Patent ID: 6891631

Claim:
A printing system comprising a computer and a printer, said computer including a plurality of printer drivers provided for different emulations, respectively, said computer further including a computer environment determining section which determines an environment of said computer and a printer environment determining section which determines an environment of said printer based on information sent from said printer, said computer further including a printer driver selecting section which compares the environments of said computer and said printer to select one of said printer drivers based on a result of the comparison, so that image data is processed by said selected one of said printer drivers and sent to said printer, and said printer including a printer environment measuring section which measures an environment of said printer and notifies it as said information to said printer environment determining section of the computer, said printer further including an emulation judging section which judges one of said emulations corresponding to said selected one of said printer drivers, and an emulation section which processes said image data according to said judged one of said emulations for printing.