Patent ID: 8390851

Claim:
A network system comprising: a print server to which a printer is connected; a file server; and one or more client terminals, wherein the print server, the file server, and the one or more client terminals are connected together on a network, wherein the client terminal includes: a printer driver that controls the printer; a first setting file in which setting information of the printer driver arranged in a first folder, in which the printer driver is arranged, is stored; and a second setting file in which the setting information arranged in a second folder other than the first folder is stored, wherein, when the setting information is newly created or changed, a third file in which the setting information is written is arranged in the file server, wherein address information of the third file that is arranged in the file server is stored in a memory area of the print server, and wherein the printer driver includes: a writing unit that acquires the address information from the memory area of the print server and writes the setting information of the third file arranged in the file server in the second setting file of the client terminal based on the acquired address information; and a reading unit that reads the setting information giving priority to the second setting file in cases where the second setting file exists in the second folder.