Patent ID: 8314956

Claim:
A printing system, comprising: a terminal device; a server device; and a printing apparatus, the terminal device comprising: a permitted recipient information storage unit configured to store identification information with respect to a permitted recipient associated with a job issuer; a job information generation unit configured to read the identification information with respect to the permitted recipient from the permitted recipient information storage unit, and generate job information including (i) identification information on the job issuer, (ii) the identification information on the permitted recipient, (iii) job control information including one of first condition information and second condition information selected by the job issuer, wherein the first condition information indicates that a printing process is permitted until every one of the plurality of the permitted recipients associated with the job issuer has executed the printing process at least once, and wherein the second condition information indicates that the printing process is prevented after one or the plurality of the recipients among the plurality of the permitted recipients associated with the job issuer have executed the printing process once even if all of the plurality of the permitted recipients associated with the job issuer have not executed the printing process, and (iv) print data; and a first job information transmission unit configured to transmit the job information generated by the job information generation unit to the server device, the server device comprising: a first job information reception unit configured to receive the job information transmitted by the first job information transmission unit; a job information storage unit configured to store the job information received by the first job information reception unit; and a second job information transmission unit configured to transmit the job information stored in the job information storage unit to the printing apparatus in response to a request made by the printing apparatus, the printing apparatus comprising: a permitted recipient information reception unit configured to receive the identification information with respect to the permitted recipient; a transmission request unit configured to make a request of the server device to transmit, to a second job information reception unit, the job information including identification information on a permitted recipient, which matches the identification information with respect to the permitted recipient received by the permitted recipient information reception unit; the second job information reception unit configured to receive the job information transmitted from the second job information transmission unit in response to the request made by the transmission request unit; and a job execution unit configured to execute the printing process based on the job information received by the second job information reception unit, and output printed material related thereto.