Patent ID: 6862597

Claim:
A printing system including a server storing various information, and a printing apparatus, connected to the server via a communication network, for printing information, the printing apparatus comprising: a read section configured to read information from an information recording medium in which the information is recorded; an analysis section for performing analysis based on the information read by the read section and a predetermined dictionary database and deriving search conditions used for searching for information that is not recorded in the information recording medium; a transmission section configured to transmit an analysis result obtained by the analysis section and a request for an information item to be searched for on the basis of the analysis result to the server via the communication network; a reception section configured to receive the information item returned as a search result in the server; a display section configured to display the information item received by the reception section; a selection instruction section configured to instruct printing by selecting the item displayed on the display section; a control section to execute a control for acquiring information on the selected item from the server via the communication network, when the selection instruction section has instructed the printing; and a print section which prints out the information acquired by the control of the control section.