Print control program, method of controlling printing apparatus and print control unit

摘要

A print control program for controlling execution of a print job, the print job being shared among a main printing apparatus and one or more sub-printing apparatus(es), the print control program allowing a computer to function as:
a print requesting section for requesting the main printing apparatus and the sub-printing apparatus(es) to execute the print job in a cooperative manner;
an apparatus information acquiring section for acquiring information relating to printing capabilities of the respective printing apparatuses as apparatus information, the apparatus information being stored in the main printing apparatus in advance;
an instruction determining section for determining shares of the print job assigned to the respective apparatuses based upon the acquired apparatus information; and
a controlling section for generating control instructions to be transmitted to the respective apparatuses.