It is an exemplified object of the present invention to provide a printing
system for printing a Web page and printing method using the printing
method that can initiates printing without requiring long wait after a
print command is transmitted. The printing method as one exemplified
embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: a computer
creating a print control number and print format information of a Web
page that is provided from a WWW server, wherein the computer including a
WWW browser through the Web page is viewed and monitored; the computer
transmitting to a printer connected to the computer print information
that includes the print control number and the print format information;
the printer converting data of the Web page into imaging data; the
printer storing the print control number and the imaging data in a memory
in the printer; and in response to a print execution command from the
computer, the printer printing specific imaging data corresponding to a
specific print control number, wherein the specific imaging data is
specified by the print execution command among the imaging data stored in
the memory.