Patent ID: 7382486

Claim:
A printing system comprising: (a) a printing apparatus for printing a printed matter on the basis of rasterize-processed printing data, said printing apparatus comprising: (a-1) a raster image processing element for performing raster image processing of printing data; (a-2) a storage element for storing said rasterize-processed printing data; and (a-3) a job ticket issue element for issuing a first job ticket in which setting information for printing a first printed matter is described on the basis of first printing data stored in said storage element; (b) a printing data creating apparatus for creating printing data, comprising: (b-1) a layout creating element for creating the layout of a printed matter page by page; (b-2) a page arrangement processing element for performing page arrangement processing of a plurality of layout pages, said page arrangement processing element being capable of performing page rearrangement processing on the basis of said first printing data being rasterize-processed, by referring to the description of said first job ticket; (b-3) a job ticket obtaining element for obtaining said first job ticket; and (b-4) a job ticket update element for creating a second job ticket describing setting information for printing a second printed matter, by rewriting the content of said first job ticket on the basis of the result of said page rearrangement processing, wherein said printing apparatus executes printing of said second printing matter by referring to said second job ticket.