Patent ID: 7969597

Claim:
A printing system for outputting a photographic print from acquired image data, comprising: a printing portion for forming an image on a printing medium based on the image data, and a processing unit provided in the printing portion for administering photographic print output processing, comprising a log on/log off administration portion for permitting log-on of an operator from an input terminal based on authentication information obtained from the input terminal and permitting operation from the input terminal by the operator in a state in which log-on has been established, a print execution module for controlling the printing portion to execute print processing based on print data and order data even when the processing unit is logged-off state, and a print administration module for not permitting input from the input terminal and obtaining the state of the printing portion in the print processing in a state in which log-on has not been established by the log on/log off administration portion and for informing the input terminal, when the obtained state is abnormal.