Information processing apparatus, image forming system, print control method, and recording medium

A print control method comprising:

• controlling storing intermediate data of a plurality of print jobs in a storage;
• wherein the controlling includes:
• reading first intermediate data of a first print job of the plurality of print jobs from the storage;
• rasterizing the read first intermediate data to generate pant data, and outputting the print data to an image forming apparatus;
• determining whether an operation of reading the first intermediate data allows extra time in relation to a throughput of a print engine of the image forming apparatus;
• determining whether an operation of reading second intermediate data of a second print job following the first print job is a bottleneck of a printing time;
• and
• executing in parallel the operation of reading the first intermediate data and the operation of reading the second intermediate data from the storage, in response to a determination that the operation of reading the first intermediate data allows extra time in relation to the throughput of the print engine of the image forming apparatus and a determination that the operation of reading the second intermediate data is a bottleneck of the printing time.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program that causes a hardware processor of a computer to perform a procedure comprising:

• storing intermediate data of a plurality of print jobs in a storage;
• reading first intermediate data of a first print job of the plurality of print jobs from the storage;
• rasterizing the read first intermediate data to generate print data, and outputting the print data to an image forming apparatus;
• determining whether air operation of reading the first intermediate data allows extra time in relation to a throughput of a print engine of the image forming apparatus;
• determining whether an operation of reading second intermediate data of a second print job following the first print job is a bottleneck of a printing time;
• and
• executing in parallel the operation of reading the first intermediate data and the operation of reading the second intermediate data from the storage, in response to a determination that the operation of reading the first intermediate data allows extra time in relation to the throughput of the print engine of the image forming apparatus and a determination that the operation of reading the second intermediate data is a bottleneck of the printing time.