US Patent 7333229 Print control unit

In order to provide a print control unit capable of selecting predefined information corresponding to a document to be printed without depending upon an artificial operation, the print control unit comprises an information storing section which links identification information for identifying a kind of document and predefined information for controlling a printing job of the document and stores an information package of the linked identification and predefined information, an identification information retrieving section which retrieves the identification information of the document to be printed, and a predefined information selecting section which selects the predefined information linked with the identification information retrieved by the identification information retrieving section, from the information package stored in the information storing section.