresponding to the specification changeable content in association with each other. The specification changeable content of the printed matter referred to here is a part of the specification that can be changed in each pattern of the basic design data. For example, as shown in FIG. Are changed as specifications, three types of changes, "print logo in full color" and "delete contact information", are registered as specification changeable contents. Also, the changeable specification data is stored in association with change charge data corresponding to the change contents.
[0021]
The estimated amount calculation unit 14 reads the basic charge data from the estimate creation basic data storage unit 12 based on the specifications and quantity of the printed material received by the reception unit 110, and based on the read basic charge data and quantity, Calculate the estimated amount according to the creation request.
In addition, when the specification change is received by the change content receiving unit 112, the estimated amount calculation unit 14 estimates, based on the specification of the print material received by the reception unit 110, the specification of the received print product and the change content. The basic charge is read from the creation basic data storage unit 12, and the change charge data is read from the change charge storage unit 13 based on the change content received by the change content reception unit 112, and the read basic charge data, change charge data, and quantity are read. Based on the above, the estimated amount is calculated.
[0022]
The transmission unit 15 transmits data of the estimated amount calculated by the estimated amount calculation unit 14 to the terminal 3.
The created image generating unit 16 creates created image data of a printed matter according to the specification instructed from the terminal 3. When the specification is changed, the created image data is created by reflecting the change content received by the change content receiving unit 112 on the content of the specification received by the receiving unit 110.
The image data transmission unit 17 transmits the created image data generated by the created image generation unit 16 to the terminal 3.
[0023]
The application data storage unit 18 stores a layout pattern and information specifying a print medium to be printed in association with each other based on an order instruction from the terminal 3.
[0024]
The settlement unit 19 performs a settlement process of a fee for the ordered printed matter. Here, there are two ways to make payments: payment by specifying a credit card withdrawal on the website, payment at the time of product delivery at convenience store stores, gas stations, etc., provision by post offices and shipping companies The payment method is determined by having the customer 4 select one of these payment methods and inputting it from the terminal 3, and the payment method is determined.
After the order is instructed, the settlement unit 19 completes the transfer when one of the payment methods, withdrawal, charge storage, or cash on delivery, is selected, or when the payment method is transfer. In this case, the application data is read from the application data storage unit 17, output to the printing device 2, and printed.
[0025]
Next, the operation of the printed matter production system in the configuration of FIG. 1 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
First, each customer 4 uses a terminal 3 to access a print production contracting dedicated site provided by the content provision unit 10 of the print production estimation apparatus 1 and transmits user information such as an address, a name, and a contact address to the user. Register. When the customer 4 is a corporation, the registration is also performed.
After the user registration is performed, the customer 4 browses the layout pattern using the layout pattern browsing function stored in the basic design DB 11 provided by the print production commissioning site using the terminal 3. While selecting, for example, "pattern A" from the basic design data, input the data of characters and images to be input to the basic design data, specify the position and coloration of the characters and images, input the specifications, and manufacture The user enters the desired quantity and inputs a request for creating an estimate (step S11).
[0026]
The printed matter production estimation apparatus 1 receives the specification and quantity of the printed matter transmitted from the terminal 3 and the estimation request as a creation request by the receiving unit 110 (step S12), and the basics corresponding to the pattern A of the basic design data of the received specifications. The charge amount is read from the estimate creation basic data storage unit 12 by the estimate amount calculation unit 14, and the estimated amount is calculated based on the read basic charge and the quantity (step S13). Next, the printed matter production estimating apparatus 1 reflects the designated positions and colors of the characters and images included in the specifications transmitted from the terminal 3 by the created image generation unit 16 in the basic design data, and actually creates the printed matter. The image data in the case where it has been generated is generated, and the generated image data is transmitted to the terminal 3 by the image data transmitting unit 17 and the data of the calculated estimated amount is transmitted by the transmitting unit 15 (step S14). Further, the print production estimation apparatus 1 reads out the specification changeable contents indicating the changeable specification in the pattern A of the basic design data from the change charge storage unit 13 by the changeable contents notification unit 111 and transmits the readout to the terminal 3.
[0027]
After receiving the image data, the estimated amount data, and the changeable content (step S15), the terminal 3 outputs the image data and the estimated amount data by a display device such as a CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) or a liquid crystal display device. . Then, after the customer confirms the image data and the estimated amount, the changeable contents are checked, and the contents to be changed are selected from the changeable contents, for example, “change a logo to a photograph” and transmitted to the print production estimation apparatus 1. At the same time, the image information of the photograph for replacing the logo with the photograph is transmitted (step S16).
