JP2002015374A - Advertising delivery billing method, advertisement delivery billing system, advertisement delivery billing apparatus, and image forming apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Problem] In a multifunction peripheral in which a copy function and a FAX function are integrated, even if a FAX is received, a fee is charged according to the number of prints.
Part of the advertising distribution fee was borne substantially by the receiving side. SOLUTION: A digital multifunction peripheral 61 of a customer counts the total number of print output sheets and the number of advertisement output sheets.
The advertisement mediation server 0 performs a discount according to the number of output advertisements when charging the digital multifunction peripheral 61 based on the total number of printouts. The discount amount is included in the advertisement distribution fee charged to the advertisement client. By this, FAX
Eliminates the substantial fee burden on the recipient side caused by receiving advertisements, and realizes the original fee structure in which the advertisement requester bears all the fees related to advertisement distribution. As with other advertising distribution, it is possible to obtain useful information without paying a fee

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to the F
An advertisement delivery billing method for charging an image forming apparatus equipped with an AX function in accordance with the number of printouts and distributing an advertisement from an advertisement client to the image forming apparatus of each customer by facsimile, The present invention relates to a delivery billing system, an advertisement delivery billing device, and an image forming device constituting the delivery billing system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As means for distributing advertisements to general customers, commercials such as television and radio commercials, newspaper advertisements, direct mails by mail, and more recently, direct mails using facsimile (hereinafter referred to as FAX) or electronic mails have been used. Email and the like are also actively used.

[0003]

[0005] By the way, when an advertisement is delivered, the cost of the advertisement delivery is basically borne by the delivery side, except in special cases, such as when the customer specifically requests the delivery of the advertisement. The principle is to do it. However, among the above-described advertisement distribution, the advertisement distribution by FAX is not always the same, and a part of the cost is substantially borne by the receiver side. This is FA
This is because, when X is received, the receiving side must bear the paper and toner used for the print output. Recently, printers and fax machines have been added to copiers.
Multifunction machines with integrated functions have become widespread. In such multifunction machines, charging according to the number of printouts is not only required for copying, but also for printers and FAs.
Since the present invention is also applied to a case where an advertisement is printed out as X, when an advertisement is received by facsimile in such a multifunction peripheral, the receiving side must bear the charge corresponding to the number of print outs of the advertisement. For the customer receiving the advertisement, it is unacceptable that the advertisement that was not specifically requested was sent unilaterally and that some of the costs had to be substantially paid. Absent. In order to avoid such a burden of receiving an unwelcome advertisement, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H11-046193 discloses a method of receiving a fax from a specific party without printing it out. A facsimile apparatus which discards a file from a memory has been proposed. However, such a facsimile machine cannot refuse to receive an advertisement from the first party, and also rejects an advertisement containing useful information for itself. It does not solve the fundamental problem. The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide an advertisement delivery billing method and a method for receiving an advertisement delivery by facsimile without the advertisement receiving side paying a substantial charge. The purpose is to provide such a system.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object, a first aspect of the present invention is to charge an image forming apparatus equipped with a FAX function possessed by each customer according to the number of printouts. An advertisement delivery billing method for delivering an advertisement from an advertisement client to the image forming apparatus of each customer by facsimile, wherein the advertisement from the advertisement client is transmitted to the image forming apparatus of an arbitrary customer. An advertisement distribution step, calculating a billing amount corresponding to the number of printouts of the image forming apparatus within a predetermined period for each customer,
A print charge calculating step of calculating a reduction amount from the billing amount when the print output number includes the advertisement output number in accordance with the advertisement output number, wherein the print charge amount is calculated in the print charge amount calculating step. The reduced amount is configured as an advertisement delivery charging method included in the advertisement fee for each advertisement client. Further, the second invention as a system capable of implementing such an advertisement delivery and billing method is an image forming apparatus equipped with a facsimile function possessed by each customer, and an image forming apparatus corresponding to the image forming apparatus in accordance with the number of printouts. An advertisement delivery and billing system for billing and delivering an advertisement from an advertisement client to the image forming apparatus of each customer by facsimile. An advertisement distribution means for transmitting an advertisement from a client to the image forming apparatus of an arbitrary customer; calculating a billing amount corresponding to the number of printouts of the image forming apparatus within a predetermined period for each customer; A print charge amount calculating means for calculating a reduction amount with respect to the charge amount in accordance with the advertisement output number when the print output number includes the advertisement output number. And Bei, for the above-mentioned amount of the write-down, which is calculated by the print charge amount calculating means is configured as an advertisement distribution billing system to be included in the advertising rates of the advertisement sponsor each. With the above configuration, the billing amount corresponding to the number of print output of the image forming apparatus of the customer is reduced according to the number of advertisement output, and the reduced amount is charged to the advertisement requester.
And eliminates a substantial charge burden on the receiver side caused by receiving the advertisement by the advertiser, and realizes the original charge system in which the advertisement requester bears all the charges related to the advertisement distribution. As a result, the receiver can obtain useful information without paying a fee, similarly to other advertisement distribution such as newspaper advertisement.

