Patent ID: 8582162
Filing Date: 2013-11-12
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An information processing apparatus, comprising: a conversion unit configured to acquire document data from a document management apparatus and convert the acquired document data into print data, wherein, in response to a conversion request received from an external device where, before an output request is received from the external device, due to it being detected that a predetermined document operation is performed on the document data, the conversion unit acquires the document data from the document management apparatus and converts the acquired document data into print data; a transmission unit configured to transmit, to an image forming apparatus, the print data converted from the document data by the conversion unit; and an instruction unit configured to instruct the image forming apparatus, wherein, in response to an output request received from the external device due to it being detected that an output operation of outputting the document data is performed, the instruction unit instructs the image forming apparatus to output document data from the print data transmitted from the transmission unit to the image forming apparatus.