Patent ID: 7808658

Claim:
A printing system comprising: a printing condition command receiving unit that receives a primary printing condition command, the primary condition command being included together with printing image data in printing control data; a printing condition command converting unit that converts the primary printing condition command to a secondary printing condition command corresponding to a printing apparatus; a printing apparatus that carries out processing related to printing the printing image data based on the secondary printing condition command; a conversion permission condition setting unit that sets predetermined conversion permission conditions satisfied by a use status of the printing apparatus; a conversion permitted determining unit that detects the use status of the printing apparatus and determines whether or not the corresponding use status thus detected satisfies the redetermined conversion permission establishing conditions; and a conversion permitting unit that permits execution of a conversion process to the printing condition command converting unit to convert the primary printing condition commands to the secondary condition commands when it is determined by the conversion permitted determining unit that the conversion permission conditions are sufficient.