Patent ID: 8830514

Claim:
A network printing system in which a user terminal instructs printing via a management server, the management server comprising: a management unit configured to manage location information and function information of each of a plurality of image forming apparatuses included in the network printing system; a receiving unit configured to receive, from the user terminal, printing conditions and location information of the user terminal; a selection unit configured to select an image forming apparatus to execute printing from the plurality of image forming apparatuses in accordance with the received printing conditions and location information of the user terminal; a generation unit configured to generate a map based on the location information of the user terminal and the location information of the image forming apparatus selected by said selection unit to display a positional relationship between the user terminal and the selected image forming apparatus; a sending unit configured to send the map generated by said generation unit to the user terminal; and a collection state management unit configured to manage a collection state of an output product of printing by the image forming apparatus, and wherein, if there is an image forming apparatus whose output product is uncollected, said generation unit generates the map to display information of print target data corresponding to the output product in correspondence with the image forming apparatus, and the user terminal comprising a map display unit configured to display the map received from the management server.