Print control device, print control method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing program

A print control method comprising:

• acquiring a first URL posted in a chat room;
• acquiring a file;
• encoding an encodable character;
• and
• causing an image forming device to execute printing of the acquired file, wherein
• an encodable character except a predetermined character in a character string of the first URL is encoded when a file indicated by the first URL cannot be acquired, and
• a file indicated by a second URL formed by encoding the encodable character except the predetermined character in the character string of the first URL is acquired when the file indicated by the first URL cannot be acquired.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program, the program causing a computer to execute:

• acquiring a first URL posted in a chat room;
• acquiring a file;
• encoding an encodable character;
• and
• causing an image forming device to execute printing of the acquired file, wherein
• in the encoding, an encodable character except a predetermined character in a character string of the first URL is encoded when a file indicated by the first URL cannot be acquired in the acquiring the file, and
• in the acquiring the file, a file indicated by a second URL formed by encoding the encodable character except the predetermined character in the character string of the first URL is acquired when the file indicated by the first URL cannot be acquired.