Here, the number of printouts and the number of advertisements output for each of the image forming apparatuses are stored in each of the image forming apparatuses, and the print charge calculating means calculates the number of printouts received from each of the image forming apparatuses via a predetermined line. If the charging amount and the reduction amount are calculated based on the number of sheets and the number of advertisements output, it is possible to take detailed measures such as changing the reduction rate of the charging amount according to the number of advertisements output. Further, the number of printouts for each image forming apparatus is stored in each image forming apparatus, and the number of advertisement output is stored in the storage means of the advertisement delivery and billing apparatus. If the charge amount and the reduction amount are calculated based on the number of printouts received through the line and the number of advertisements output stored in the storage unit, the configuration of the image forming apparatus can be simplified. Becomes possible. Since the number of printouts is normally counted even in a conventional image forming apparatus, it is possible to realize a system with almost no improvement in the image forming apparatus on the customer side. Further, if the advertisement distribution and billing device distributes the advertisement to the image forming device by using either a facsimile using a public telephone line or an Internet facsimile, an effective transmission method can be selected for each customer. Becomes possible. Further, if the print charge calculating means is configured to calculate the charge and the reduction based on the number of print output and the number of advertisement output for each color / monochrome or for each paper size, the charge setting can be freely set. The degree spreads,
Detailed responses are possible.

Further, the third and fourth inventions respectively comprise an advertisement distribution charging device and an image forming device constituting the advertisement distribution charging system.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments and examples of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings to facilitate understanding of the present invention. The following embodiments and examples are mere examples embodying the present invention, and do not limit the technical scope of the present invention.

(Embodiment 1) As shown in FIG. 1, an advertisement distribution and billing system Z1 according to Embodiment 1 includes an advertisement mediation server 0 (an example of an advertisement distribution billing device) and an advertisement mediation server 0. , And digital multifunction peripherals 61, 61,... (An example of an image forming apparatus) connected by the Internet or a public telephone line. The advertisement requester terminal 51 is composed of, for example, a personal computer or the like, and makes a request for advertisement distribution to the advertisement mediation server 0 via the Internet. The digital multifunction peripheral 61 is an image forming apparatus in which a facsimile function, a copy function, a printer function, and the like are integrated, and includes a print number counter 62 and an advertisement number counter 63.
And are installed. The print number counter 62 is
The total number of prints output by the AX, copy, and printer functions is counted for each sheet size. Also,
The advertisement number counter 63 counts the number of output advertisements received from the advertisement mediation server 0 among the total number of prints.

The advertisement mediation server 0 distributes the advertisement requested from the advertisement requester terminal 51 to customers (users of the digital multi-function peripheral 61) that meet the distribution conditions, and the digital As shown in FIG. 1, an advertisement receiving unit 1, an advertisement distribution unit 2, an accounting unit 3, a storage unit 4, and a network I / F 5 It consists of. The advertisement receiving unit 1 includes a distribution condition setting unit 11 that sets distribution conditions of an advertisement based on information input from the advertisement requester terminal 51, and a distribution condition setting unit 11.
The distribution destination extraction unit 12 that extracts the distribution destination of the advertisement based on the distribution conditions set in the above and distribution destination data stored in the distribution destination data storage unit 42 of the storage unit 4 in advance, and the advertisement requester terminal 51 , And an advertisement data registration unit 14 for registering the advertisement data received by the advertisement data reception unit 13 in the advertisement data storage unit 43 of the storage unit 4. The advertisement distribution unit 2 (corresponding to an advertisement distribution unit) manages the information of the advertisement distribution destination extracted by the distribution destination extraction unit 12 and the advertisement data registered by the advertisement data registration unit 14 in association with each other. At the same time, after the advertisement distribution, the advertisement transmission management unit 21 storing the distribution result information in the request source data storage unit 41 of the storage unit 4 and the advertisement distribution destination managed by the advertisement transmission management unit 21 , FAX or Internet FAX.

