Patent ID: 8259327

Claim:
A printing system comprising: an order management terminal for instructing to create a printed matter; a first image forming apparatus which is provided at a printing service depot, and which creates the printed matter according to an instruction of the order management terminal; a delivery management terminal for managing a delivery of the printed matter, and which is provided at a delivery service depot which is located at a different location from the printing service depot; and a second image forming apparatus which is provided at the delivery service depot, and which creates the printed matter according to an instruction of the order management terminal; wherein the order management terminal comprises: a communication interface section which obtains a list of destinations including a plurality of destination information and a distribution image information; and a printing instruction section which forms a printing instruction information including the destination information, the distribution image information, and a print setting information, and which sends the printing instruction information to at least one of the first image forming apparatus and the second image forming apparatus; wherein each of the first image forming apparatus and the second image forming apparatus comprises: an image forming section which executes printing of the destination information onto a cover sheet for each destination and printing of the distribution image information onto a distribution sheet continuously according to the printing instruction information; and a finishing section which forms a printed booklet by integrating the cover sheet on which the destination information is printed and the distribution sheet on which the distribution image information is printed as one set through finishing a predetermined process to the cover sheet and to the distribution sheet; and wherein the order management terminal sends the printing instruction information to the second image forming apparatus provided at the delivery service depot, and the second image forming apparatus creates a booklet for a destination according to the received printing instruction information.