Patent ID: 7593128

Claim:
A printer control apparatus that receives an image from a reader, stores the image in a memory, and transmits the stored image from the memory to a printer, comprising: a first acquiring portion which acquires a reader information representing a type of the reader from the reader; a second acquiring portion which acquires a printer information representing a type of the printer from the printer; a reader processing speed table showing a relationship between a reader processing speed, at which the reader reads an original, and the reader information; a printer processing speed table showing a relationship between a printer processing speed, at which the printer prints the image, and the printer information; and a controller which controls transmitting the image written in the memory to the printer while the image received from the reader is being written to the memory, wherein said controller determines timing for transmitting the image written in the memory to the printer according to the reader processing speed acquired by referring to said processing speed table with the reader information, the printer processing speed acquired by referring to said processing speed table with the printer information, and a size of the received image.