Seiko Epson Corporation

Junpei Uchida

Masayuki Kobayashi

Koki Togashi

A PC that generates a print job, a server, and a plurality of printers are included. The print job generated by the PC is stored in any of the plurality of the printers and the server. When a print target job targeted for printing is designated on a printer of the plurality of the printers among one or more print jobs stored in the server and the printer, in the case in which the print target job is stored in the printer per se, the printer prints in accordance with the print target job; and in the case in which the print target job is not stored in the printer per se, the printer obtains from the server the print target job stored in the server and prints in accordance with the obtained print target job.

Printing system, printing apparatus, and method for controlling printing system

A print server includes a job acquisition unit that acquires a print job, a job holding unit that holds the acquired print job, a transmission unit that transmits an email containing a URL for instructing execution of the held print job to an address corresponding to the print job, and an execution control unit that, in response to an access of the URL, communicates with a printing apparatus and causes the printing apparatus to execute printing that is based on the held print job.

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Shiojiri, Japan

Junpei Uchida