Patent ID: 7542154

Claim:
A print control apparatus that communicates with a first printing apparatus and a second printing apparatus. comprising: a deciding unit adapted to decide (i) a first sheet supplying period in the first printing apparatus based on a first print job to be processed by the first printing apparatus and device information of the first printing apparatus and (ii) a second sheet supplying period in the second printing apparatus based on a second print job to be processed by the second printing apparatus and device information of the second printing apparatus. wherein the first and second sheet supplying periods have a start time and a completion time: a specifying unit adapted to specify a common sheet supplying period in the first and second printing apparatuses. wherein the common sheet supplying period is period to overlap in the first and second sheet supplying periods decided by said deciding unit: and a notifying unit adapted to notify an instruction to supply the first and second printing apparatuses with a sheet by using the common sheet setting period specified by said specifying unit, wherein said specifying unit specifies the common sheet supplying period to be able to supply the sheet without halting a printing processing in the first and second printing apparatuses, and where in the deciding unit decides the earliest time in the overlapping period as a common sheet supplying time.