Patent ID: 11956390
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 5:
6. An information processing apparatus causing an image forming apparatus to read an image of a document and to generate image data according to an instruction from a user, the information processing apparatus comprising:
a registration unit configured to register at least one setting value used by the image forming apparatus in generating the image data;
a unit configured to set whether to enable or disable a function that prevents a user from setting a setting value that does not comply with a PDF/A standard as a setting value used by the image forming apparatus in generating the image data;
a unit configured to change a setting value that does not comply with the PDF/A standard among the at least one setting value registered so as to comply with the PDF/A standard in enabling the function in a state where the registration unit registers the at least one setting value; and
a unit configured to transmit an instruction notification that instructs the image forming apparatus to generate image data based on the setting value changed.