Network printing system that operates based on the environment

A printing system including a printer that operates in either a first operating environment or a second operating environment that is different from the first operating environment, the printing system comprising:

• a print parameter prohibiting means that prohibits use of a printing parameter associated with a print job;
• an operating environment detector that determines whether the printer operating environment is the first operating environment or the second operating environment;
• a parameter determiner that receives a print job and determines whether a printing parameter to be used in the print job is prohibited by the print parameter prohibiting means;
• a controller that, when the parameter determiner determines that a printing parameter is prohibited and the operating environment determining means detects that the environment is the first operating environment, prohibits processing of the print job using the print parameter that is prohibited;
• a standard mode setting means that sets standard print mode,
• a printing charge setting means that sets different charges for the standard print mode and for other print mode, and
• a standard mode determiner that determines whether or not a printing parameter of a print job to be executed by a print command matches the parameter included in the standard print mode,
• wherein the printing charge is determined based on the result of the determination by the standard mode determiner.

A print job management method of a printing system including a printer that operates in either a first operating environment or a second operating environment that is different from the first operating environment, the first operating environment being a first time period and the second operating environment being a second time period, the second time period not overlapping the first time period, comprising steps of:

• setting a prohibited printing parameter associated with a print job;
• detecting whether a printer operating environment is the first operating environment or the second operating environment;
• determining whether a printing parameter of the print job is prohibited;
• and
• prohibiting processing of the print job having the prohibited print parameter, when the determining step determines that a printing parameter is prohibited on condition that the detecting step detects that the environment is the first operating environment, and the print job is issued when the printer is operating in an on-line mode.

A printing system including a printer, comprising:

• an operating environment setting means that sets a first operating environment as the operating environment for the printer, as well as a second operating environment that is different from the first operating environment, the first operating environment being a first time period and the second operating environment being a second time period, the second time period not overlapping the first time period;
• a print parameter prohibiting means that prohibits the use of printing parameters associated with a print job;
• an operating environment detector that determines whether the printer operating environment is the first operating environment or the second operating environment;
• a parameter determiner that determines whether or not a printing parameter of a print job is prohibited by the print parameter prohibiting means;
• and
• a controller that, when the parameter determiner determines that a print job has a printing parameter that is prohibited, executes a different print mode based on the determination by the operating environment detector on condition that the print job is issued when the printer is operating in an on-line mode.