Patent ID: 8199201

Claim:
A printing system in which a printing apparatus and an image sensing apparatus are connected and image data transmitted by the image sensing apparatus is printed by the printing apparatus, wherein the image sensing apparatus comprises: (a) a function information reception unit that receives, from the printing apparatus, information about image correction functions supported by the printing apparatus, (b) a selection unit configured to select an image to be printed, (c) a setting unit that sets image correction parameters for correction of image data of the selected image based on the information about image correction functions received by said function information reception unit, (d) a storage unit that stores the image correction parameters set by said setting unit independent of the image data, (e) a notification transmission unit configured to transmit, to the printing apparatus, a notification of image correction to correct the image data of the selected image in a case where the image correction parameters are set by said setting unit, (f) a print job transmission unit configured to transmit, to the printing apparatus, a print job designating the selected image to be printed, and (g) an image transmission unit configured to transmit, to the printing apparatus, image data of the selected image to be printed, wherein the printing apparatus comprises: (a) a function information transmission unit that transmits to the image sensing apparatus the information about the image correction functions that the printing apparatus supports, (b) a notification reception unit configured to receive the notification of image correction from said notification transmission unit, (c) a print job reception unit configured to receive the print job from said print job transmission unit, (d) an image reception unit configured to receive the image data of the selected image designated to be printed in the print job received by said print job reception unit, (e) a parameter reception unit configured to, if said notification reception unit received the notification, receive the image correction parameters stored in said storage unit after receiving by said print job reception unit of the print job and before receiving by said image reception unit of the image data, and (f) a correction unit that corrects the image data of the selected image to be printed, using the image correction parameters received by said parameter reception unit, and wherein said notification unit transmits the notification of image correction to the printing apparatus before said print job transmission unit transmits the print job and said image transmission unit transmits the image data.