Patent ID: 9639303
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. An information processing apparatus, comprising: one or more processors; and a memory in communication with the one or more processors, the memory having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the information processing apparatus to: select a file to be printed; decide a rendering method from two methods: a first method for rendering the file in a server and a second method for rendering the file in the information processing apparatus; store the decided rendering method as a previous value; determine, in a first determination, whether or not the file is in a specific format; and determine, in a second determination, whether or not there is the previous value stored in the storing if the first determination determines that the file is in the specific format, wherein the rendering method for the file is decided to be the first method if the first determination determines that the file is not in the specific format, and wherein the rendering method for the file is decided to be the rendering method stored as the previous value if the second determination determines that there is the previous value.