Information Processing Apparatus Printing System and Information Processing Method

In a printing system, a technique capable of realizing a high level of information management is provided. An information processing apparatus used in a printing system for sequentially printing on asubstrate (12) continuously conveyed by a plurality of printing units (14-A to 14-D), comprising a printing information storage unit The printing information includes operation information (A2 to A4)regarding the printing operation for the unit areas of the printing units (14-A to 14-D) and a sequence number indicating the order in the transport direction of the unit area, and the operation information (A2 to A4) of the individual print units corresponding to the same unit area and the order number of the unit area are associated with each other. 本发明提供种能够在印刷系统中实现高水平的信息管理的技术。本发明的信息处理装置用于通过多个印刷单元(14-A～14-D)对连续输送的基材(12)依次进行印刷的印刷系统中，该信息处理装置具备保持印刷信息的印刷信息存储部，印刷信息包括：在将基材(12)沿输送方向划分为多个单位区域的情况下，与印刷单元(14-A～14-D)对单位区域进行的印刷动作有关的动作信息(A2～A4)、表示单位区域在输送方向上的顺序的序号，并且，与同单位区域相对应的各个印刷单元的动作信息(A2～A4)和该单位区域的序号建立有关联。