Patent ID: 7079272

Claim:
A printing system capable of printing a plurality of pages forming a book, comprising: a) a plurality of printing apparatuses; b) a terminal creating book data including a plurality of page data accompanied with printing set information; and c) a controller comprising: an element receiving said book data from said terminal, an element performing RIP processing on said plurality of page data for creating a plurality of printing data respectively, an element holding printing condition information for said plurality of printing apparatuses, an element comparing said printing set information with said printing condition information and selecting a printing apparatus to be used for printing each page from said plurality of printing apparatuses according to said printing set information thereby specifying allocation of said plurality of printing data to at least part of said plurality of printing apparatuses, a conversion element converting page data having said printing set information mismatching with said printing condition information to proper page data printable in any of said plurality of printing apparatuses by selectively executing any of page rotation, page size variation, and page color conversion, and an element distributing said plurality of printing data to at least part of said plurality of printing apparatuses according to said allocation, each said printing apparatus forming an image on a paper on the basis of objective printing data received from said controller.