Patent ID: 8665471

Claim:
A print system comprising: print devices each of which is configured to print a file on a medium; and a controller able to communicate with the print devices, the controller including: a storage; a folder specifying unit configured to specify a folder stored in the storage as a print target folder; a destination specifying unit configured to specify one of the print devices as a destination print device; a file analyzing unit configured to analyze all files in the print target folder; a transmission unit configured to transmit, to the destination print device, all the files; and a file duplication determination unit configured to determine whether or not a printable format file, which is a print target file that is determined by the file analyzing unit to have one of a plurality of printable formats printable by a print engine, is a duplicate of one in a sent file history, wherein the sent file history includes a list of files that were transmitted to the destination print device.