The charge processing section 3 (corresponding to a print charge amount calculating means) is provided for each of the digital multifunction peripherals 6 of each customer.
From 1, the number-of-used-sheets receiving unit 31, which receives the counts of the print number counter 62 and the advertisement number counter 63 periodically (for example, at the end of each month) via a public telephone line, for example,
The charge amount for each digital multifunction peripheral 61 is calculated based on the number of printed sheets and the number of advertisement sheets received for each digital multifunction peripheral 61 received by the used number reception section 31, and the charge of the multifunction peripheral in the storage section 4 is calculated. MFP charge calculation unit 32 stored in data storage unit 44, request source data storage unit 4
1 is periodically (eg, at the end of each month), the distribution result information for each advertisement client is taken out, the advertisement fee for each advertisement client is calculated, and the advertisement fee stored in the advertisement fee data storage unit 45 of the storage unit 4 is stored. It is composed of a calculating unit 33 and an advertising fee notifying unit 34 for notifying each advertising client of the advertising fee calculated by the advertising fee calculating unit 33 by e-mail or FAX, for example.

Next, the processing procedure of the advertisement distribution and billing system Z1 will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. (1. Advertisement Delivery Destination Setting Processing) The advertisement delivery destination setting processing procedure will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.
First, the advertisement receiving unit 1 receives an advertisement request from the advertisement client terminal 51 (S1). The reception of the advertisement request can be performed, for example, via a Web page for receiving the advertisement request. The advertisement requester who desires the advertisement distribution request accesses the advertisement request reception Web page from his / her terminal (advertisement requester terminal) 61 and sets the advertisement distribution condition (S2). The setting of the distribution condition can be performed, for example, by selecting one or a plurality of distribution destination conditions displayed in advance on the Web page. In addition, the delivery destination conditions include the type of business ("construction", "food and beverage"), the type of job ("personnel",
"General affairs", etc., number of employees ("less than 100", "10
00 or more), for example, and is set as, for example, "constructor with 1000 or more employees". The set distribution conditions are sent to the distribution destination extracting unit 12 by the distribution condition setting unit 11.

When the distribution destination condition is set in step S2, the distribution condition setting unit 11 transmits the distribution destination data from the distribution destination data storage unit 42 in which a plurality of distribution destinations (users of the digital MFP 61) are registered in advance. A delivery destination that matches the destination condition is extracted and output to the advertisement requester terminal 51 together with an estimate of the advertisement fee (S3). Here, an example of the distribution destination data registered in the distribution destination data storage unit 42 is shown in FIG. The distribution destination data shown in FIG.
D, "industry,""occupation,""number of employees," and "desired information." The “desired information” indicates a genre of information desired to be distributed, such as “computer-related”, “office supplies”, and “book”. In this way, it is possible to register the customer's request in advance, and to prevent the advertisement that does not meet the customer's request from being distributed even if the distribution condition of the advertisement requester is met.
The processes of steps S2 and S3 are repeated until the advertisement requester is OK (S4), and the information of the determined distribution destination is stored in, for example, the advertisement data storage unit 43 (S4).
5). Then, a transmission request for the advertisement data to be delivered to the delivery destination is output to the advertisement client terminal 51 (S6).

(2. Advertisement Distribution Processing) Next, the advertisement distribution processing procedure will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. When the advertisement data is transmitted from the advertisement client terminal 51 in response to the advertisement data distribution request in step S6, the advertisement data is received by the advertisement data receiving unit 13 (S11), and the advertisement data is stored in the advertisement data registration unit. 14
As a result, it is stored in association with the distribution destination information already stored in the advertisement data storage unit 43 (S12, S13).
After that, the advertisement data enters a distribution processing wait state under the control of the advertisement transmission management unit 21 (S14), and when the time comes, the advertisement data transmission unit 22 sends a fax to each distribution destination.
Or distributed by Internet FAX (S1
5).

Here, in addition to the information shown in FIG. 6, the type of advertisement distribution (FAX) as shown in FIG.
/ Internet FAX) and advertisement distribution destination (FA
In the case of X, a telephone number is registered, and in the case of an Internet FAX, information of a mail address) is registered, and the advertisement data transmitting unit 22 transmits an advertisement based on these information. When the advertisement data is distributed to all the distribution destinations, the advertisement transmission management unit 21 updates the distribution result information of each request source data in the request source data storage unit 41 (S1).
6), the advertisement data that has already been distributed and the information of the distribution destination are deleted from the advertisement data storage unit 43 (S17). On the other hand, in the digital multi-function peripheral 61 which has received and printed out an advertisement from the advertisement mediation server 1 by FAX or Internet FAX, the print number counter 62 and the advertisement number counter 63 are respectively added by the number of prints of the advertisement. FIG. 8 shows an example of the counts of the print number counter 62 and the advertisement number counter 63 of the digital multi-function peripheral 61.

