Patent ID: 9519448
Filing Date: 2016-12-13
CPC Classification: G06F,G06K

Claim Text:
1. A printing system including: a printing control apparatus and a printing apparatus which is able to print an image on a sheet conveyed from a sheet holding unit among a plurality of sheet holding units, wherein the printing control apparatus includes: a designating unit configured to designate attribute information of a sheet, a selecting unit configured to select sheet holding units from the plurality of sheet holding units, an accepting unit configured to accept an instruction for storing the attribute information of the sheet designated by the designating unit in a state where the sheet holding units have been selected by the selecting unit, and a storage configured to store, based on the instruction accepted by the accepting unit, sheet size information of the sheet and the attribute information of the sheet in association with each of the sheet holding units selected by the selecting unit, wherein the printing apparatus includes: an obtaining unit configured to obtain the sheet size information of a sheet stored in the sheet holding unit, and a first sending unit configured to send, to the printing control apparatus, the sheet size information obtained by the obtaining unit, wherein the printing control apparatus further includes: a first receiving unit configured to receive the sheet size information sent by the first sending unit, a determining unit configured to determine, based on the sheet size information received by the first receiving unit, the attribute information of the sheet stored in association with the sheet holding unit by the storage, wherein the sheet size information of the sheet stored in association with the sheet holding unit by the storage corresponds to the sheet size information received by the first receiving unit, and a second sending unit configured to send, to the printing apparatus, the attribute information determined by the determining unit, wherein the printing apparatus further includes: a second receiving unit configured to receive the attribute information sent by the second sending unit, a setting unit configured to set the attribute information received by the second receiving unit, as attribute information of a sheet stored in the sheet holding unit, and a printer configured to print, based on the attribute information set by the setting unit, an image on the sheet conveyed from the sheet holding unit, wherein the designating unit, the selecting unit, the accepting unit, the first receiving unit, the determining unit, and the second sending unit are implemented by a processor and a memory, and wherein the obtaining unit, the first sending unit, the second receiving unit, and the setting unit are implemented by a processor and a memory.