Patent ID: 7580139
Filing Date: 2009-08-25
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An information processing apparatus comprising: a setting unit configured to set a print configuration to a folder in accordance with a user instruction; a detection unit configured to detect an operation of inputting a file into the folder; a management unit configured to manage the file, when the operation is detected by said detection unit; a determination unit configured to determine whether each of a plurality of files managed by said management unit has a predetermined type and is inputted into the folder in a predetermined order defined by the predetermined type; a generation unit configured to, in a case where said determination unit determines that each of the managed files has the predetermined type and is inputted into the folder in the predetermined order, merge the managed files in the predetermined order to generate print data to be outputted to a print device for printing according to the print configuration; and a transmission unit configured to transmit the generated print data to the print device.