A printing system configured by connecting, over a network, a printing request instruction terminal for making a printing request including reference information that indicates a storage location of the paper original data, a server which accepts the printing request from the printing request instruction terminal, designates a printer as a printing destination according to the printing request and makes a printing instruction to that printer, and multiple printers which execute printing according to the printing instruction from the server, wherein the server comprises: an examination unit which, when receives the printing request from the printing request instruction terminal, examines whether or not the printer designated as the printing destination has a pull-printing function to execute printing by obtaining the paper original data according to the reference information; and a print control unit which obtains the paper original data according to the reference information when it is found as a result of the examination that the printer designated as the printing destination does not have the pull-printing function and sends the obtained paper original data together with the printing instruction to the printer.