Print control device and print control method

A print control method for performing print processing for printing by controlling a printer engine in a printer which prints data contents based on print data indicating the contents to be printed, comprising:

• a data generation step of obtaining the print data, and generating print data with attributes by adding, to the print data, attribute information generated for the print data by a print control apparatus and indicating the attributes of the print processing performed by the print control apparatus;
• a writing step of writing, into a memory, the print data with the attributes generated in the data generation step;
• an arrangement display step of arranging and displaying, based on a operation by a user, print processing names included in each print data, each print processing name corresponding to one of a plurality of print data with an attribute stored in the memory in an order according to the attribute information included in the plurality of print data with the attributes, the print processing name being a name included in and indicating the print;
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• a print execution step of (i) allowing the selection of one of the print processing names displayed in the arrangement display step by a user and (ii) causing the printer engine to execute printing based on the print data of the print data with the attribute including the selected print processing name.

A computer program stored on a computer-readable medium for causing a computer to perform print processing for printing by controlling a printer engine in a printer which prints data contents based on print data indicating the contents to be printed, the computer program causing a computer to execute;

• a data generation step of obtaining the print data, and generating print data with attributes by adding, to the print data, attribute information generated for the print data by a print control apparatus and indicating the attributes of the print processing performed by the print control apparatus;
• a writing step of writing, into a memory, the print data with the attributes generated in the data generation step;
• an arrangement display step of arranging and displaying, based on an operation by a user, print processing names included in each print data, each print processing name corresponding to one of a plurality of the print data with an attribute stored in the memory in an order according to attribute information included in the plurality of the print data with the attributes, the print processing name being a name included in and indicating the print data;
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• a print execution step of (i) allowing the print processing names displayed in the arrangement display step to be selected by a user and (ii) causing the printer engine to execute printing based on the print data of the print data with the attribute including the selected print processing name.

A printer comprising a printer engine which prints data contents based on print data indicating the contents to be printed and a print control apparatus which performs print processing for printing by controlling the printer engine,

• wherein the print control apparatus includes;
• a data generation unit operable to i) obtain the print data from outside the print control apparatus and ii) generate print data with attributes by adding, to the print data, attribute information generated for the print data by the print control apparatus and indicating the attributes of the print processing performed by the print control apparatus;
• a storage unit in which the print data with the attributes is stored;
• a writing unit operable to write, into the storage unit, the print data with the attributes generated by the data generation unit;
• an arrangement display unit operable to arrange and display, based on an operation by a user, processing names included in each print data corresponding to one of a plurality of print data with an attribute stored in the storage unit in an order according to the attribute information included in the plurality of print data with the attributes, each print processing name being a name included in and indicating the print data;
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• a print execution unit operable to i) allow a user to select one of the print processing names displayed on the arrangement display unit, and ii) cause the printer engine to execute printing based on the print data of the print data with the attribute including the selected print processing name.