Patent ID: 8310691

Claim:
A printing system including an information processing apparatus, and a printing apparatus that performs image formation based on print data transmitted from the information processing apparatus, comprising: a print restriction information-acquiring unit configured to acquire print restriction information for restricting use of functions concerning printing processing which can be specified in the print data; a copy restriction information-acquiring unit configured to acquire copy restriction information for restricting copying of a printed document printed based on the print data, the copy restriction information including printing conditions; a copy restriction information-adding unit configured to add the copy restriction information acquired by said copy restriction information-acquiring unit to the print data; a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the print restriction information and the printing conditions of the copy restriction information are incompatible; and a changing unit configured to change the print restriction information in a case where the determination unit determines that the print restriction information and the printing conditions of the copy restriction information are incompatible; wherein the print restriction information includes information for restricting execution of color printing by the printing apparatus; and wherein when the print restriction information contains information for restricting execution of color printing by the printing apparatus, and the copy restriction information is color image data, said changing unit changes the information for restricting execution of color printing, such that the restriction of color printing by the printing apparatus is invalidated.