Patent ID: 7826079

Claim:
A printing system including a host device and a printer interconnected by a network, wherein the host device transmits a query on the network to inquire whether devices connected to the network can receive and store printer setting information, then sends printer setting information to the printer if the printer replies to the query, and the printer comprises: a memory for storing the printer setting information; a setting switch that is set, in advance, to determine whether the printer setting information stored in the memory can be changed; a decision unit for deciding, according to the setting of the setting switch, whether a response to the query received from the host device is necessary; a response unit for responding to the query received from the host device if the decision unit decides that a response is necessary; and a setting information writer for writing the printer setting information received from the host device in the memory, wherein the printer further comprises a timing unit for measuring a time interval of a predetermined length from when the setting switch is set to allow the printer setting information received from the host device to be written into the memory, and wherein the decision unit uses said time interval to decide whether the response to the query received from the host device is necessary.