Print control apparatus, print control method, and storage medium for configuring output device based on acquired information

Abstract

To enable printing using an arbitrary type of printer without functional limitation by a user merely specifying the printer to be used from the provided printers. When executing print processing with a virtual printer driver, an output device identification processing unitthat identifies an output device, and a printer driver management processing sectionthat executes preparation processing and organizing processing for print processing with the virtual printer driverare provided. The printer driver management processing sectionduring a preparation processing acquires hardware information for the output device, searches for a corresponding printer driver that based on the hardware information, and installs a dedicated or a generic printer driver identified by searching. The printer driver management processing sectionduring the organizing processing determines whether configuration information of the output device is required. When configuration information for the output device is required, the printer driver management processing unit determines whether the configuration information has been acquired. When the configuration information for the output device has not been acquired, the configuration information for the output device is acquired.