Patent ID: 8665477

Claim:
A print system in which print data and print setting information are transmitted from a terminal to a printing apparatus via an email, and the printing apparatus performs a printing process of the print data based on the print setting information, wherein the printing apparatus includes: a first receiving unit that receives a print request email from the terminal; a transmission unit that transmits, to the terminal, a reply email that includes allowable print setting information representing information on designable print settings; and a second receiving unit that receives a second reply email having been transmitted from the terminal and including print setting information designated from among the allowable print setting information, wherein the allowable print setting information included in the reply email has a structure that is displayed in the terminal as characters in a main body of the reply email, and wherein the print setting information included in the second reply email is a character that is left as the character representing desired print settings from among the characters displayed in the main body of the reply email.