Patent ID: 8630010

Claim:
A printing system comprising a print server which stores a print job of an intermediate format open to the public, and a printing apparatus, said print server including: a storage unit configured to store the print job of the intermediate format; a first generation unit configured, upon receiving a preview image request from said printing apparatus for the print job, to generate a preview image from the print job of the intermediate format stored in said storage unit; a second generation unit configured, upon receiving a print request from said printing apparatus for the print job, to generate print data interpretable by said printing apparatus from the print job of the intermediate format stored in said storage unit; and a transmission unit configured to transmit, to said printing apparatus, one of the preview image generated by said first generation unit and the print data generated by said second generation unit, and said printing apparatus including: a selection unit configured to select a print job in accordance with an instruction received via an operation unit; a preview request transmission unit configured to transmit the preview image request to said print server for the print job selected by said selection unit; a display unit configured to receive and display the preview image transmitted from said print server in accordance with the preview image request; a print request transmission unit configured to transmit the print request to said print server for the print job selected by said selection unit; and a print control unit configured to receive the print data transmitted from said print server in accordance with the print request and to execute print processing based on the print data.