Printing server group including a print service of transferring a print job to a printer via a network

A method of controlling a printing system including a print service of transferring a print job to a printer via a network, comprising:

• obtaining printer information about a printer, user information about a first user, and server information about a print server which centrally manages a plurality of printers;
• generating, based on the printer information of the printer and the user information, a printer object used when using the printer via the print service, and storing the generated printer object in a storage unit in association with the server information of the print server which manages the printer;
• providing, if the first user selects the print server, a setting window for instructing to share, with a second user, a plurality of printers managed by the selected print server;
• and
• changing, if sharing is instructed in the setting window, a state of printer objects of the respective printers to a shared state to allow the second user to use the printer objects of the respective printers managed by the selected print server.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program for causing a computer to function as:

• an obtaining unit configured to obtain printer information about a printer, user information about a first user, and server information about a print server which centrally manages a plurality of printers;
• a storing unit configured to generate, based on the printer information of the printer and the user information, a printer object used when using the printer via the print service, and store the generated printer object in association with the server information of the print server which manages the printer;
• a providing unit configured to, if the first user selects the print server, provide a setting window for instructing to share, with a second user, a plurality of printers managed by the selected print server;
• and
• a changing unit configured to, if sharing is instructed in the setting window, change a state of printer objects of the respective printers to a shared state to allow the second user to use the printer objects of the respective printers managed by the selected print server.