Printing system, mobile terminal, and control method

Abstract

A printing system includes a printing apparatus that stores print data and a mobile terminal. The printing system determines whether or not the mobile terminal and the printing apparatus are in a closer state to each other than a predetermined distance, based on field intensity of a packet. The printing system sets whether to perform printing triggered by the closer state, based on a user operation, and controls the mobile terminal to transmit information to the printing apparatus, if certain conditions are met. The printing system controls the mobile terminal to not transmit information to the printing apparatus even if it is determined that the mobile terminal and the printing apparatus are in the closer state, and controls the printing apparatus to perform printing based on the print data stored in the printing apparatus in a case when the printing apparatus receives the transmitted information.

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         25 . A printing system including a mobile terminal and a printing apparatus that stores print data, the printing system comprising:
 (A) at least one processor; and   (B) at least one memory having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the printing system:
 (a) to determine whether or not the mobile terminal and the printing apparatus are in a closer state to each other than a predetermined distance, based on field intensity of a packet, wherein the packet is a near field wireless communication packet; 
 (b) to set on whether to perform printing triggered by the closer state, based on a user operation, wherein the setting is able to be set in advance as an operation setting regarding printing; 
 (c) to control the mobile terminal to transmit information to the printing apparatus, if conditions including (i) it is set that printing is performed triggered by the closer state and (ii) it is determined that the mobile terminal and the printing apparatus are in the closer state, are met; 
 (d) to control the mobile terminal to not transmit information to the printing apparatus, even if it is determined that the mobile terminal and the printing apparatus are in the closer state, if it is set that printing is not performed triggered by the closer state; and 
 (e) to control the printing apparatus to perform printing based on the print data stored in the printing apparatus in a case when the printing apparatus receives the transmitted information. 
   
     
     
         26 . The system according to  claim 25 , wherein the instructions further cause the printing system to specify print data to be performed among print data stored in the printing apparatus, based on the transmitted information. 
     
     
         27 . The system according to  claim 25 , wherein the at least one processor includes at least a processor of the mobile terminal and a processor of the printing apparatus. 
     
     
         28 . The system according to  claim 25 , wherein the packet is a Bluetooth Low energy advertise packet. 
     
     
         29 . The system according to  claim 25 , wherein the instructions further cause the printing system to control the printing apparatus to perform printing based on the print data stored in the printing apparatus according to accepting of a predetermined user operation via an operation unit of the printing apparatus. 
     
     
         30 . A method of controlling a printing system that includes a mobile terminal and a printing apparatus that stores print data, the method comprising:
 determining whether or not the mobile terminal and the printing apparatus are in a closer state to each other than a predetermined distance, based on field intensity of a packet, wherein the packet is a near field wireless communication packet;   setting on whether to perform printing triggered by the closer state, based on a user operation, wherein the setting is able to be set in advance as an operation setting regarding printing;   controlling the mobile terminal to transmit information to the printing apparatus, if conditions including (a) it is set that printing is performed triggered by the closer state and (b) it is determined that the mobile terminal and the printing apparatus are in the closer state, are met;   controlling the mobile terminal to not transmit information to the printing apparatus even if it is determined that the mobile terminal and the printing apparatus are in the closer state, if it is set that printing is not performed triggered by the closer state; and   controlling the printing apparatus to perform printing based on the print data stored in the printing apparatus in a case when the printing apparatus receives the transmitted information.   
     
     
         31 . The method according to  claim 30 , further comprising specifying print data to be performed among print data stored in the printing apparatus, based on the transmitted information. 
     
     
         32 . The method according to  claim 30 , wherein the mobile terminal includes at least one processor and the printing apparatus includes at least one processor. 
     
     
         33 . The method according to  claim 30 , wherein the packet is a Bluetooth Low energy advertise packet. 
     
     
         34 . The method according to  claim 30 , further comprising controlling the printing apparatus to perform printing based on the print data stored in the printing apparatus according to accepting of a predetermined user operation via an operation unit of the printing apparatus.