Patent ID: 8514434

Claim:
A print control device comprising: a receiving unit that receives a variable job file including a database query for specifying item data included in a plurality of records to be used as an object of variable printing from an external database, and field allocation information for allocating item data to a plurality of fields of a template; an item data obtaining unit that sequentially specifies the plurality of records from the external database, and obtains the item data to be used from the specified plurality of records on a basis of the database query; a print data generating unit that sequentially generates first and second print data by applying the item data obtained based on the database query to the plurality of fields of the template on a basis of the field allocation information; and a print data transmitting unit that sequentially transmits the first and second print data to an external print device; wherein the second print data includes RIP session information which is generated by the external print device, and which indicates that the second print data is sequential to the first print data, and indicates a same print image which is a continuation of data acquired from the external database; the second print data is generated after the external print device performs RIP processing according to the first print data, generates the RIP session information, and sends RIP session information to the print control device; and wherein when the print data generating unit generates the first print data, the print data transmitting unit transmits the first print data to the external print device, and when the print data generating unit generates the second print data, the print data transmitting unit transmits the second print data and the RIP session information to the external print device.