Printing system, image forming apparatus, information processing apparatus, and printing method

An information processing method executed by an information processing apparatus which can communicate with a server which generates print data, and an image forming apparatus having a print unit, the information processing method comprising:

• a display step of, in response to accepting a print instruction for application data edited by a user via an application screen, acquiring a print setting screen from the server and displaying the print setting screen;
• a monitoring step of, after a print setting has been set via the print setting screen displayed in the display step, monitoring an input of a user operation for sending a print execution request to the server;
• an acquiring step of, in a case where the input of the user operation for sending the print execution request to the server is detected in the monitoring step, acquiring the print setting before the print execution request is sent to the server, wherein the print setting acquired in the acquiring step is not sent to the server;
• a reflecting step of, after a direct print screen is received from the image forming apparatus, reflecting the print setting acquired in the acquiring step to a print setting of the direct print screen;
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• a sending step of, in a case where a print instruction is input via the direct print screen that the print setting has been reflected in the reflecting step, sending the print setting of the direct print screen to the server, receiving print data generated based on the sent print setting by the server, and sending the received print data to the image forming apparatus.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a computer program for making a computer operate as an information processing apparatus which can communicate with a server which generates print data, and an image forming apparatus having a print unit, the information processing apparatus comprising:

• a display unit configured, in response to accepting a print instruction for application data edited by a user via an application screen, to acquire a print setting screen from the server and to display the print setting screen;
• a monitoring unit configured, after a print setting has been set via the print setting screen displayed by the display unit, to monitor an input of a user operation for sending a print execution request to the server;
• an acquisition unit configured, in a case where the monitoring unit detects the input of the user operation for sending the print execution request to the server, to acquire the print setting before the print execution request is sent to the server, wherein the print setting acquired by the acquisition unit is not sent to the server;
• a reflection unit configured, after a direct print screen is received from the image forming apparatus, to reflect the print setting acquired by the acquisition unit to a print setting of the direct print screen;
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• a sending unit configured, in a case where a print instruction is input via the direct print screen that the print setting has been reflected by the reflection unit, to send the print setting of the direct print screen to the server, to receive print data generated based on the sent print setting by the server, and to send the received print data to the image forming apparatus.