Printing system and printing method using the printing system

Abstract

It is an exemplified object of the present invention to provide a printing system for printing a Web page and printing method using the printing method that can initiates printing without requiring long wait after a print command is transmitted. The printing method as one exemplified embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: a computer creating a print control number and print format information of a Web page that is provided from a WWW server, wherein the computer including a WWW browser through the Web page is viewed and monitored; the computer transmitting to a printer connected to the computer print information that includes the print control number and the print format information; the printer converting data of the Web page into imaging data; the printer storing the print control number and the imaging data in a memory in the printer; and in response to a print execution command from the computer, the printer printing specific imaging data corresponding to a specific print control number, wherein the specific imaging data is specified by the print execution command among the imaging data stored in the memory.