Patent ID: 8659777

Claim:
A network print system including a print device and a server system, the server system comprising: a dividing unit, configured to divide an uploaded original document file into a plurality of document files if the original document file has a data size exceeding a threshold; a generating unit, configured to generate a job ticket for printing the plurality of divided document files; a saving unit, configured to save the plurality of divided document files and the job ticket as a print job; and a transmitting unit, configured to transmit the saved job ticket in response to a request from the print device, and the print device comprising: a request unit, configured to transmit, upon input of a print instruction to print the original document file, the request to the server system; and a receiving unit, configured to, when the print device is in a printable status, receive from the server system the plurality of divided document files in an order described in the job ticket received from the server system in response to the request, wherein the receiving unit, when the print device is in an unprintable status, receives from the server system the plurality of divided document files in parallel regardless of the order described in the job ticket.