In order to manage management information of virtual printers and real printers in an easy-to-understand manner in a printing system which employs a plurality of printers, the present invention includes a recognition step of recognizing a virtual printer selected from a plurality of virtual printers; an identification step of identifying member printers associated with the virtual printer recognized in the recognition step; and a display control step of displaying information about the member printers associated with the virtual printer and identified in the identification step.