Patent ID: 8867077

Claim:
An information processing apparatus comprising: an operation receiving unit configured to receive an operation; a setting receiving unit configured to display a setting condition for printing or transmission and to receive a change to the setting condition, after the operation receiving unit receives an instruction to start printing or to start transmission; an image processing unit configured to acquire, from a document data providing unit, document data that is a printing target or a transmission target, and convert the document data into print data of a printing device based on the setting condition; and a setting condition storage unit in which the setting condition is stored by the setting receiving unit via an operating system by using, as a key, identification information acquired by the setting receiving unit, the identification information identifying a printing process or a transmission process and being generated by the operating system according to the instruction to start printing or to start transmission, wherein the image processing unit acquires the identification information from the operating system, and reads, from the setting condition storage unit, the setting condition via the operating system by using the identification information as a key, and converts the document data into the print data of the printing device based on the setting condition.