Patent ID: 7719709

Claim:
A print control apparatus which transmits print data to a printing apparatus according to a print instruction for a logical printer, comprising: a logical printer information management unit configured to manage logical printer information predefined for each of logical printers, the logical printer information including a logical printer name of a corresponding one of the logical printers and an indicator indicating whether the corresponding one of the logical printers is a portless printer that is not associated with any printing apparatus; a printing apparatus search unit; and a print data transmitting unit configured to determine whether the logical printer specified in the print instruction is a portless printer based on the indicator in the logical printer information, wherein if the logical printer specified in the print instruction is a portless printer, the print data transmitting unit is configured to request the printing apparatus search unit to search for printing apparatuses connected to a network and to transmit the print data to a network address of one of the printing apparatuses found by the printing apparatus search unit.