Patent ID: 8493605
Filing Date: 2013-07-23
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A print control apparatus that is connected to a user terminal, a portable terminal, and a plurality of print apparatuses having a hold print function through a network, the user terminal being remotely located from the print control apparatus, comprising: a user position information acquisition portion that acquires user position information of the portable terminal; a print apparatus extraction portion that extracts two or more print apparatuses near the position of the portable terminal based on the acquired user position information; a print data transmission portion that transmits print data received from the user terminal to each of the print apparatuses extracted by the print apparatus extraction portion to cause each of the print apparatuses to hold the print data; and a print data deletion instruction portion that, when a print notification of the print data is received from any one of each of the print apparatuses, instructs other print apparatuses other than the print apparatus to delete the print data, wherein the print data transmission portion transmits a part of the print data to each of the print apparatuses in accordance with a printing order of the print data to cause each of the print apparatuses to hold the part of the print data, and in a case where each of the print apparatuses holds the part of the print data, when a print notification of the print data is received from any one of each of the print apparatuses, the print data transmission portion transmits remaining data of the print data to the print apparatus.