PRINT CONTROL DEVICE AND PROGRAM

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To transmit abnormality occurring during creation of print data, to a user of a printing device without outputting it on a print sheet.SOLUTION: When an occurrence of abnormality is detected during conversion into print data by a conversion unit 102, a fault notification data generation unit 106 generates print data that includes fault information of the occurrent of abnormality as display information but includes no print content, and generates fault notification data by adding, to the print data, authentication information for performing authentication printing requiring the authentication in printing. When the occurrence of abnormality is detected during the conversion into the print data by the conversion unit 102, a transmission unit 103 transmits the fault notification data generated by the fault notification data generation unit 106, to a printing device as an instructed output destination.