Printing system, printing apparatus, and control using sheet attribute information

A control method for a printing apparatus which is able to convey a sheet from a sheet holding unit and print an image on the conveyed sheet, the control method comprising:

• detecting a size of a sheet stored in the sheet holding unit;
• sending, to a server, size information indicating the detected size without a sending request of the size information from the server;
• receiving, from the server via the network, attribute information registered in the server in association with the sent size information;
• and
• setting the received attribute information, as attribute information of the sheet stored in the sheet holding unit.

A printing apparatus which is able to convey a sheet from a sheet holding unit and print an image on the conveyed sheet, the printing apparatus comprising:

• a size detecting unit configured to detect a size of a sheet held in the sheet holding unit;
• a sending unit configured to send, to a server, size information regarding the size detected by the size detecting unit;
• a receiving unit configured to receive, from the server, sheet information specified by the server based on the size information sent by the sending unit;
• and
• a setting unit configured to set the sheet information received by the receiving unit, as sheet information of the sheet held in the sheet holding unit, wherein at least one of the sending unit, the receiving unit, and the setting unit is implemented by a processor and a memory.

A control method for a printing apparatus which is able to convey a sheet from a sheet holding unit and print an image on the conveyed sheet, the control method comprising:

• detecting a size of a sheet held in the sheet holding unit;
• sending, to a server, size information regarding the detected size;
• receiving, from the server, sheet information specified by the server based on the sent size information;
• and
• setting the received sheet information as sheet information of the sheet held in the sheet holding unit.