Image forming apparatus, printing control method, and computer-readable recording medium thereof

A printing control method executed with an image forming apparatus connected to a network, the printing control method comprising the steps of:

• a) receiving a printing request from a data processing apparatus via the network, the printing request including a page description language list indicating at least one page description language applicable to the data processing apparatus;
• b) recording the printing request in a storage part of the image forming apparatus;
• c) determining whether the data processing apparatus is to convert electronic data associated to the printing request into printing data based on whether the list of page description languages includes a page description language processable by the image forming apparatus;
• d) transmitting a first request for transmitting the printing data to the data processing apparatus when the data processing apparatus is determined to convert the electronic data into the printing data;
• e) transmitting a second request for transmitting the electronic data to the data processing apparatus when the data processing apparatus is determined not to convert the electronic data into the printing data;
• f) receiving the printing data or the electronic data in response to the first and second request;
• and
• g) printing data received in step f).

A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium on which a program for causing an image forming apparatus connected to a network to perform a printing control method, the printing control method comprising the steps of:

• a) receiving a printing request from a data processing apparatus via the network, the printing request including a page description language list indicating at least one page description language applicable to the data processing apparatus;
• b) recording the printing request in a storage part of the image forming apparatus;
• c) determining whether the data processing apparatus is to convert electronic data associated to the printing request into printing data based on whether the list of page description languages includes a page description language processable by the image forming apparatus;
• d) transmitting a first request for transmitting the printing data to the data processing apparatus when the data processing apparatus is determined to convert the electronic data into the printing data;
• e) transmitting a second request for transmitting the electronic data to the data processing apparatus when the data processing apparatus is determined not to convert the electronic data into the printing data;
• f) receiving the printing data or the electronic data in response to the first and second request;
• and g) printing data received in step f).