Patent ID: 8189206

Claim:
A print control apparatus that controls an image forming apparatus and a post-press section, wherein the image forming apparatus includes a print unit configured to perform printing and a paper ejecting unit configured to eject printed media printed by the print unit, and wherein the post-press section includes a finisher apparatus and a finisher control apparatus that controls the finisher apparatus, the finisher apparatus including a paper feeding unit configured to feed printed media and a post processing unit configured to perform post processing on the printed media fed by the feeding unit, the print control apparatus comprising: an obtaining unit configured to obtain capability information showing a paper feeding method supported by the paper feeding unit of the finisher apparatus; a determination unit configured to determine a paper ejection method of the paper ejecting unit of the image forming apparatus on the basis of the capability information obtained by the obtaining unit; and a control unit configured to control the print unit of the image forming apparatus such that content included in a job is printed together with a job ticket that includes information regarding the job, and configured to control the paper ejecting unit of the image forming apparatus such that paper is ejected using the paper ejection method determined by the determination unit, wherein the control unit controls the print unit of the image forming apparatus such that the information regarding the job is printed on the upper surface of the job ticket and controls the paper ejecting unit of the image forming apparatus such that, in a state in which the printed media are stacked, the job ticket is ejected so as to be placed on top of printed media on which the content has been printed.