Patent ID: 9471266
Filing Date: 2016-10-18
CPC Classification: G06F,G06K,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A printing system including: a printing apparatus having: a plurality of sheet holding units, wherein the printing apparatus is able to print an image on a sheet conveyed from a sheet holding unit from among the plurality of sheet holding units, and a first sending unit configured to send, to a printing control apparatus, a size of a sheet designated in a job; and the printing control apparatus, wherein the printing control apparatus includes: a storing unit configured to store, in association with each of a first sheet holding unit and a second sheet holding unit of the printing apparatus, a size of a sheet and attribute information of the sheet, a first receiving unit configured to receive the size sent by the first sending unit, a determining unit configured to determine, based on the size received by the first receiving unit, attribute information of a sheet and a sheet holding unit from among the first sheet holding unit and the second sheet holding unit, wherein the size received by the first receiving unit and the attribute information of the sheet is stored in association with the sheet holding unit in the storing unit, and a second sending unit configured to send, to the printing apparatus, the attribute information determined by the determining unit and information indicating the sheet holding unit determined by the determining unit, wherein the printing apparatus further includes: a second receiving unit configured to receive the attribute information and the information indicating the sheet holding unit determined by the determining unit sent by the second sending unit, a notification unit configured to notify a user of the sheet holding unit indicated by the information received by the second receiving unit, a setting unit configured to set the attribute information received by the second receiving unit, as attribute information of a sheet to be stored in the sheet holding unit indicated by the information received by the second receiving unit, and a printing unit configured to print, based on the attribute information set by the setting unit, an image on a sheet conveyed from the sheet holding unit indicated by the information received by the second receiving unit, wherein at least one of the first sending unit, the first receiving unit, the determining unit, the second sending unit, the second receiving unit, the notification unit, and the setting unit is implemented by a processor and a memory.