Patent ID: 7436532

Claim:
A print control apparatus for controlling a printer, comprising: a first discrimination unit configured to discriminate whether there is a mismatch between a media type sensed at the printer and a media type designated by a user; a first display unit configured to display a first screen on which a message is displayed indicating that there is a mismatch between the two media types, and on which the user is allowed to select the sensed media type or the designated media type, if said first discrimination unit discriminates that there is a mismatch between the two media types; a sheet setting unit configured to set the sensed media type or the designated media type as sheet setting, in accordance with the selection made on the first screen displayed by said first display unit; a second discrimination unit configured to discriminate whether there is a mismatch between the media type set by said sheet setting unit and print quality; a second display unit configured to display a second screen on which a message is displayed indicating that there is a mismatch between the media type and print quality, and on which the user is allowed to select or not to select adapting of print quality to the media type, if said second discrimination unit discriminates that there is a mismatch between the media type and print quality; a print quality setting unit configured to set print setting using print quality determined based on the media type if the adapting of print quality to the media type is selected on the second screen displayed by said second display unit, or print quality determined based on designation by the user if the adapting of print quality to the media type is not selected on the displayed second screen; a generation unit configured to generate print data based on the print setting set by said print quality setting unit; and an output unit configured to output the print data generated by said generation unit to the printer.