Patent ID: 7075670

Claim:
A print attribute management server for receiving print information and an instruction specifying print attribute information from a plurality of clients and executing print processing of the received print information at a printer designated from a plurality of printers, said server comprising: managing means for managing a plurality of units of print attribute information used in executing the print processing by the designated printer, the plurality of units of print attribute information being input independent of the print information; communicating means for receiving the print information and the instruction specifying print attribute information from the plurality of units of print attribute information managed by said managing means from one of the plurality of clients; specifying means for specifying the print attribute information from among the plurality of units of print attribute information on the basis of the instruction received by said communication means; and controlling means for converting the print information received by said communicating means into print data which can be printed by the designated printer, using the print attribute information specified by said specifying means.