Patent ID: 7034954

Claim:
A print control apparatus for receiving print jobs including print data from an external apparatus and allowing an image forming unit to form an image on the basis of image data, comprising: a first storing unit adapted to store print data of a first type of print job; a second storing unit adapted to store print data of a second type of print job; an information storing unit adapted to store attribute information of the first type of print job whose print data is stored in said first storing unit and attribute information of the second type of print job whose print data is stored in said second storing unit; a generating unit adapted to analyze the print data stored in said first storing unit and generating image data based on the analyzed print data; an image formation control unit adapted to allow the image forming unit to form an image on the basis of the image data generated by said generating unit, wherein said image formation control unit further allows the image forming unit to form an image corresponding to the second type of print job, in accordance with a printing instruction input separately from the print job; a storage control unit adapted to copy the print data stored in said second storing unit and storing the copied print data into said first storing unit, in accordance with the printing instruction; and an information storage control unit adapted to copy attribute information of the second type of print job in said information storing unit and storing the copied attribute information as attribute information corresponding to the copied print data into said information storing unit, in accordance with the printing instruction.