Patent ID: 7426045

Claim:
An information processing apparatus for managing printing of an image processing apparatus which prints data received from the information processing apparatus in color and monochrome modes, the information processing apparatus comprising: inputting means for inputting user information; first setting means for setting, with respect to the input user information, a first number of sheets permitted to be printed in the color mode by the image processing apparatus and a second number of sheets permitted to be printed in the monochrome mode by the image processing apparatus; second setting means for selectively setting a first operation which is performed when the first number of sheets is exceeded in the color mode by a user specified by the input user information, the first operation being selected among inhibiting use of the image processing apparatus in the color mode without notifying the user, permitting the use in the color mode while notifying the user, and permitting the use in the color mode without notifying the user; and third setting means for selectively setting a second operation which is performed when the second number of sheets is exceeded in the monochrome mode by a user specified by the input user information, the second operation being selected among inhibiting use of the image processing apparatus in the monochrome mode without notifying the user permitting the use in the monochrome mode while notifying the user, and permitting the use in the monochrome mode without notifying the user.