Patent ID: 9544454
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04N

Claim:
1. An information processing apparatus comprising: an obtaining unit configured to obtain configuration information regarding functions of an image forming apparatus from the image forming apparatus which can communicate through a network; a first display unit configured to display a configuration setting screen for setting a configuration of the image forming apparatus, based on the obtained configuration information, the configuration setting screen discriminably displaying a setting item being usable in the image forming apparatus and being in a usable state, a setting item being usable in the image forming apparatus and being in a non-usable state, and a setting item being non-usable in the image forming apparatus, respectively, based on the obtained configuration information; a changing unit configured to change a configuration setting via the configuration setting screen, by changing the setting item being usable in the image forming apparatus and being in the usable state to a non-usable state or changing the setting item being usable in the image forming apparatus and being in the non-usable state to a usable state; a second display unit configured to display a print setting screen for receiving one or more print settings based on the changed configuration setting; and a generating unit configured to generate print data based on the one or more print settings received and set via the print setting screen, wherein the configuration setting screen is a screen which is used to select, from the plurality of setting items, the setting item settable on the print setting screen and is different from the print setting screen, and wherein the obtaining unit, the first display unit, the changing unit, the second display unit, and the generating unit are implemented by one or more processors and memories.