Print control device that facilitates management of print job, control method therefor and storage medium, and printing system and control method therefor

A printing system comprising a print control device, and an image forming device that is communicably connected to the print control device and has a display unit,

• wherein the print control device comprises:
• a first memory device that stores a set of instructions;
• and
• at least one first processor that executes the instructions to:
• perform a processing on a put print job to generate image data that is capable of being printed by the image forming device;
• transmit the generated image data to the image forming device;
• determine whether or not the data amount of image data that has not yet been printed by the image forming device, among the transmitted image data, exceeds a threshold value;
• and
• in a case where it is determined that the data amount of the image data that has not yet been printed exceeds the threshold value, hold the transmission of image data of a subsequent print job, and transmit job information that indicates an attribute of the subsequent print job and does not include image data, to the image forming device,
• wherein the image forming device comprises:
• a second memory device that stores a set of instructions;
• and
• at least one second processor that executes the instructions to:
• display, on the basis of the job information received from the print control device, the job information of the print job that has been put into the print control device, on the display unit.

A printing control method, comprising:

• a generating step of performing a processing on a put print job to generate image data that is capable of being printed by an image forming device;
• a transmission step of transmitting the generated image data to the image forming device;
• a determination step of determining whether or not the data amount of image data that has not yet been printed by the image forming device, among the transmitted image data, exceeds a threshold value;
• and
• a control step of, in a case where it is determined that the data amount of the image data that has not yet been printed exceeds the threshold value, holding the transmission of image data of a subsequent print job, and transmitting job information that indicates an attribute of the subsequent print job and does not include image data, to the image forming device.

A method for controlling a printing system comprising a print control device, and an image forming device that is communicably connected to the print control device,

• wherein the print control device executes:
• a generating step of performing a processing on a put print job to generate image data that is capable of being printed by the image forming device;
• a transmission step of transmitting the generated image data to the image forming device;
• a determination step of determining whether or not the data amount of image data that has not yet been printed by the image forming device, among the transmitted image data, exceeds a threshold value;
• and
• a control step of, in a case where it is determined that the data amount of the image data that has not yet been printed exceeds the threshold value, holding the transmission of image data of a subsequent print job, and transmitting job information that indicates an attribute of the subsequent print job and does not include image data, to the image forming device, and
• wherein the image forming device executes:
• a display step of displaying, on the basis of the job information received from the print control device, the job information of the print job that has been put into the print control device.

A computer-readable non-transitory storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a printing control method, the printing control method comprising:

• a generating step of performing a processing on a put print job to generate image data that is capable of being printed by an image forming device;
• a transmission step of transmitting the generated image data to the image forming device;
• a determination step of determining whether or not the data amount of image data that has not yet been printed by the image forming device, among the transmitted image data, exceeds a threshold value;
• and
• a control step of, in a case where it is determined that the data amount of the image data that has not yet been printed exceeds the threshold value, holding the transmission of image data of a subsequent print job, and transmitting job information that indicates an attribute of the subsequent print job and does not include image data, to the image forming device.