[0028]
The printed matter production estimation device 1 receives the change content “change the logo to a photo” and the image information transmitted from the terminal 3 by the change content receiving unit 112 (step S17), and receives the received change content “change the logo to a photo”. Is read from the change charge storage unit 13, and the change amount is reflected by the estimated charge calculation unit 14 based on the read change charge data and the estimated charge data and quantity corresponding to the basic design data. After that, the estimated amount is calculated (step S18). Then, the transmission unit 15 transmits the calculated estimated amount to the terminal (step S19).
[0029]
Further, the print production estimation apparatus 1 generates new image data by reflecting the received image information together with the changed contents on the already generated image data by the generated image generation unit 16 and the image data transmission unit 17. The data is transmitted to the terminal (step S20).
[0030]
The terminal 3 receives the data of the estimated amount and the image data after the change content transmitted from the printed matter production estimation device 1 is reflected (step S21), and displays the data on the display device. Then, after the customer 4 confirms the estimated amount and the image data and is satisfied with the estimated amount and the image data, for example, the settlement method “COD” is selected, and the “order” button on the dedicated site for print production contracting is clicked. Then, the order instruction is transmitted from the terminal 3 to the print production estimation device 1 (step S22).
[0031]
Upon receiving the ordering instruction and the settlement method from the terminal 3 by the content providing unit 10 (step S23), the printed matter production estimation device 1 creates image data in which the changed content is reflected from the created image generating unit 16 to the application data storage unit 17. The data is output and stored as application data (step S24). Then, since the settlement method is "COD", the settlement unit 19 performs the settlement process as "COD" (step S25), and the application data is read from the application data storage unit 17 in the printed matter production estimation device 1. The data is output to the printing device 2 to specify the quantity and issue a print instruction (step S26).
[0032]
Upon receiving the application data and the printing instruction from the printed matter production estimating apparatus 1 (step S27), the printing apparatus 2 performs printing on the number of “plastic cards” corresponding to the instructed quantity based on the applied data and prints. Is manufactured (step S28). Then, the produced printed matter is sent to the customer 4 and delivered (step S29). Then, the printing fee is paid to the print maker by cash on delivery (step S30).
[0033]
According to the embodiment described above, the number of sheets to be ordered is not mentioned. However, in the case of a large lot (the number of sheets to be ordered is equal to or more than a predetermined number), another printed matter production system (see FIG. 1 (using the “exclusive window for large lot and order card creation”).
[0034]
Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the specification change is received only once from the terminal has been described. However, in the case where the specification change is received a plurality of times, the notification of the specification changeable contents is made and the step S16 in FIG. To step S21 in FIG. 6 are repeatedly performed.
[0035]
In the above-described embodiment, the characters and images to be printed on the basic design data are transmitted from the terminal 3 to the print production estimation apparatus 1 before placing an order. However, the characters and images are transmitted from the terminal 3 after the order is placed. It may be.
[0036]
In the above-described embodiment, the case where the settlement method is “COD” is described. However, when the settlement method is “transfer” or the like, the settlement amount is calculated by the estimated amount calculation unit 14 by the settlement unit 19. The invoice data corresponding to the estimated amount is transmitted to the terminal 3, and after the payment is confirmed, the application data is output to the printing device 2. This makes it possible to reliably collect the fee for the print medium.
[0037]
Further, the content providing unit 10, the estimated amount calculating unit 14, the transmitting unit 15, the created image generating unit 16, the image data transmitting unit 17, the settlement unit 19, the accepting unit 110, the changeable content notifying unit 111, the accepting change content in FIG. A program for realizing the function of the unit 112 is recorded on a computer-readable recording medium, and the program recorded on the recording medium is read into a computer system and executed to perform a print product estimate creation process. Good. Here, the “computer system” includes an OS and hardware such as peripheral devices.
[0038]
The “computer system” also includes a homepage providing environment (or a display environment) if a WWW system is used.
The “computer-readable recording medium” refers to a portable medium such as a flexible disk, a magneto-optical disk, a ROM, and a CD-ROM, and a storage device such as a hard disk built in a computer system. Further, a “computer-readable recording medium” refers to a communication line for transmitting a program via a network such as the Internet or a communication line such as a telephone line, which dynamically holds the program for a short time. In this case, it is also assumed that a program that holds a program for a certain period of time, such as a volatile memory in a computer system serving as a server or a client in that case, is included. Further, the above-mentioned program may be for realizing a part of the above-mentioned functions, or may be for realizing the above-mentioned functions in combination with a program already recorded in a computer system.
[0039]
As described above, the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail with reference to the drawings. However, the specific configuration is not limited to the embodiments, and includes a design and the like without departing from the gist of the present invention.
