Print control device, print control method, recording medium storing a print control program, and a printing system

A print control device that communicates with a management device, which manages a printing device, comprising:

• an acquisition unit configured to acquire from the management device printing device information indicating whether a printing device the management device manages is a first printing device, which processes first band data of bands that are long in a first direction of a print object, or a second printing device, which processes second band data of bands that are long in a second direction intersecting the first direction of the print object;
• a band data generator configured to determine the length direction of band data based on the acquired printing device information, and generate band data in the determined length direction from the print object;
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• a transmitter configured to send the band data to the management device,
• the band data generator determining, based on the acquired printing device information, the length direction of the band data is the first direction when a first printing device is included in the one or more printing devices the management device manages, and
• determining, based on the acquired printing device information, the length direction of the band data is the second direction when a first printing device is not included in the one or more printing devices the management device manages.

A computer-readable storage medium storing a print control program configured to cause a computer that communicates with a management device via a network, with the management device managing a printing device, to execute:

• an acquisition function of acquiring from the management device printing device information indicating whether a printing device the management device manages is a first printing device, which processes first band data of bands that are long in a first direction of a print object, or a second printing device, which processes second band data of bands that are long in a second direction intersecting the first direction of the print object;
• a band data generating function of determining the length direction of band data based on the acquired printing device information, and generating band data in the determined length direction by dividing the print object into bands of a specific band width in a direction intersecting the determined length direction;
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• a transmission function of sending the band data to the management device via the network for generation of print data of the print object.