Abstract: A printing instruction apparatus includes, a print data generator that generates first print data corresponding to document data of a first copy in document data and second print data corresponding to document data of second and subsequent copies in the document data, according to a print request for multiple copies of the document data, and a transmitter that transmits the generated first print data to the printing apparatus. A printing apparatus includes, a receptor that receives the transmitted first print data, a printer that performs printing according to the received first print data, and an operator that receives a print execution operation corresponding to a printed result according to the first print data. The transmitter transmits the generated second print data to the printing apparatus according to the print execution operation, and the printer performs printing according to the second print data.