Patent ID: 8675234

Claim:
A printing system comprising a client terminal having a Web browser, a Web service apparatus having a microblogging function, a print service apparatus, and an image forming apparatus, which are connected via a network, said print service apparatus including: a reception unit configured to receive, via the Web browser together with a print job designated from a window provided by said Web service apparatus, window information of the window, user information of a user who has designated the print job, and message information of a message which is contained in the window and provided by the microblogging function; a management unit configured to manage the window information, the user information, the message information, and the print job in association with each other; an addition unit configured to add, as a user using the microblogging function, a comment on the message corresponding to the message information to the window; a monitoring unit configured to monitor whether another user has added a comment on the message corresponding to the message information to the window; a determination unit configured to determine whether the added comment is a comment by the user corresponding to the user information; and a decision unit configured to decide processing for the print job based on a content of the added comment when said determination unit determines that the added comment is a comment by the user corresponding to the user information.