Patent ID: 8503011
Filing Date: 2013-08-06
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A printing control apparatus configured to have a normal printing hot folder which is used for normal printing processing, which starts printing processing based on data when the data is detected, and deletes the data when the printing processing is completed and another hot folder which is used for another print processing different from the normal printing processing, the printing control apparatus comprising: a detection unit configured to detect input of the data; a determination unit configured to determine print processing requested by the detected data; an identifying unit configured to identify a property right of the detected data when the determination unit determines that the print processing requested by the detected data is the another print processing; a capacity determination unit configured to determine whether or not a size of the detected data is equal to or smaller than a remaining capacity of the another hot folder corresponding to the identified property right; a print processing determination unit configured to determine whether the another printing processing is changed to the normal print processing, when the capacity determination unit determines that the detected data is larger than the remaining capacity; a change unit configured to change the property right for information on which a use limit is not imposed, when the print processing determination unit determines that the another print processing is changed to the normal print processing; and an input unit configured to input the detected data to the normal printing hot folder after the property right is changed for the information on which the use limit is not imposed.