(3. Charge Calculation Processing) Next, the charge calculation processing procedure for each digital multifunction peripheral 61 will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. At a predetermined time (for example, at the end of the month), each of the digital multifunction peripherals 61, 61,
.. Are repeated (S20a-S20b). First, the used number receiving unit 31
Receives the counts of the print number counter 62 and the advertisement number counter 63 from the digital multifunction peripheral 61 via, for example, a public telephone line (S21). Then, the MFP charge calculating unit 32 calculates a billing amount corresponding to the count number (total number of prints) of the print number counter 62 (S24). At this time, if the count number (the number of advertisement prints) of the advertisement number counter 63 is 1 or more, a discount corresponding to the number is performed (S22, S23).

Here, as a method of discounting the billing amount,
For example, the billing amount may be simply calculated by subtracting the number of advertisement prints from the total number of prints, or a small discount may be added in consideration of a paper fee or the like. If the number of prints is counted for each paper size as shown in FIG. 8, it is also possible to calculate the billing amount at a different unit price for each paper size. Further, detailed measures such as changing a discount rate according to the number of advertisement prints are also possible. The charge amount calculated by the MFP charge calculating unit 32 is stored in the MFP charge data storage unit 44 for each digital MFP 61 (S25). In this way, by discounting the billing amount corresponding to the number of prints according to the number of received advertisements, it is possible to eliminate the substantial fee burden on the receiver side caused by receiving the advertisement by FAX, and , As well as other advertising distribution such as newspaper ads,
It is possible to obtain useful information without paying a fee.

(4. Advertisement Fee Calculation Process) Next, the procedure of the advertisement fee calculation process for each advertisement client will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. In the same manner as the charge amount calculation processing, at a predetermined time (for example, at the end of the month), the charge processing unit 3 of the advertisement mediation server 0 performs the following processing of S31 to S33 for each of the advertisement requesters 51, 51,. It is repeated (S30a-S30b). First, the advertisement fee calculation unit 33 extracts the distribution result information of each request source data from the request source data storage unit 41 (S31), and calculates the advertisement distribution fee (S32). The calculated ad distribution fee is
The advertisement fee is stored in the advertisement fee data storage unit 45, and is notified to each advertisement requester terminal 51 by the advertisement fee notification unit 34 by e-mail or FAX (S33). FIG. 9 shows an example of the distribution result information of each request source data stored in the request source data storage unit 41. In the example of FIG. 9, the actual number of advertisement distributions for each paper size is recorded for each advertisement client. In this case, for example, the advertisement distribution fee is calculated at a different unit price for each paper size. At this time, the unit price of the advertisement distribution fee is, of course, a fee in consideration of the discount amount of the billing amount of each customer (user of the digital multi-function peripheral 61). As a result, the original fee system in which the advertisement requester bears all of the fees related to the advertisement distribution is realized.

As described above, according to the advertisement distribution and billing system Z1 according to the first embodiment, the billing amount corresponding to the number of printouts of the digital multifunction peripheral 61 on the side of the advertisement receiver is reduced to the number of advertisements. Since the discount is included in the advertisement distribution fee charged to the advertisement client, the substantial fee burden on the receiver side caused by receiving the advertisement by FAX is eliminated, and the charge for the advertisement distribution is reduced. The original fee structure, in which all the burden is paid by the advertisement requester, is realized. As a result, the receiver can obtain useful information without paying a fee as in the case of other advertisement distribution such as newspaper advertisement.

