ACCOUNTING CONTROL METHOD OF PRINTER, PRINTER, PRINTING SYSTEM

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a printing system, in which a single printer is shared by a plurality of users, capable of presenting the respective users proper charge amount.SOLUTION: A printer 1 includes: a job acquisition section 51 that acquires a print job; a printing part 52 that performs the printing based on the print job; a first charge information generation part 53 that generates a piece of first charge information which is a piece of charge information relevant to the printing of the print job based on a piece of consuming material information representing a consumed amount of the consuming material which has been used for printing of the print job; and a first charge information output section 54 that outputs the first charge information to a server 2 at a timing of termination of the print job as the trigger.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3 【課題】複数のユーザーで１台のプリンターを共有する場合において、各ユーザーに適切な課金額を提示する印刷システムを提供する。【解決手段】プリンター１は、印刷ジョブを取得するジョブ取得部５１と、印刷ジョブに基づいて印刷を行う印刷部５２と、印刷ジョブの印刷に使用される消費材の使用量を示す消費材情報に基づいて印刷ジョブの印刷に係る課金情報である第１課金情報を生成する第１課金情報生成部５３と、印刷ジョブの印刷終了をトリガーとしてサーバ２へ第１課金情報を出力する第１課金情報出力部５４と、を備える。【選択図】図３