Patent ID: 8125686
Filing Date: 2012-02-28
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An information processing apparatus comprising: an inputting unit configured to input a first print job generated by a first application program, the first print job being for causing a printing apparatus to print an image; a second application program configured to generate a second print job, the second print job being for causing the printing apparatus to print a chart for adjusting settings which have been set for printing of the first print job input by the inputting unit; and a printer driver, which does not include the second application program, configured to convert the first print job input by the inputting unit or the second print job generated by the second application program into printing data, and to cause the printing apparatus to print an image based on the converted printing data corresponding to the first print job, and to cause the printing apparatus to print the chart based on the converted printing data corresponding to the second print job, wherein the printer driver starts the second application program in response to a user's instruction of printing the chart via a user interface for the printer driver, and the second application program started by the printer driver generates the second print job.