(Embodiment 2) In Embodiment 1 described above,
Although the number of advertisement prints is counted by the advertisement number counter 63 of the digital multifunction peripheral 61, the number of advertisement prints can also be counted by the advertisement mediation server 0, which is the advertisement distribution source. Thus, the configuration of the digital multifunction peripheral 61 can be simplified. FIG. 10 shows a schematic configuration of an advertisement distribution and billing system Z2 according to the second embodiment. Since the basic configuration of the advertisement distribution and charging system Z2 is the same as that of the advertisement distribution and charging system Z1 according to the first embodiment, only the configuration different from that of the advertisement distribution and charging system Z1 will be described. First, in the digital multifunction peripheral 61 ', only the print number counter 62 for counting the total number of prints is mounted, and the advertisement number counter for counting the number of advertisement output is not mounted. On the side of the advertisement mediation server 0 ', in addition to the distribution destination data as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, in addition to the distribution destination data as shown in FIGS. The number of distribution sheets is stored. Also, the advertisement transmission management unit 2
1 ', number-of-used-sheets receiving section 31', and multifunction peripheral fee calculating section 3
The processing content of 2 ′ is slightly different from that of the above-mentioned advertisement distribution and billing system Z1.

The processing procedure of the advertisement delivery and charging system Z2 is the same as that of the advertisement delivery and charging system Z1 in (1. Advertisement destination setting processing) and (4. Advertisement fee calculation processing). Only the advertisement distribution processing and (3. billing amount calculation processing) will be described. FIG. 11 shows a flowchart of the advertisement distribution processing procedure in the advertisement distribution charging system Z2. The flowchart shown in FIG. 11 differs from FIG. 3 only in step S16a. That is, in the advertisement delivery charging system Z2, after the advertisement data is delivered (S
15) The advertisement transmission management unit 21 'not only updates the advertisement distribution result information (request source data storage unit 41) relating to the advertisement requester but also the advertisement distribution result information relating to the advertisement receiver side (distribution destination data storage unit 42'). ) Is performed (S16a). FIG. 12 shows a flowchart of a charging amount calculation processing procedure in the advertisement distribution charging system Z2. The flowchart shown in FIG. 12 differs from FIG. 4 only in steps S21 'to S23'. That is, in the advertisement delivery and billing system Z2, in the multifunction machine loop of S20a-S20b, first, the used number reception unit 31 'counts the count number of the print number counter 62 from the digital multifunction device 61 via, for example, a public telephone line. The advertisement distribution information is received (S21 '), and the advertisement distribution result information on the advertisement receiver side is extracted from the distribution destination data storage 42' (S21 ").
The charge amount corresponding to the count number (the total number of prints) of the print number counter 62 is calculated by the multifunction peripheral charge calculation unit 32 '(S24). At this time, by referring to the advertisement distribution result information on the advertisement receiver side in the distribution destination data storage unit 42 ', if there is an advertisement distribution result for the MFP,
A discount corresponding to the number is performed (S23 ').

As described above, according to the advertisement distribution and billing system Z2 of the second embodiment, the digital multifunction peripheral 61 can maintain the same effects as those of the advertisement distribution and billing system Z1 of the first embodiment. The configuration on the side can be simplified. Since the print number counter 62 is standardly mounted on the conventional digital multifunction peripheral,
The advertisement distribution and billing system Z2 according to the second embodiment can be realized with little improvement in the digital multifunction peripheral on the customer side.

(Other Modifications) In the above example, the advertisement distribution results on the advertisement requester side and the number-of-printed-sheets counter 62 of the digital multifunction peripheral are counted for each paper size. You may make it count separately for color / monochrome. As a result, the degree of freedom in setting a fee is expanded, and a detailed response is possible. Of course, it is also possible to calculate the fee based on only the number of sheets without dividing into sheet sizes or color / monochrome.

[0023]

As described above, according to the present invention,
The billing amount corresponding to the number of printouts of the image forming apparatus of the customer is reduced according to the number of advertisements output, and the reduced amount is charged to the advertisement requester. This eliminates the cost burden and realizes the original fee system in which the advertisement requester bears all the fees related to advertisement distribution. As a result, the receiver can obtain useful information without paying a fee, similarly to other advertisement distribution such as newspaper advertisement.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of an advertisement distribution and billing system Z1 according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of an advertisement distribution destination setting process by the advertisement distribution charging system Z1.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of an advertisement distribution process by the advertisement distribution charging system Z1.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a billing amount calculation process by the advertisement delivery billing system Z1.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of an advertisement fee calculation process by the advertisement delivery and billing system Z1.

FIG. 6 is an example of distribution destination data (portion used for distribution destination extraction).

FIG. 7 shows an example of distribution destination data (portion used for transmitting advertisement data).

FIG. 8 shows a print number counter 6 of the digital multi-function peripheral 61.
2 is an example of the count number of the advertisement number counter 63.

FIG. 9 shows an example of distribution result information of request source data.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of an advertisement distribution and billing system Z2 according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart of an advertisement distribution process by the advertisement distribution charging system Z2.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart of a billing amount calculation process by the advertisement delivery billing system Z2.

