Patent ID: 7280237

Claim:
A printing system for executing print processing based on image data and printing conditions thereof, comprising: a service center comprising: first receiving means for receiving a printing request from a user terminal; first transmitting means for transmitting printing condition information to the user terminal for inputting of printing conditions; second receiving means for receiving, from the user terminal, the input printing conditions; second transmitting means for transmitting confirmation information to the user terminal for confirmation of the input printing conditions; and communicating means for receiving confirmation of the printing conditions from the user terminal, and in response thereto, transmitting image data and the printing conditions to a print provider; said print provider comprising: obtaining means for obtaining the image data and the printing conditions thereof; combining means for creating combined image data by combining additional data to the image data; first creating means for creating first print job data based on the combined image data; second creating means for creating second print job data based on the image data without the additional data; and print controlling means for controlling a first print processing apparatus to perform print processing of the first print job based on the printing conditions, and thereafter, controlling a second print processing apparatus to perform print processing of the second print job based on the printing conditions.