Patent ID: 9160888
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An information processing apparatus comprising: a control unit configured to control a printer driver; a first storage unit configured to store a print setting input on a print screen; a second storage unit configured to store user information input on the print screen, wherein the user information is obtained from the second storage unit using a user authority of a user, and is unobtainable from the second storage unit using an authority of another user; a receiving unit configured to receive a print instruction; and a setting unit configured to set an authority of the control unit to the user authority of a user that issues the print instruction after the print instruction, wherein the control unit acquires and manages the user information from the second storage unit using the set user authority, and wherein a print job generated based on the acquired user information and the print setting stored by the first storage unit are transmitted to an image processing apparatus, and wherein the control unit notifies a filter of the printer driver activated to generate the print job of information for accessing the user information managed by the control unit.