Patent ID: 6916127

Claim:
A print control method carried out in an information processing apparatus, which controls print data to be printed by a printer, said method comprising: a reception step of receiving from clients a group print request for grouping a plurality of print jobs into a single group job and printing the grouped print jobs in succession; a print control step of controlling printing of the group job if all of the plurality of print jobs in the group job are ready; a recognition step of recognizing whether a print job has a print end status in the printer; and a notice control step of determining whether each of print job in the group job has the print end status in response to a recognition in said recognition step, and, if each print job in the group job has the print end status, notifying the clients of the print end status, and, if at least one of print job in the group job does not have the print end status, not notifying the clients of the print end status even for print jobs have the print end status.