Patent ID: 8294937

Claim:
A print system for conferencing, comprising: a plurality of print apparatuses provided in a plurality of conference locations and interconnected via a network; terminal apparatuses capable of conferencing, when a connection is established between them, provided in the respective conference locations; and a storage that registers in itself, data of conference material and information of prospective attendees from the respective conference locations; and wherein each of the print apparatuses provided in the respective conference locations further comprises: an obtainer that obtains the data of conference material and the information of prospective attendees from the conference location where the print apparatus itself is provided, which are registered in the storage; a memory that records in itself, the data of conference material and the information of the prospective attendees, obtained therefrom; a detector that detects the start of a conference, by an establishment of a connection between the terminal apparatus provided in the respective conference location where the print apparatus itself is provided and the other terminal apparatus; and a printer that prints as many copies of conference material as the number of the prospective attendees in the respective conference location where the print apparatus itself is provided, if the detector detects the start of a conference.