A printing apparatus includes: a first receiving unit for receiving a print job; a print execution unit; a progress status specifying unit for specifying a current progress status from among a plurality of progress statuses of a printing process including a first kind of progress status and a second kind of progress status; and a first transmitting unit configured to transmit a specific information for outputting a message according to the current progress status, to a portable device. The first transmitting unit is configured to: transmit a first kind of specific information in a case where the current progress status is the first kind of progress status; and transmit a second kind of specific information different from the first kind of specific information in a case where the current progress status is the second kind of progress status.