A printing management apparatus includes a memory device storing information and having a shared folder for storing a print job from the outside of the apparatus, a standby folder for storing print data to be output to a predetermined printing mechanism, and a converter having a plurality of conversion modules performing a conversion process in which the print job is converted into the print data which is printed in the predetermined printing mechanism to store the data in the standby folder when the format of the print job in the shared folder is supported; an obtaining unit for obtaining the print job stored in the shared folder; and conversion control means for selecting a compliant conversion module from the plurality of conversion modules in the converter, the compliant conversion module performing the conversion process to the print job obtained by the obtaining unit, the compliant conversion module being the conversion module which supports the format of the print job obtained by the obtaining unit.