In a print system having printers connected to a network, consumables of
the printers are managed. A consumables price DB and a budget DB store
prices of the consumables and a predetermined purchase money amount. A
consumables use residual amount discriminating unit obtains consumables
use residual amounts of the printers. A consumables ordering
discriminating unit discriminates the ordering necessity of the
consumables from the consumables use residual amounts. Order money amount
accumulating means accumulates order money amounts of the ordering
necessity consumables on the basis of the prices of the consumables. An
order consumables deciding means decides the ordering necessity
consumables as order consumables corresponding to the period of time
until an accumulated money amount exceeds the predetermined purchase
money amount. A consumables ordering processing unit collects the order
consumables in a predetermined format and orders them.