Image forming apparatus
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1. An image forming apparatus to form an image on an image forming medium by concurrently incrementing a charging counter, comprising:
- a receiving section to receive information supplied from an external device via a network;
an instruction section to instruct output of the information supplied from the external device via the network; and
process means for responding to an instruction from the instruction section and forming an image on the image forming medium according to the information received from the receiving section without incrementing the charging counter.
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Abstract
The present invention can print out operating instructions, HELP documents, the latest image forming apparatus information, support and maintenance information, advertisements about new models and services, and the like without incrementing a charging counter.
Without caring about the charging, users can print out operating instructions, HELP documents, the latest image forming apparatus information, support and maintenance information, advertisements about new models and services, and the like.
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1. An image forming apparatus to form an image on an image forming medium by concurrently incrementing a charging counter, comprising:
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a receiving section to receive information supplied from an external device via a network;
an instruction section to instruct output of the information supplied from the external device via the network; and
process means for responding to an instruction from the instruction section and forming an image on the image forming medium according to the information received from the receiving section without incrementing the charging counter. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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