Patent ID: 8077333
Filing Date: 2011-12-13
Classification: G03G,G06F

Abstract:
1. A printing control apparatus which is connectable to a plurality of devices via a network, comprising: an acquisition unit configured to acquire an attribute of a printing job to be processed; a determination unit configured to determine a device combination capable of executing the job based on performance information representing performance of each of the plurality of devices and the acquired attribute of the job, the device combination including a first device and a second device which executes a process using a print product printed by the first device; a display unit configured to display a process flow list representing a process flow to execute the job by using the device combinations determined by the determination unit, the process flow list being a list in which display areas of a plurality of procedures which constitute the job are listed in the order of execution, the plurality of procedures including a process procedure to be performed by the first device, a work procedure in which a user moves the print product printed by the first device from the first device to the second device, and a process procedure to be performed by the second device; and a receiving unit configured to receive, via the network, information indicating that the first device has completed the process procedure to be performed by the first device, wherein said display unit changes a display form of a display area of the process procedure which is to be performed by the second device, among the plurality of procedures in the process flow list in a case where the receiving unit receives the information.