Patent ID: 7706009

Claim:
A printing control apparatus, comprising: an image pickup unit configured to obtain an optical image representing a photographic object and converting the optical image into electrical signals; a storing unit configured to store image data represented by the electrical signals into an information recording medium; a receiver configured to receive a power value from a printing device, the power value including at least types of a layout to be selected; a display unit configured to display the received power value; a selector configured to select at least a type of the layout in the power value and the image data to be printed; a communicator configured to transmit printing control information including filenames of the image data selected by the selector to the printing device; and a control unit configured to control the image pickup unit, the storing unit, the receiver, the display unit, the selector and the communicator, wherein the control unit is configured to calculate a number of the filenames of said image data to be included in the printing control information based on the type of the layout selected by the selector, and a capacity of a memory used for communication of the printing control apparatus or/and the printing device, and wherein the control unit is configured to generate at least one said printing control information according to the calculated number of the filenames of said image data and the image data selected by the selector.