To provide a printer command control apparatus, method and system that can
prevent control commands from being sent erroneously to a printer
connected to a printer command control apparatus, a printer connected to
the printer command control apparatus, and a program and a storage
medium. In the printer command control system, a NonPC apparatus is
connected to a printer and, at the same time, connected to a web server
via the Internet. A tag to be sent from the NonPC apparatus to the
printer is constituted by a printer maintenance command header, which
consists of a header ID and a manufacturer ID including information
indicating to which manufacturer a command is adapted, and a printer
maintenance command. When manufacturer information of the manufacturer ID
and manufacturer information of the printer do not coincide with each
other, the printer maintenance command is controlled not to be sent to
the printer.