Patent ID: 7580943

Claim:
An information processing apparatus including a memory and a processor comprising: a hot folder control unit configured to control a hot folder which acts as a storage area to store document data and of which adds a plurality of print attributes associated with the hot folder to the document data when the document data is stored in the hot folder; a setting unit configured to set changeability information indicating whether each of the plurality of the print attributes is allowed to be changed when the document data is stored in the hot folder; a storage unit configured to store the plurality of print attributes and the changeability information set in the setting unit in association with the hot folder; a displaying unit configured to obtain the plurality of print attributes and the changeability information set in the setting unit, and to display a resetting screen to accept a change of the print attribute set to be changeable in the setting unit, when the document data is stored in the hot folder; a generation unit configured to generate a job ticket in which the plurality of print attributes and changeability information are described in a structured language; and a central control unit configured to control the hot folder control unit, the setting unit, the storage unit, the displaying unit and the generation unit, wherein the central control unit controls the displaying unit so as to display the resetting screen in accordance with the changeability information described in the job ticket when the document data is stored in the hot folder.