Patent ID: 9672451
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: G06F,G06K,Y02D

Claim:
1. A printing system including a printing apparatus and an information processing apparatus that is capable of communication with the printing apparatus, wherein the information processing apparatus comprising: a first processor coupled to a first memory; a status determining unit configured to determine whether or not the printing apparatus is in a power saving state; a sending unit configured to send attribute information of a sheet to be set on a sheet holding unit of the printing apparatus to the printing apparatus in a case that it is determined by the status determination unit that the printing apparatus is determined as not in a power saving state; and a holding unit configured to hold the attribute information to be sent by the sending unit without returning the printing apparatus from the power saving state in a case that it is determined by the status determination unit that the printing apparatus is in the power saving state, wherein the sending unit sends the attribute information held by the holding unit to the printing unit in a case that the holding unit holds the attribute information and the printing apparatus returns from the power saving state, and wherein the status determining unit, the sending unit and the holding unit are implemented at least in part by the first processor, and wherein the printing apparatus comprising: a second processor coupled to a second memory; a receiving unit configured to receive the attribute information sent by the sending unit; a setting unit configured to set the attribute information received by the receiving unit to the sheet holding unit as attribute information of a sheet to be stored in the sheet holding unit; and a printing unit configured to perform printing based on the attribute information set by the setting unit, wherein the receiving unit and the setting unit are implemented at least in part by the second processor.