Patent ID: 8867057

Claim:
A print control apparatus for controlling a print unit and an output unit that outputs sheets on which images are printed by the print unit, the print control apparatus comprising: a reception unit adapted to receive a print job; a determination unit adapted to determine whether or not an output destination designated for the print job received by the reception unit is a specific stacking unit; a detection unit adapted to, if the determination unit determines that the designated output destination is the specific stacking unit, detect a number of sheets on which images are to be printed in accordance with the print job by the print unit; and a control unit adapted to: if the number of sheets, on which images are to be printed, detected by the detection unit is greater than a predetermined number of sheets, control the print unit to print images on sheets in accordance with the print job and the output unit to output the sheets on which the images are printed to the specific stacking unit; and if the number of sheets, on which images are to be printed, detected by the detection unit is not greater than the predetermined number of sheets, control a display unit to display a screen for receiving user's designation of output destination of the sheets, control the print unit to print images on sheets in accordance with the print job, and control the output unit to output the sheets on which the images are printed to the output destination designated by the user via the screen displayed by the display unit.