Patent ID: 7502049

Claim:
An image supply device for directly communicating with a printer and transmitting image data to the printer to print the image data, the device comprising: an interface configured to connect with a storage medium that stores image data and a file including first image designation data for designating image data to be printed, wherein the file has been stored in the storage medium before the image supply device and the printer communicate each other; an obtaining unit configured to obtain function information of the printer from the printer through communication with the printer; a creation unit configured to create second image designation data based on a designation of image data to be printed after the image supply device and the printer communicate each other, and create a print job including the second image designation data and a print condition based on the function information obtained by said obtaining unit; and a transmission unit configured to transmit the print job created by said creation unit to the printer, wherein if the designation of image data to be printed is performed using the first image designation data included in the file, then said creation unit creates the print job including information for designating the file instead of the second image designation data.