Printing device, printing system, program and printing method

A printing system comprising:

• a printer apparatus connected through a network to another printer apparatus storing print data;
• and a print data forming device connected to the other printer apparatus through a network, the printing system further comprising:
• an object print data identification information inputting means for inputting object print data identification information for identifying print data to be an object of a print instruction;
• a print data acquiring means for acquiring print data from the other printer apparatus in response to a print instruction inputted by the object print data identification information inputting means upon receipt of the print instruction, the print data acquiring means acquiring one or more print data associated with the object print data identification information inputted by the object print data identification information inputting means from the other printer apparatus;
• and
• a printing means for carrying out printing based on the print data acquired by the print data acquiring means,
• wherein the print data acquiring means includes:
• an object print data identification information transmitting means for transmitting the object print data identification information inputted by the object print data identification information inputting means into the other printer apparatus;
• and
• an object print data receiving means for receiving the print data associated with the object print data identification information transmitted by the object print data identification information transmitting means from the other printer apparatus, and
• wherein the print data forming device includes:
• a print data forming means for forming print data in accordance with a print instruction from a user;
• a print instruction-capable user setting means for setting users who can issue a print instruction for the print data formed by the print data forming means to a user who has been instructed to form the print data and to users other than the user;
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• a print data providing means for providing the other printer apparatus with the print data formed by the print data forming device in association with instruction-capable user identification information for identifying the users set by the print instruction-capable user setting means.

A printing method for a printing system including a printer apparatus, another printer apparatus different from the printer apparatus, and a print data forming device that are connected through a network, comprising:

• a print data forming step for forming print data by the print data forming device in accordance with an instruction from a user;
• a print instruction-capable user setting step for setting users who can issue a print instruction for the print data to a user who has been instructed to form the print data and users other than the user with the print data forming device;
• a print data providing step for providing the other printer apparatus with the print data formed in the print data forming step by the print data forming device in association with instruction-capable user identification information for identifying the user set in the print instruction-capable user setting step;
• a print data storing step for storing the print data provided in the print data providing step by the other printer apparatus;
• a print instruction inputting step for inputting the print instruction from the user by the printer apparatus;
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• a printing step for acquiring the print data stored in the print data storing step from the other printer apparatus and carrying out printing with the printer apparatus when the printer apparatus has inputted the print instruction in the print instruction inputting step.