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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2011
Masaharu Iwatani, Matsumoto, JP;
Masaharu Iwatani, Matsumoto, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A print control apparatus includes a communication unit which communicates with a server, a print instruction acceptance unit which accepts a print instruction to make a printing apparatus execute printing, a judgment unit which judges whether or not the printing apparatus is a registered printing apparatus, a permission unit which permits the printing apparatus to execute printing based on the print instruction when the printing apparatus has been judged to be the registered printing apparatus, a restriction unit which inhibits the printing apparatus from executing printing based on the print instruction when the printing apparatus has not been judged to be the registered printing apparatus, and a notification unit which makes a notification for prompting a user to register the printing apparatus on the server as the registered printing apparatus when the printing apparatus has not been judged to be the registered printing apparatus.