Print control server and print control method

A print control method comprising:

• a detection step of detecting a print instruction entered by a user in a chat system provided by a social networking service (SNS) or detecting a setting instruction entered by the user in the chat system provided by the SNS;
• a print control step of executing printing using a printer in accordance with the print instruction or configuring a setting relating to the printer in accordance with the setting instruction;
• and
• a management step of associating identification information of the user with a privilege of the user in the chat system and storing the identification information and the privilege of the user, wherein
• the print control step references the information stored by the management step to identify the privilege associated with the identification information of the user who has entered the print instruction or the setting instruction in the chat system, and limits, based on the identified privilege, the printing to be executed in accordance with the print instruction or the setting to be configured in accordance with the setting instruction.