Patent ID: 8804182

Claim:
A printing control apparatus comprising: a storage unit configured to determine whether a free space of a storage device is equal to or less than a predetermined value in a case where print data of a first copy is generated and, if it is determined that the free space of the storage device is equal to or less than the predetermined value, further configured to delete print data stored in the storage device, generate print data of a page to be generated, transfer the generated print data to a printer, and store the generated print data in the storage device; and a transfer unit configured to determine whether print data of the page to be generated is already stored in the storage device in a case where print data of second and subsequent copies is generated and, if it is determined that the print data of the page to be generated is already stored in the storage device, further configured to transfer the print data of the page to be generated, which is stored in the storage device, to the printer and, if it is determined that the print data of the page to be generated is not stored in the storage device, further configured to generate print data of the page to be generated and transfer the generated print data to the printer.