Patent ID: 7460259
Filing Date: 2008-12-02
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A print control apparatus that performs print processing for printing by controlling a printer engine in a printer which prints data contents based on print data indicating the contents to be printed, comprising: a data generation unit operable to i) obtain the print data from outside the print control apparatus, and ii) generate print data with attributes by adding, to the print data, attribute information generated for the print data by the print control apparatus and indicating attributes of the print processing performed by the print control apparatus; a storage unit in which the print data with the attributes is stored; a writing unit operable to write, into the storage unit, the print data with the attributes generated by the data generation unit; an arrangement display unit operable to arrange and display, based on an operation by a user, print processing names included in the print data, each print processing name corresponding to one of a plurality of the print data with an attribute stored in the storage unit in an order according to the attribute information included in the plurality of print data with the attributes, each print processing name being a name included in and indicating the print data; and a print execution unit operable to i) allow one of the print processing names displayed on the arrangement display unit to be selected by the user, and ii) cause the printer engine to execute printing based on the print data of the print data with the attribute including the selected print processing name.