Printing apparatus, method, system and computer-readable storage media using a printing environment determination program

A printing environment determination;

• method comprising:
• specifying a model of a printing apparatus connected to a terminal apparatus through a local area network;
• determining whether a printing apparatus driver corresponding to a model specified by the specifying step is present in either the terminal apparatus or a server apparatus connected to an external communication network on an outside of the local area network;
• and
• selecting either:
• a first method for receiving a print instruction from an application executed by the server apparatus depending on the result of the determination of the determining step, generating print information in accordance with the print instruction received in the printing apparatus driver of the terminal apparatus and transmitting the print information to the printing apparatus, or
• a second method for causing the printing apparatus driver in the server apparatus to generate print information in accordance with the print instruction of the application and transmitting the print information from the server apparatus to the printing apparatus.

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for printing environment determination of a printing system, the method comprising:

• specifying a model of a printing apparatus connected to a terminal apparatus through a local area network;
• determining whether a printing apparatus driver corresponding to a model specified by the specifying step is present in either the terminal apparatus or a server apparatus connected to an external communication network on an outside of the local area network;
• and
• selecting either:
• a first method for receiving a print instruction from an application executed by the server apparatus depending on a result of the determination of the determining step, generating print information in accordance with the print instruction received in the printing apparatus driver of the terminal apparatus and transmitting the print information to the printing apparatus, or
• a second method for causing the printing apparatus driver in the server apparatus to generate print information in accordance with the print instruction of the application and transmitting the print information from the server apparatus to the printing apparatus.