Patent ID: 8363250
Filing Date: 2013-01-29
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A printing system having a host apparatus including a generating unit that generates print data and an output unit that outputs the print data generated by the generating unit, and a printing apparatus having an input unit that receives the print data output by the output unit and a printing unit that performs printing based on the print data received by the input unit, the printing system comprising: an appending unit that appends, to the print data generated by the generating unit, identification information that is capable of managing the print data on a print data group-by-print data group basis; a storage unit that stores the print data to which the identification information is appended by the appending unit; a control unit that controls the printing unit so that printing is performed based on print data selected by a selection unit; and the selection unit, wherein the selection unit selects, in accordance with an instruction by a user, any of the print data stored in the storage unit, wherein, in response to the instruction by the user being to select a group, the selection unit selects all print data included in the group selected by the instruction by the user and the control unit controls the printing unit so that printing is performed based on all print data included in the group, and wherein, in response to the instruction by the user being to select a specific single print data, the selection unit extracts, from the print data stored in the storage unit, related print data having the identification information related to the selected single print data, presents an option to the user to print each related print data as part of printing the selected single piece of print data, and selects, in addition to the selected single print data, related print data to be printed from the extracted print data in accordance with a further instruction by the user based on the option presented to the user.