Patent ID: 8472056

Claim:
A printing system comprising: a transmitting terminal, which transmits printable printing contents, and a printing apparatus terminal, which receives and prints the printing contents, which are connected to the printing system via an Internet protocol network, wherein the transmitting terminal includes a transmitting-side connection establishment processor, which establishes a connection with the printing apparatus terminal via the Internet protocol network based on transmission and reception of a connection request message having printing identification information, which is for transmission and reception of the printing contents, and a printing contents transmitter, which functions as a server in a server-client model and transmits the printing contents to the printing apparatus terminal in response to a request from the printing apparatus terminal when the connection with the printing apparatus terminal is established based on the transmission of the connection request message having the printing identification information, and wherein the printing apparatus terminal includes a memory capable of temporarily storing data, a printing processor, which prints print data, a memory card-mounting section capable of mounting a memory card, a receiving-side connection establishment processor, which establishes a connection with the transmitting terminal via the Internet protocol network based on the transmission and reception of the connection request message having the printing identification information, and a received image storage controller, which functions as a server in the server-client model when the connection with the transmitting terminal is established based on the transmission of the connection request message having the printing identification information, receives the printing contents from the transmitting terminal by sending a request for transmission of the printing contents to the transmitting terminal, extracts only image data included in the received printing contents, and stores the extracted image data on the memory card mounted on the memory card-mounting section.