Patent ID: 7522297

Claim:
A print instruction apparatus for presenting print conditions required for printing print data to a printing apparatus comprising: a display unit that displays print instruction folders, print status folders, and print data on a display screen, each print instruction folder being associated with a print condition, the print instruction folders being divided hierarchically according to the print conditions, the print status folders being associated with a print status and including a finished print job folder, an ongoing print folder, and a reserved print job folder; an operating unit that allows a user to place the print data into the print instruction folders and the print status folders; and a control unit that controls, when the print data is placed into one of the print instruction folders a print condition of the print data so that the print data is printed with the print condition associated with the one of the print instruction folders, and, when the print data is placed into one of the print status folders a print status of the print data in accordance with print status associated with the one of the print status folders.