	US 12,075,015 B2
	Printing system
Haruka Azechi, Nagoya (JP); Shunsuke Minamikawa, Nagoya (JP); Tetsuya Okuno, Nagoya (JP); Ayaka Hotta, Nagoya (JP); and Yushi Deura, Nagoya (JP)
Assigned to BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya (JP)
Filed by BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya (JP)
Filed on May 30, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/325,251.
Application 18/325,251 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2021/039987, filed on Oct. 29, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-198909 (JP), filed on Nov. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0308588 A1, Sep. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 1/34 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01)

CPC H04N 1/344 (2013.01) [H04N 1/00225 (2013.01)]

14 Claims

14. A printing system comprising:

a print engine; and

one or more controllers configured to:

obtain print data;

control the print engine to print an image corresponding to the print data on a printing medium based on a print setting value;

determine a fee to be charged when printing the image corresponding to the print data on the printing medium; and

change the print setting value, the printing system further comprising:

a printing device including:

the print engine;

an operation panel; and

a first controller;

a data processing server including:

a server memory; and

a second controller; and

an external device,

wherein the one or more controllers include the first controller and the second controller,

wherein the second controller is configured to:

transmit fee determination information,

wherein the first controller is configured to:

obtain the fee determination information transmitted by the second controller; and

transmit the fee determination information to the external device,

wherein the external device is configured to:

obtain the fee determination information transmitted by the first controller;

receive a print setting value related to a print job to be transmitted to the printing device; and

determine a fee charged for the print setting value received using the fee determination information obtained from the first controller,

wherein the external device is configured to repeatedly receive the print setting and determine the fee until a particular completion operation is performed in the external device,

wherein, when the particular completion operation is performed in the external device:

the first controller is configured to:

obtain the print job transmitted from the external device; and

transmit the print job obtained from the external device to the data processing server; and

the second controller is configured to:

receive the print job transmitted by the first controller;

store the print job received by the second controller in the server memory; and

transmit the print job stored in the server memory to the printing device in response to transmitting payment approval of the fee, and

wherein the first controller is further configured to:

receive the print job transmitted by the second controller; and

control the print engine to print an image based on the print job received by the first controller.