To provide a printing system capable of simplifying individual time management and saving space by equipping the printing system with a time recorder function by biometrics.

The printing system 1 is provided with an RTC 228 and a fingerprint authentication device storage part 230, registers a name of a user and fingerprint data by using a display operation part 234 and a fingerprint authentication device 8, and records a time at the user authentication by using timer function of the RTC 228 as a time recorder. Thus, the individual can be identified and the time can be managed.