Patent ID: 6903834
Filing Date: 2005-06-07
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A printing system in which a host device and at least one of a plurality of printers are connected via a communication medium and a print job produced in said host device is transferred to the printer to execute printing, comprising: memory means in which paper output place information on the paper output place used in the print job is registered; requisition means for issuing a request of paper output place information for enabling a user to specify a paper output place used in a designated print job, according to an instruction from the user; retrieval means for retrieving the paper output place information on the designated print job from said memory means; and information means for informing the user of the paper output place information on the designated print job, obtained by said retrieval means, in response to issuance of the request by said requisition means, wherein said information means enables to inhibit informing the user of the paper output place information when a request is not issued by said requisition means, and wherein said information means enables to inform the user of information by which the user can confirm which paper output place of which printer is used for the designated print job, when the request is issued by said requisition means in a case where plural printers are present in said printing system.