Patent ID: 8804176

Claim:
A printing system in which document data is registered in a print service in accordance with a registration request from a client terminal, and the registered document data is pull-printed from a printing apparatus, the print service including; a determination unit configured to determine, in accordance with the registration request for the document data, whether a pull print instruction to the printing apparatus can be issued by communication from the client terminal, and a transmission unit configured to transmit a PIN code to the client terminal that is a source of the registration request without transmitting a URL of the print service corresponding to the registered document data if it is determined that the pull print instruction cannot be issued to the printing apparatus from the client terminal, wherein the PIN code has been issued when the document data has been registered to the print service, and to transmit the PIN code and the URL of the print service corresponding to the registered document data to the client terminal that is a source of the registration request if it is determined that the pull print instruction can be issued to the printing apparatus from the client terminal, wherein, when information representing the result of the determination represents that the pull print instruction can be issued by communication, the client terminal transmits the pull print instruction to the printing apparatus by communication.