Patent ID: 7760385

Claim:
A printing system comprising: a plurality of printers connected to a data transmission channel to be able to transmit and receive, at least one of the plurality of printers comprising: a storage medium detachably connected to the at least one of the plurality of printers which stores printing information and print quality information including plural items indicating output resolution and material of printing paper, each one of the items being associated with numeric quality points; an input unit allowing input of the printing quality information corresponding to the printing information; a judgment unit which determines whether the at least one printer is capable of printing the printing information based on a numeric sum of the quality points; an image formation unit which forms an image based on the printing information and the printing quality information when the judgment unit determines that the at least one of the plurality of printers is capable of printing the printing information; and a conversion unit which converts the printing information into a data format printable by another of the plurality of printers connected to the data transmission channel; and a transfer unit which transfers the printing information to another one of the plurality of printers capable of printing the printing information when the judgment unit determines that the at least one printer is not capable of printing the printing information.