US Patent 7542154 Print control apparatus, print controlling method, and program therefor

This invention provides printer control apparatus and a print controlling method capable of executing printing efficiently. A print server conducts the steps of: acquiring various information of a printing job being executed and a printing job whose execution is reserved in the future; acquiring various information about a state of a printer; holding acquired various information; determining whether paper feed to the printer is necessary based on the held information; fixing the contents of paper feed and a timing of paper feed when it is determined that paper feed is necessary; and forming a procedure instruction showing a procedure of paper feed, and transmitting it to a work PC when a paper feed timing comes.