Patent ID: 8027052

Claim:
A printing apparatus comprising: a printing unit configured to perform a printing process of printing on paper on the basis of the print data; a receiving unit configured to receive paper information and apparatus information from another printing apparatus, the paper information including operation information regarding operating conditions of the printing unit for use in the printing process using paper, the apparatus information identifying said other printing apparatus; a first determining unit configured to determine, on the basis of the apparatus information received by the receiving unit, whether or not to enable use of the paper information; a registering unit configured to enable use of the paper information by registering the paper information including the operation information if the first determining unit determines that the paper information should be enabled; a selecting unit configured to select one of a plurality of pieces of the paper information registered by the registering unit; and a control unit configured to control the printing unit such that the printing unit performs the printing process using operating conditions based on the operation information included in the piece of the paper information selected by the selecting unit.