Patent ID: 8908211

Claim:
A printing system comprising a terminal apparatus that generates print data and a printing control apparatus that processes said print data, said terminal apparatus comprising: a setting unit for setting a printing condition for a processing target document; a generating unit for generating print data containing data of said processing target document described in a page-description language, setting data indicating the printing condition set by said setting unit, and instruction information instructing to register said printing condition; and a transmitting unit for transmitting the print data generated by said generating unit, said printing control apparatus comprising: a control-apparatus-side storage unit for storing the printing condition and name information specifying said printing condition, said printing condition being associated with said name information; a receiving unit for receiving the print data transmitted by said transmitting unit; a recognizing unit for recognizing that the print data received by said receiving unit contains said instruction information; and a registering unit for causing the printing condition indicated by said setting data contained in said print data to be stored in said control-apparatus-side storage unit when said recognizing unit recognizes that said print data contains said instruction information and for causing the printing condition indicated by said setting data contained in said print data not to be stored in said control-apparatus-side storage unit when said recognizing unit recognizes that said print data does not contain said instruction information.