A print output control apparatus, a print output control method, and a computer-readable
recording medium storing a computer program having print output control capabilities.
Print preview is displayed by use of print data to enhance user interface. A print
output control apparatus comprises: a printer driver for converting data in the
file into print data recognizable by the printer; a print data storage unit for
storing the print, data supplied from the printer driver; a window display unit,
executed by the printer driver, for acquiring the print data from the print data
storage unit and displaying, onto a display device coupled to the computer, a preview
window having a preview box for displaying the print data and a print data processing
box operable by a user for changing the print data; and a print data processing
unit, executed by the window display unit, for changing the print data when the
user operates the print data processing box.