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Information processing apparatus and information processing method

US10572197B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 11, 2018
Grant dateFeb 25, 2020
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Expiry dateSep 11, 2038

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F2206/1504
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The management server acquires information including, at least, a medium price per unit area of one or more types of print media and a consumption amount of one or more types of inks, regarding a print job executed by the printer, calculates a cost of the print job based on the medium price and the consumption amount included in the acquired information, and calculates an index value of a profit obtained by executing a print job, of which a product is a predetermined print medium, based on the calculated cost by the printing apparatus for a predetermined time.

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