PRINTING SYSTEM AND METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM

A printing system and method and recording medium are provided. In the printing system that directly prints file data described in PDL (Page-Description Language), a client generates an additional pattern, selects a print pattern, analyzes a PDL file to be processed and appends the additional pattern to the print layout to re-make a PDL file, and sends the generated PDL file to a printer that directly prints file data described in PDL in the PDL file including the additional pattern sent from the client along with the additional pattern adjusted to the print layout.