Patent ID: 8289547

Claim:
A print control apparatus that is connected to an image forming apparatus via a network, and that receives notification of a processing status of a print job in the image forming apparatus, the print control apparatus comprising: a database configured to manage counter information of the image forming apparatus; an obtain unit configured to periodically obtain the counter information from the image forming apparatus; an update unit configured to update the database based on the counter information obtained by the obtain unit; a halt unit configured to halt the periodic obtaining of the counter information by the obtain unit in response to start notification of processing based on a print job in the image forming apparatus; and a restart unit configured to restart the periodic obtaining of the counter information by the obtain unit that was halted by the halt unit in response to completion notification of processing based on the print job in the image forming apparatus, wherein the update unit updates the counter information managed in the database using the notification of the processing status of the print job obtained from the image forming apparatus while the periodic obtaining of the counter information is halted by the halt unit.