To provide a composite machine provided with the plural application functions of a copying machine, a printer and a facsimile, etc., altogether capable of summing up and charging the using charges for the respective application functions.
A copy control unit 1, a facsimile control unit 2 and a printer control unit 3 are respectively provided with a charge calculation function for calculating the using charges of the respective application functions and deliver respective charge calculated results to a system control unit 7. The system control unit 7 stores the received respective charge calculated results in a prescribed storage part inside a charge storage device 8. Charging data preserved in the charge storage device 8 are displayed by inputting the ID code of a user from an operation display unit 6 and operating a charge display key. Thus, the user or a manager recognizes the using charges for the respective application functions for the respective users and it is useful for the collection of the using charges and charge management for the respective users.
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