Patent ID: 8488152

Claim:
A print control apparatus, comprising: a communicating section to communicate with a terminal device; a memory section to store image data therein; a control section to control operations of the print control apparatus; wherein the control section conducts (1) an extension register process, (2) an output process, (3) a period termination notice process, and (4) a change process; in (1) the extension register process, when the control section receives a print job from the terminal device, the control section produces image data related to the print job by a rasterizing process and stores the image data in the memory section, and then the control section relates the print job with the image data and registers the print job in an output queue; in (2) the output process, the control sections takes out the print job from the output queue and makes a printing device to conduct printing related to the print job by using the stored image data related with the print job; in (3) the period termination notice process, when the control section takes out the print job from the output queue, the control section notifies prior to completion of the print job the terminal device being a transmitting source of the print job of a termination notice that a period to permit to change a print condition related to the print job has been terminated; and in (4) the change process, when the control section receives a change request to change the printing condition for the print job before notifying the termination notice, the control section replaces the print job registered in the output queue with a print job having a changed printing condition in accordance with the change request.