Network print system for allowing a printer or printers to select a host

A print method for a network that includes at least one printer and at least one host, comprising:

• a) generating, at a host, print data corresponding to a print job;
• b) temporarily storing the print data at an auxiliary memory of the host;
• c) selecting, by a user at a printer located separate from the host, the host from a listing of the at least one host on a display at the printer;
• d) generating a request for print job management data, based on the selection made in the step c), the request being sent over the network from the printer to the host;
• e) transmitting print job management data, from the host to the printer over the network, where the print job management data does not include the print data itself but includes print job information relating to identifying the print data;
• f) displaying, at the printer, by way of a first input command by the user entered at the printer, respective print management data corresponding to each separate print job currently stored at the auxiliary memory of the host;
• g) selecting, at the printer, by way of a second input command by the user entered at the printer, one print management data corresponding to the print data in the step a);
• h) sending, by the host to the printer, the print data corresponding to the selected print management data in the step f);
• and
• i) printing, at the printer, the print data received from the host in the step g).