Print control apparatus, printing system, and non-transitory computer readable medium

A printing system comprising:

• a plurality of printing apparatuses that print an image on a medium;
• and
• a print control apparatus that controls printing at the plurality of printing apparatuses,
• the print control apparatus including
• a determination unit that determines, from among a plurality of virtual print controllers each of which controls printing at a group of printing apparatuses included in the plurality of printing apparatuses and associated with the virtual print controller, whether any of the virtual print controllers has started operating in the print control apparatus, the plurality of virtual print controllers virtually realizing a plurality of apparatuses in a single apparatus upon operating in the single apparatus, and
• a controller that performs control, responsive to the determination unit determining that none of the virtual print controllers have started operating in the print control apparatus from among the plurality of virtual print controllers, such that a state of reception of print command information, which commands printing at a printing apparatus, is set to be a state in which the print command information is not received, and
• the controller thereafter performs control, responsive to the determination unit determining that any of the virtual print controllers has started operating in the print control apparatus from among the plurality of virtual print controllers, such that the state of reception is set to be a state in which print command information that commands printing at a group of printing apparatuses associated with the virtual print controller is received.

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

• determining, from among a plurality of virtual print controllers each of which controls printing at a printing apparatus associated with the virtual print controller, whether any of the virtual print controllers has started operating in a print control apparatus, the plurality of virtual print controllers virtually realizing a plurality of apparatuses in a single apparatus upon operating in the single apparatus;
• and
• performing control, responsive to determining that none of the virtual print controllers have started operating in the print control apparatus from among the plurality of virtual print controllers, such that a state of reception of print command information, which commands printing at a printing apparatus, is set to be a state in which the print command information is not received, and
• thereafter performing control, responsive to determining that any of the virtual print controllers has started operating in the print control apparatus from among the plurality of virtual print controllers, such that the state of reception is set to be a state in which print command information that commands printing at a printing apparatus associated with the virtual print controller is received.