To provide a print controller performing printing by a printing method suitable for contents of print data without reducing performance, and to provide a control method and a program therefor.

In this print control method, a drawing area drawn by a drawing instruction in print data for one page is calculated. A coefficient showing weight used for using the drawing area as a decision material for determining the printing method of the print data is set based on the drawing instruction. A virtual drawing area is calculated by multiplying the drawing area by the set coefficient. The printing method for the print data is determined based on the virtual drawing area corresponding to the drawing instruction in the print data and a virtual reference area of the print data for one page. A print control command is generated so that a printer executes the determined printing method. The print control command is output to the printer prior to the print data.