[0040]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, the specification and quantity of a printed matter are received from a terminal as a creation request, and the terminal is notified of specification changeable contents indicating contents that can be changed with respect to the specification received from the terminal, and the specification change is performed. After receiving the specification change based on the possible contents from the terminal, based on the specification of the printed matter transmitted from the terminal, the basic charge data is read from the estimate creation basic data storage unit, and the specification of the printed matter transmitted from the terminal is read. Based on the content of the change, the change charge data is read from the change charge storage unit, and the estimated amount is calculated based on the read basic charge data, change charge data, and quantity, and transmitted to the terminal. Since it is possible for a business to reduce the trouble of calculating the estimated amount due to the change in specifications, even if the number of printed sheets is small, the profit can be efficiently obtained. It becomes possible. In addition, since the time required for presenting the estimated amount of money accompanying the specification change can be shortened, the time required to reconsider the design of the printed material can be extended for the requester of the printed material, thereby increasing the degree of satisfaction with the completeness of the printed material. Can be increased.
[0041]
Further, according to the present invention, since the print image creation image data according to the specifications instructed from the terminal is created and transmitted to the terminal, the print creation requester confirms the estimated amount and prepares the created image data. After confirming the image diagram of the printed matter in the case of the above, it is possible to determine whether or not to order the printed matter.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a configuration of a printed matter production system to which a printed matter production estimation device 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied.
FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram for describing a configuration of a printed matter production estimation device 1.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of information stored in a basic design DB11.
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of information stored in an estimate creation basic data storage unit 12;
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of information stored in a change fee storage unit 13;
FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the printed matter production system in the configuration of FIG. 1;
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF REFERENCE NUMERALS 1 Printed matter production estimation device 2 Printing device 3 Terminal 10 Content providing unit 11 Basic design DB 12 Estimation basic data storage unit 13 Change fee storage unit 14 Estimated amount calculation unit 15 Transmission unit 16 Created image generation unit 17 Image data transmission unit 18 Application Data storage unit 19 Settlement unit 110 Reception unit 111 Changeable content notification unit 112 Change content reception unit

Claims (4)

A printed matter production estimation device that receives a printed matter creation request from a terminal,
A quote creation basic data storage unit that stores the specifications of the printed matter in association with the basic charge data corresponding to the specifications,
A change charge storage unit that stores specification changeable contents indicating a changeable part of the specification of the printed matter and change charge data corresponding to the specification changeable contents in association with each other;
A receiving unit that receives specifications and quantities of printed matter from the terminal as a creation request,
A changeable content notification unit that reads from the change charge storage unit and transmits to the terminal the specification changeable content in the specification specified by the terminal,
A change content receiving unit that receives, from the terminal, a specification change content based on the specification changeable content received from the changeable content notification unit,
Based on the specifications of the printed matter received by the receiving unit, a basic fee is read from the estimate creation basic data storage unit, and the change fee data is read from the change fee storage unit based on the content of the change received by the change content receiving unit. Read out, based on the read basic charge data, the changed charge data and the quantity, an estimated amount calculation unit for calculating an estimated amount,
A transmission unit that transmits data of the estimated amount calculated by the estimated amount calculation unit to the terminal,
A printed matter production estimating apparatus comprising: A creation image generation unit that creates creation image data of a printed matter according to the specification instructed from the terminal,
An image data transmitting unit that transmits created image data generated by the created image generating unit to the terminal;
The printed matter production estimating apparatus according to claim 1, comprising: A print production estimation method for receiving a print production request from a terminal,
Receive the specification and quantity of the printed matter from the terminal as a creation request,
A specification changeable content indicating a changeable content of the specification specified by the terminal is read from a change charge storage unit that stores the changeable content and change charge data corresponding to the specification changeable content in association with each other. Transmitting to the terminal,
Receiving the specification change content based on the specification changeable content from the terminal,
Based on the specifications of the printed matter transmitted from the terminal, the basic charge is read from the estimate creation basic data storage unit that stores the specifications of the printed matter and the basic charge data corresponding to the specification, and is transmitted from the terminal. Based on the content of the change in the specification of the printed material, the changed charge data is read from the changed charge storage unit, and an estimated amount is calculated based on the read basic charge data, the changed charge data, and the quantity,
A method for estimating the production of printed matter, comprising transmitting data of the calculated estimated amount to the terminal. A printed matter production estimation program for receiving a printed matter creation request from a terminal,
Receiving the specification and quantity of the printed matter from the terminal as a creation request,
From a change charge storage unit that stores specification changeable contents indicating contents that can be changed with respect to the specification specified from the terminal, in association with the changeable contents and change charge data corresponding to the specification changeable contents. Reading and transmitting to the terminal;
Receiving a specification change from the terminal based on specification changeable contents,
Based on the specifications of the printed matter transmitted from the terminal, the basic charge is read from the estimate creation basic data storage unit that stores the specifications of the printed matter and the basic charge data corresponding to the specification, and is transmitted from the terminal. Reading the change charge data from the change charge storage unit based on the content of the change in the specification of the printed matter to be calculated, and calculating an estimated amount based on the read basic charge data, the change charge data, and the quantity;
Transmitting the data of the calculated estimated amount to the terminal.

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