Patent ID: 8274671

Claim:
A printing system having a printing apparatus and a post-processing apparatus connected to the printing apparatus, the system comprising: a reception unit configured to receive an in-line job set to perform a printing process by the printing apparatus and a post-process by the post-processing apparatus with respect to a sheet printed by the printing process; a job separation unit configured to determine whether or not the in-line job is to be separated into the printing process by the printing apparatus and an off-line process of performing the post-process by the post-processing apparatus without performing the printing process by the printing apparatus; and a print control unit configured to, in a case that said job separation unit determines that the separation is not to be performed, cause the printing apparatus to execute the printing process of the in-line job and the post-processing apparatus to execute the post-process of the in-line job, wherein in a case that said job separation unit determines that the separation is to be performed, said print control unit causes the printing apparatus to execute the printing process and holds process information for executing the off-line process, and said print control unit, when receiving a user's instruction to execute the off-line process, performs control such that the off-line process is executed with respect to the sheet printed by the printing process, based on the held process information.