Patent ID: 8711397

Claim:
A printing system including a printing apparatus configured to perform print processing based on a print job, the system comprising: a storage unit adapted to store identification information representing valid device capability information; a reception unit adapted to receive input of the print job; a specifying unit adapted to specify device capability information which is associated with the print job and which represents a function processible by the printing system by analyzing the print job received by said reception unit; a first determination unit adapted to determine whether the device capability information specified by said specifying unit is valid in the printing system; and a control unit adapted to control execution of the print job in accordance with a determination result of said first determination unit, wherein said specifying unit is configured to specify the device capability information by searching for identification information representing device capability information contained in the print job, and said first determination unit is configured to determine, depending on whether the identification information representing device capability information matches the identification information representing valid device capability information stored in said storage unit, whether the device capability information is valid in the printing system.