Patent ID: 8985580
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: G03G,G06F

Abstract:
1. An information processing apparatus operable to transmit a print job comprising: a display control unit configured to display a user interface to designate first number-of-copies information indicating a number of copies to be printed and second number-of-copies information indicating a number of copies; a designation unit configured to designate the second number-of-copies information wherein the second number-of-copies information is used for issuing a notification indicating that a part of the number of copies is output; a first transmission unit configured to set an attribute of the print job based on the first and second number-of-copies information designated by the designation unit and to transmit the print job including the attribute to an image forming apparatus; wherein the notification is issued each time the part of the number of the copies is output and before the print job is completed; and a second transmission unit configured to determine whether the image forming apparatus supports a function for executing stacking by a designated number of copies and if it is determined that the image forming apparatus does not support the function for executing stacking by the designated number of copies, configured to divide the print job into a plurality of divided print jobs by a number equivalent to the designated number of copies indicated by the second number-of-copies information and to transmit the divided print jobs to the image forming apparatus.