Patent ID: 8610906

Claim:
A print control system, comprising: a computer configured to perform data processing; a printer, which is connected with the computer, configured to execute a print job transmitted by the computer so as to print an image on a recording medium; a display unit configured to display thereon information related to an amount of an image forming substance consumed during execution of the print job; and a print control unit configured to: control the printer to execute the print job based on print settings, cause the printer to function as a setting change unit configured to accept a setting change of the print settings regarding the print job in execution, the setting change being input with reference to the information displayed on the display unit, the setting change unit being further configured to update the print settings based on the accepted setting change while the print job is being executed, and automatically determine, based on a type of the setting change, whether to re-execute the print job from the beginning or to apply the setting change from a subsequent page of a page being printed when the setting change unit accepts the setting change, wherein the determination is automatically made without requiring, at the time of accepting the setting change, user input specifying whether to re-execute the print job from the beginning or to apply the setting change from the subsequent page of the page being printed when the setting change unit accepts the setting change, the automatic determination including: determining to re-execute the print job from the beginning in response to determining that the type of the setting change is a first type; and determining to apply the setting change from the subsequent page of the page being printed in response to determining that the type of the setting change is a second type.