Patent ID: 7952742

Claim:
A print system with a plurality of information processing apparatuses capable of dealing with document data retaining identification information of identifying document data, update history information of showing an update state of a part of the document data or in their entirety and update content information included in the update history information and at least one printing device being connected on a network, wherein said information processing apparatus comprises: an information obtaining unit adapted to obtain from said printing device update history information on a second document data corresponding with a first document data selected as a print subject in said information processing apparatus as a second update history information; a specifying unit adapted to specify which of the first data and the second data are effective data from the first update history information being update history information of the first document data and the second update history information obtained by said information obtaining unit; and a print requesting unit adapted to implement any of processing to transmit the first update history information to said printing device in accordance with a specified result of said specifying unit or processing to transmit to said printing device update content information in accordance with difference between the first update history information and the second update history information as difference data, and thereby issue to said printing device a print request for the first document data to become the print subject.