FIG. 13 is an example of distribution destination data (advertisement distribution result information for each digital MFP) of the advertisement distribution and billing system Z2.

[Explanation of symbols]

 0,0 '... Ad mediation server (an example of an advertisement delivery and billing device) 1 ... Advertisement receiving unit 2 ... Advertisement delivery unit (corresponding to advertisement delivery means) 3 ... Billing processing unit (corresponding to print billing amount calculation means) Unit 51: Advertisement client terminal 61: Digital multifunction peripheral (an example of an image forming apparatus) 62: Printed number counter 63: Advertised number counter

Claims (9)

[Claims] An image forming apparatus equipped with a facsimile function of each customer is charged according to the number of printouts, and an advertisement from an advertisement client is sent to the image forming apparatus of each customer by a facsimile. An advertisement distribution charging method for transmitting an advertisement from the advertisement client to the image forming apparatus of an arbitrary customer;
A billing amount is calculated for each of the customers in accordance with the number of printouts by the image forming apparatus within a predetermined period, and a reduction amount with respect to the billing amount in the case where the number of printouts includes the number of advertisement output is described above. An advertisement delivery billing method, comprising: a print billing amount calculation step of calculating according to the number of advertisement output sheets; and the reduced amount calculated in the print billing amount calculation step is included in the advertisement fee of each advertisement requester. 2. An image forming apparatus equipped with a facsimile function possessed by each customer, charging the image forming apparatus according to the number of printouts, and advertizing an advertisement from an advertisement client to the image of each customer. An advertisement delivery and billing system comprising an advertisement delivery and billing device for delivering a fax to a forming device, wherein the advertisement delivery and billing device sends an advertisement from the advertisement client to the image forming device of an arbitrary customer. An advertisement distribution means for transmitting, and calculating a billing amount corresponding to the number of print outputs within a predetermined period of time by the image forming apparatus for each customer, and calculating the charge amount when the number of print outputs includes the number of advertisement outputs. A print charge calculating means for calculating a reduction from the charge in accordance with the number of advertisements output, wherein the print charge calculating means calculates the amount of the reduction calculated by the print charge calculation. An advertisement delivery billing system that is included in the advertisement fee for each advertisement client. 3. The number of print output sheets and the number of advertisement output sheets of each image forming apparatus are stored in each image forming apparatus, and the print charge amount calculating means includes the number of print output sheets received from each of the image forming apparatuses via a predetermined line. 3. The advertisement delivery and billing system according to claim 2, wherein the billing amount and the deduction amount are calculated based on the number of advertisements output. 4. The print output number of each image forming apparatus is stored in each image forming apparatus, and the advertisement output number is stored in storage means of the advertisement delivery and billing apparatus. 3. The advertisement delivery and billing system according to claim 2, wherein the billing amount and the deduction amount are calculated based on the number of printouts received from the apparatus through a predetermined line and the number of advertisements output stored in the storage unit. 5. The distribution of an advertisement from the advertisement distribution and billing device to the image forming device is performed by using an FA using a public telephone line.
The advertisement delivery and billing system according to any one of claims 2 to 4, which is performed by X or Internet FAX. 6. The print charge calculation means calculates the charge and the reduction based on the number of print output and the number of advertisement output for each color / monochrome.
6. The advertisement delivery billing system according to any one of 5. 7. The advertisement distribution according to claim 2, wherein the print charge amount calculating means calculates the charge amount and the reduction amount based on the number of print output sheets and the number of advertisement output sheets for each paper size. Billing system. 8. An image forming apparatus having a facsimile function possessed by each customer is charged according to the number of printouts, and an advertisement from an advertisement requester is faxed to the image forming apparatus of each customer. Advertisement distribution means for transmitting an advertisement from the advertisement requester to the image forming apparatus of an arbitrary customer;
A billing amount is calculated for each of the customers in accordance with the number of printouts by the image forming apparatus within a predetermined period, and a reduction amount with respect to the billing amount in the case where the number of printouts includes the number of advertisement output is described above. An advertisement delivery and billing device, comprising: a print billing amount calculating means for calculating according to the number of advertisement output, wherein the reduced amount calculated by the printing billing amount calculating means is included in the advertisement fee for each advertisement requester. 9. An image forming apparatus connected to the advertisement delivery and charging apparatus according to claim 8 and having a FAX function for receiving and printing out an advertisement delivered from the advertisement delivery and charging apparatus.