Patent ID: 8228543

Claim:
A printing control apparatus comprising: an acquiring unit configured to acquire information indicating a location in which a print content is stored; a determining unit configured to determine a size of a print medium on which an image based on the print content is printed; a generating unit configured to generate, based on the information acquired by the acquiring unit and the determined size of the print medium determined by the determining unit, specifying information for specifying the print content stored in the location and the determined size of the print medium; a requesting unit configured to request the print content corresponding to the determined size of the print medium to an external apparatus of the printing control apparatus, by accessing to an access destination corresponding to the external apparatus according to the specifying information generated by the generating unit; wherein the external apparatus stores a plurality of print contents corresponding to a plurality of sizes of print media, and the requesting unit requests a print content corresponding to the determined size of the print medium in the plurality of print contents; and a print control unit configured to cause a printing apparatus to print an image based on a print content which is transmitted by the external apparatus in response to the request by the requesting unit.