To realize an information providing system and method capable of increasing an opportunity to let a customer to see information provided by an information provider, and preventing any financial load against the increase of the opportunity to see the information from being imposed on the customer.

Information is stored in an information providing server 10 by an information provider. A printer 30 of a customer obtains the information stored in the information providing server 10, and prints it on a printing medium, and notifies the printed information quantity to the information providing server 10. Then, the price is paid from the information provider to the customer based on the notified information quantity.