JP2010030256A5

JP2010030256A5 -

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Publication number: JP2010030256A5
Application number: JP2008197757A
Authority: JP
Filing date: 2008-07-31
Publication date: 2011-09-15
Anticipated expiration: 2028-07-31

Claims

In a printing device that involves consumption when performing print processing according to print data,
A clock means for recognizing the date,
Initial period setting means for setting the initial period;
A calculation means for calculating a monthly consumption amount of what is consumed in a month including a device use day when power is turned on to the printing device;
Storage means for storing the monthly consumption of results calculated by the previous SL calculations means,
Have
The calculating means, the device when used date is the first power-up date in the the month, and monthly consumption information is pre Symbol apparatus used prior to the date of the most recent monthly consumption recorded month reference A printing apparatus characterized in that the monthly consumption up to the previous month is calculated and stored in the storage means.

In a printing apparatus that performs print processing according to print data,
A clock means for recognizing the date,
Initial period setting means for setting the initial period;
Calculating means for calculating the number of monthly prints for the month including the device use date when the power is turned on to the printing device;
Storage means for storing the monthly number of printed results calculated by said calculations means,
Have
The calculating means, the device when used date is the first of the first device powered on day in the relevant month, prior Symbol apparatus using date basis monthly print number information of the month in which there is a record of previous most recent monthly number of prints The printing apparatus is characterized in that the number of monthly printed sheets up to the previous month is calculated and stored in the storage means.

3. The printing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the calculation of the number of monthly printed sheets of the previous month is a number of printed sheets obtained by subtracting the total number of printed sheets of the current apparatus from the total number of printed sheets of the apparatus until the month before last.

4. The printing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the calculation process of the number of printed pages per month performed by the calculating unit is executed in an initial setting process when the apparatus is turned on.

A setting means for setting a month including the first day as a first month and setting a month 12 months after the first month as a final month;
When the year including the device usage date is the current year, the previous year is the previous year, and the previous month is the last month of the previous year, the annual number of printed pages for the previous year is calculated. The printing apparatus according to claim 2, 3, or 4.

Print processing according to the print data,
Initial period setting process for setting initial period;
It performs a calculation processing to calculate the monthly number of prints of each month to a device used day was the power is turned on to the equipment,
The calculation process, the device when used date is the first device powered on day of each month, and monthly print number information of a previous Symbol apparatus using date record of previous most recent monthly print number month reference previous month A printing control method characterized by calculating the number of printed pages per month.

Print processing according to the print data,
Initial period setting process for setting initial period;
It performs a calculation processing to calculate the monthly number of prints of each month to a device used day was the power is turned on to the equipment,
The calculation process calculates the number of monthly prints of the previous month when the device use date is the first device power-on date of each month, and when there is no record of the number of monthly prints of the previous month, A program that calculates the number of monthly prints up to the previous month based on information on the month in which the most recent monthly print number is recorded.
A program executable by the print processing apparatus.

In a printing system in which a printing device and a host device are connected via a network,
The printing apparatus includes:
A clock means for recognizing the date,
Initial period setting means for setting the initial period;
A setting means for setting a month including the first day as a first month and setting a month 12 months after the first month as a final month;
A calculation means for calculating a monthly consumption amount for each month on a device use day when power is turned on to the printing device ;
Storage means for storing the monthly consumption of results calculated by the previous SL calculations means,
Have
The calculation means calculates the monthly consumption of the previous month when the device usage date is the first device power-on date of each month, and when there is no record of the monthly consumption of the previous month, Calculating the monthly consumption up to the previous month on the basis of the information of the month in which the most recent monthly consumption is recorded, and storing the calculation result in the storage means,
The host system acquires information on the monthly consumption stored from the printing apparatus and displays the information on a display unit.

In a printing system in which a printing device and a host device are connected via a network,
The printing apparatus includes:
Initial period setting means for setting the initial period;
A setting means for setting a month including the first day as a first month and setting a month 12 months after the first month as a final month;
A calculation means for calculating the number of monthly prints for each month on the device use day when the device is powered on;
Storage means for storing the monthly number of printed results calculated by said calculations means,
Have
The calculation means calculates the number of monthly prints of the previous month when the device use date is the first device power-on date of each month, and when there is no record of the number of monthly prints of the previous month, Calculating the number of monthly printed sheets up to the previous month on the basis of the information on the month in which the most recent monthly printed number is recorded, and storing the calculation result in the storage means,
The printing system according to claim 1, wherein the host device acquires information on the number of monthly printed sheets stored from the printing apparatus and displays the information on a display unit.

The host device acquires information on monthly consumption or monthly number of printed sheets stored from a plurality of the printing apparatuses, and displays a list of information for one year from the first month to the last month. The printing system according to claim 8 or 9.

In a printing apparatus that performs print processing according to print data,
A clock means for recognizing the date,
Initial period setting means for setting the initial period;
Log storage means for storing one piece of log information for each “predetermined period” defined on the basis of the first day of the term;
A judging means for judging whether or not the “predetermined period” has changed from the date of the beginning of the period and today's date acquired from the clock means;
With
When it is determined by the determination means that the “predetermined period” has changed, the current period is obtained from the first day of the period and today's date, and the log of the period immediately before the current period is stored in the log storage means.
A printing apparatus characterized by that.

The determination means for determining whether the “predetermined period” has changed,
The current period is obtained from today's date acquired from the clock means on the basis of the first day of the period, and whether or not the log data of the period immediately before the current period is saved in the log storage means is saved. If not, it is determined that the “predetermined period” has changed.
The printing apparatus according to claim 10.

The printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the consumption is a consumption of printing paper.

The printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the consumption amount is a power consumption amount consumed by the printing apparatus.

The printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the consumption is a consumption of a consumable used by the printing apparatus.