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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2024
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoki Matsuzawa, Nagano, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A print control apparatus includes: a selection unit configured to receive selection of one printer from selectable printers; a setting unit configured to prohibit, in a first case where the selected printer is a distant printer located in an area different from the print control apparatus, a setting for immediately printing, and permit, in a second case where the selected printer is a near printer located in the same area as the print control apparatus, the setting for immediately printing; and a print control unit configured to transmit print data to the selected printer and cause the selected printer to print according to the setting of the setting unit.