Printing control apparatus and printing control method

Abstract

Even when printing cannot be executed by only the common setting included in a printing designation document, in order to generate the printing setting information native in a printer in accordance with the common general designation information included in a printing designation document and to execute the processing of a printing document in accordance with the information, a printing control method inputs a printing document and a printing designation document for specifying the processing content of the printing document, specifies a printer for processing the printing document in accordance with the input printing designation document, and obtains the native printing setting information which can be set to a control program in the printing control apparatus for controlling the specified printer, and controls the processing of transmitting a printing designation according to native printing setting information obtained by the obtainment step to the printer through the printing control program.

1 . A printing control apparatus for making a printer print printing data by transmitting the data to the printer, comprising: 
 input unit adapted to input a printing document and a printing designation information for specifying the processing content of the printing document;    obtainment unit adapted to specify a printer for processing the printing document in accordance with the input printing designation information and obtaining the native printing setting information which can be set to a control program in the printing control apparatus for controlling the specified printer; and    transmission control unit adapted to control the processing of transmitting a printing designation according to native printing setting information obtained by the obtainment unit to the printer through the printing control program.    
   
   
       2 .- 28 . (canceled)