Patent ID: 8542393

Claim:
A print control apparatus comprising: an accepting unit that accepts a print request; a generating unit that generates, on the basis of a print request accepted by the accepting unit, print data for outputting an image onto printing paper; a transmission unit that transmits print data generated by the generating unit to a printing apparatus; a display that displays a display screen of a list of a plurality of print requests accepted by the accepting unit, together with process states of the individual print requests; a determination unit that determines whether or not a progress speed that is a speed with which processes based on the plurality of print requests are to be completed is equal to or higher than a set value; and a display controller that, when it is determined by the determination unit that the progress speed is lower than the set value, performs control of updating the display screen of the list of the print requests, which is displayed on the display, at first time intervals, and that, when it is determined by the determination unit that the progress speed is equal to or higher than the set value, performs control of updating the display screen of the list of the print requests, which is displayed on the display, at second time intervals which are longer than the first time intervals.