Push-type pull printing system, pull printing method, and image forming apparatus

An image forming apparatus in a push-type pull printing system, executing a print process based on a print job that is sent by a server and includes print data and a print condition instruction command for the print data, the image forming apparatus comprising:

• an input receiver operable to receive an input of the print condition for a file;
• a converter operable to convert the inputted print condition, before being transmitted to the server, to the print condition instruction command by changing a description language of the inputted print condition to a different description language which is interpretable by the image forming apparatus;
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• a transmitter operable to transmit the converted print condition instruction command to the server, and
• an executor operable to receive the print job generated by the server which includes print data for the file and the converted print condition instruction command and to execute print process for the print data based on the converted print condition instruction command included in the print job.

A pull printing method used in a push-type pull printing system comprising a server and an image forming apparatus, the server sending, to the image forming apparatus, a print job including print data and a print condition instruction command for the print data, and the image forming apparatus executing a print process based on the print job, the pull printing method comprising the steps of:

• causing the image forming apparatus to i) receive an input of the print condition for a file, ii) convert the inputted print condition, before being transmitted to the server, to the print condition instruction command by changing a description language of the inputted print condition to a different description language which is interpretable by the image forming apparatus, and iii) transmit the converted print condition instruction command to the server;
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• causing the server to i) receive, from the image forming apparatus, the converted print condition instruction command, to ii) generate the print job including print data for the file and the received converted print condition instruction command, and to iii) send, to the image forming apparatus, the print job including therein the received converted print condition instruction command as the print condition instruction command, and
• causing the image forming apparatus to i) receive the print job and to ii) execute print process for the print data based on the received converted print condition instruction command included in the print job.