Patent ID: 8215851

Claim:
A print control apparatus controlling a printing device performing printing on a tab sheet inserted between non-tab print sheets of a target document being printed, wherein the tab sheet is identified as a print sheet having a tab, comprising: a setting unit setting a plurality of tab positions for a plurality of tab sheets, wherein a tab on one tab sheet is set at a position different from a position of a tab on another tab sheet and setting a respective background color for each of said tabs of the plurality of tab sheets at their corresponding tab positions, each of said tabs being provided outside a periphery of the non-tab print sheets; a generating unit generating control information for causing said printing device to print said respective background colors set by said setting unit on each tab of said plurality of tab sheets and to insert each of said tab sheets in between non-tab sheets of said target document being printed; and a display including a plurality of color menus such that each of the tabs, at their respective set positions, as selected by a user, is provided their own respective color menu.