Image control apparatus receiving shutdown instruction and method for controlling the same

An image control apparatus connected to an image forming apparatus through a network, wherein one or more terminals are directly connected to the image forming apparatus or the one or more terminals are communicably connected to the image forming apparatus through the image control apparatus, the image control apparatus comprising:

• one or more controllers having one or more processors and one or more memories, the one or more controllers being configured:
• to receive, from a first terminal included in the one or more terminals through a network, a shutdown instruction issued to the image forming apparatus;
• and
• to determine whether the image forming apparatus is connected to a second network other than a first network through which the image forming apparatus is connected to the image control apparatus, wherein
• in case where the one or more controllers determine that the image forming apparatus is connected to the second network other than the first network through which the image forming apparatus is connected to the image control apparatus, the one or more controllers do not issue the shutdown instruction to the image forming apparatus even when the one or more controllers receive the shutdown instruction through the network.