Patent ID: 7903284

Claim:
A print control device for controlling a printing device, which is configured to switch between color printing and monochrome printing, to cause the printing device to print an image corresponding to print specified target data on a sheet, comprising: a main data color/monochrome judgment unit configured to judge whether main data, included in the print target data which includes the main data and attached data, is color data when the print target data is specified; a color restriction print control unit configured to cause the printing device to execute color printing of the image corresponding to the print target data on the sheet when the main data color/monochrome judgment unit judges that the main data is color data, the color restriction print control unit causing the printing device to execute monochrome printing irrespective of whether the attached data is color data when the main data color/monochrome judgment unit judges that the main data is not color data; and a setting unit which is configured to set a color printing restriction service in an enabled state or a disabled state depending on the type of the sheet on which the print target data is printed, the setting unit setting the color restriction service to the enabled state for a first sheet type and setting the color restriction service to the disabled state for a second sheet type, wherein the color restriction print control unit operates only when the color printing restriction service has been set in the enabled state.