Patent ID: 9244643
Filing Date: 2016-01-26
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A print-control apparatus supporting a plurality of communication methods, the print-control apparatus comprising: a communication unit configured to communicate with an image-supplying apparatus and to receive image data from the image-supplying apparatus; a determination unit configured to determine whether a communication method used to communicate with the image-supplying apparatus is a predetermined communication method; a display control unit configured to perform control, in a case in which it is determined by the determination unit that the communication method used to communicate with the image-supplying apparatus is not the predetermined communication method, to allow a display unit to display a print-setting screen for setting a print setting in response to reception of the image data by the communication unit; and a print control unit configured to perform control, in a case in which it is determined by the determination unit that the communication method used to communicate with the image-supplying apparatus is the predetermined communication method, to start a process of printing the image data in response to the reception of the image data by the communication unit, and in a case in which it is determined by the determination unit that the communication method used to communicate with the image-supplying apparatus is not the predetermined communication method, not to start the process of printing the image data in response to the reception of the image data by the communication unit and to start the process of printing the image data after the print setting is set on the print-setting screen, wherein the print control unit starts the process of printing the received image data even if not receiving an instruction for starting printing in a case in which a predetermined time has passed without the print setting being set on the print-setting screen.