Patent ID: 7802932

Claim:
A printing system capable of executing printing using a plurality of printing media of different types, comprising: an input unit configured to input document data to be used for a printing apparatus to create a printing media bundle; a printing unit configured to print on the basis of the document data input from said input unit; a first designation unit configured to designate a printing medium type of a main body of the printing media bundle used for printing a first page group included in the document data, from among a plurality of printing medium types; a determining unit configured to determine whether or not each of the plurality of printing medium types is recommended for a cover of the printing media bundle based on the printing medium type of the main body of the printing medium bundle designated by the first designation unit; and a second designation unit configured to designate a printing medium type of the cover of the printing media bundle used for printing the second page group included in the document data from among the plurality of printing medium types, wherein the second page group does not include any page of the first page group, wherein the second designation unit inhibits a designation of the printing medium type which is determined not to be recommended by the determining unit.