Patent ID: 9268515
Filing Date: 2016-02-23
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. An information processing apparatus configured to be connected to a printing control apparatus that is configured to sequentially output print jobs according to a print queue for controlling a print job output order, the information processing apparatus comprising: a data transmission unit configured to transmit, to the printing control apparatus, a resource registration job for registering a resource in a printing control apparatus, and a print job, the resource registration job comprising resource data to be registered at the printing control apparatus, the resource data required for outputting the print job; a determination unit configured to determine whether the resource data can be added to and registered in the printing control apparatus given conditions at the printing control apparatus; and a control unit configured to control the data transmission unit and the printing control apparatus, wherein, in a case where the determination unit has determined that the resource data cannot be added to and registered in the printing control apparatus given the conditions at the printing control apparatus, the control unit controls the data transmission unit to hold the resource registration job in the information processing apparatus, transmit to the printing control apparatus the print job without the resource registration job, wherein the print job is transmitted in a stopped state, the stopped state causing the printing control apparatus to hold off on outputting the print job, and transmit to the printing control apparatus the resource registration job held in the information processing apparatus when the print job arrives at the top of the print queue of the printing control apparatus, and in the case where the determination unit has determined that the resource data cannot be added to and registered in the printing control apparatus given the conditions at the printing control apparatus, then after the resource data is registered at the printing control apparatus based on the resource registration job, the control unit controls the printing control apparatus to start outputting the print job, which has been stopped by the printing control apparatus.