Patent ID: 7161693

Claim:
A printing control apparatus for making a printer print printing data by transmitting the data to the printer, comprising: an input unit adapted to input a printing document and a printing designation information for specifying the processing content of the printing document, wherein the printing designation information includes a first native portion of printing setting information and a general portion of printing setting information which are defined for each printer; an obtainment unit adapted to specify a printer for processing the printing document in accordance with the input printing designation information and obtain the first native portion of printing setting information which can be set to a control program in the printing control apparatus for controlling the specified printer; an identification unit adapted to identify whether the first native portion of printing setting information corresponding to the specified printer is obtained by said obtainment unit from the printing designation information; and a transmission control unit adapted to control the processing of transmitting the first native portion of printing setting information to the specified printer, in a case where the first native portion is obtained by said obtainment unit, and to control the processing of transmitting a newly generated first native portion of printing setting information used for controlling the specified printer, in a case where the first native portion is not obtained by said obtainment unit, wherein, even when the first native portion of printing setting information corresponding to the printer for processing the printing document is included in the printing designation information, a generation unit generates a second native portion of printing setting information in accordance with the general designation information depending on the identification result by the identification unit, and generates a third native portion of printing setting information obtained by combining the first native portion of printing setting information and the second native portion of printing setting information.