Information processing apparatus, control method, and information processing system

A control method of a printing apparatus which can print based on a printing service provided by concluding a predetermined agreement, the method comprising:

• performing a printing operation on a print sheet by using a printing unit;
• receiving from a server that provides the printing service, information related to the predetermined agreement;
• displaying a first screen notifying that a communication for the predetermined agreement with the server is impossible, wherein the first screen includes an object for receiving a user operation to start the communication with the server and is displayed when the communication with the server is impossible and a predetermined condition is satisfied;
• and
• restricting, based on an agreement period identified by the information related to the predetermined agreement and a type of a consumable attached to the printing apparatus, a printing operation.

A system including a server for managing a predetermined agreement and a printing apparatus capable of printing based on a printing service provided by concluding the predetermined agreement, the printing apparatus comprising:

• a printing unit configured to print on a print sheet;
• at least one memory storing a program;
• and
• at least one processor that executes the program to:
• receive, from a server that provides the printing service, information related to the predetermined agreement;
• display a first screen notifying that a communication for the predetermined agreement with the server is impossible, wherein the first screen includes an object for receiving a user operation to start the communication with the server and is displayed when the communication with the server is impossible and a predetermined condition is satisfied;
• and
• restrict, based on an agreement period identified by the information related to the predetermined agreement and a type of a consumable attached to the printing apparatus, a printing operation.