System for managing number of sheets for image formation
US7123377B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 10, 2004 |
| Grant date | Oct 17, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 10, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B20/00876
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
When a holder of an ID card approaches an image formation instructing device for sending an image forming instruction to an image forming apparatus, an ID code stored in a RF-ID element built in the ID card is read by a RF communication device. When the image formation instructing device transmits an image forming instruction to the image forming apparatus in this condition, an image forming operation is executed and the number of sheets for image formation is counted by counting means. Further, the counted number of sheets for image formation is associated with an ID code having predetermined bearing on the personal ID code read by the RF communication device and thereafter stored and held in a number-of-sheets file. Thus, the number of sheets for image formation is managed without preparing a key counter, a key card, etc. and without special operation.
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