The user can be properly notified in what kinds of statuses functions that
are realized upon printing are. When statuses of functions which are
realized by a print control system are displayed on a display unit, by
changing the display in the display unit regarding the statuses of the
functions on the basis of function information disclosed in a function
list sent from a server computer and function information (internal
function information) regarding (substances of) the functions already
installed in a client computer, the display in the display unit is
dynamically changed in accordance with the statuses of the functions,
thereby enabling the user to easily recognize in what kinds of statuses
the functions which he wants to use upon printing are.