To provide an operating environment agreeable to a user without reference to the installation situation of a recording apparatus during direct printing.

Firstly, a printer 100 acquires information on an image from a storage means, and transmits the information to a cellular phone 200 by using an infrared interface 105. Next, the cellular phone 200 receives the information on the image, which is transmitted from the printer 100 by using an infrared interface 205, displays the information on a display panel 230, receives the designation of the image as a recording target from the user by using an operation panel 240, and transmits the information to the printer 100 by using the infrared interface 205. The printer 100 receives the information for designating the image as the recording target, which is transmitted from a cellular phone 200 by using the infrared interface 105, and records data serving as the recording target by using a print engine section 150 on the basis of the information.