Patent ID: 7167264

Claim:
A printing device comprising: a storage unit for storing an address setting correspondence table including e-mail addresses and printing setting values set in accordance with the e-mail addresses; a determination unit for determining whether a received e-mail address is an address registered in the address setting value correspondence table or not based on said address setting correspondence table; and a processing unit for reading out a printing setting value corresponding to the e-mail address from said address setting correspondence table when said determination unit determines that the e-mail address is an address registered in the address setting value correspondence table, wherein said processing unit does not perform editing processing when said determination unit determines that an address is not the address registered in the address setting value correspondence table, and said processing unit reads out a printing setting value corresponding to an e-mail address from said address setting correspondence table and performs editing processing in accordance with the read printing setting value when said determination unit determines that the address is an address registered in the address setting value correspondence table.