Patent ID: 7139085

Claim:
A management method for a personal computer which manages a printing operation in which plural printers are used as print output destinations, said method comprising: a distribution step of dividing one print job into a plurality of distribution print jobs and distributing the plurality of distribution print jobs, via a virtual printer which is related with the plural printers, to the plural printers in response to input of a print start instruction by a user; a first display control step of causing a display unit to display a situation of each of the distribution print jobs of the plural printers, the situation of each distribution print job indicating how much of the distribution print job has been printed; and a second display control step of causing the display unit to display a comprehensive job situation of the one print job, based on situations of the distribution print jobs of the plural printers used as the print output destinations, the comprehensive job situation indicating how much of the one print job has been printed.