Patent ID: 8982387
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An information processing apparatus that is connectable via a network to a print server and a printer having at least one function of local printing and print server-mediated printing, comprising: a search unit configured to search for a printer connected to the network; a receiving unit configured to receive device information from the printer detected by the search unit, wherein the device information describes a function which the printer has; a determination unit configured to perform a determination about whether the printer detected by the search unit has a function of the print server-mediated printing and a determination about whether the printer detected by the search unit has a function of the local printing, based on the device information received by the receiving unit; and a display unit configured to display a selection screen having a printer list, wherein a printer, which has two functions including the function of the print server-mediated printing and the function of the local printing, is included in the printer list, wherein one printer which has the two functions can be selected via the selection screen as a printer which prints using either the function of the print server-mediated printing or the function of the local printing, and wherein the printer, which has the two functions including the function of the print server-mediated printing and the function of the local printing, is displayed on the selection screen so that a user can identify that the printer has the two functions.