Patent ID: 8059290

Claim:
An information processing apparatus configured to communicate with a first printing system and a second printing system, comprising: a reception unit configured to receive, from the first printing system, first work instruction data in which a plurality of works performed in the first printing system are described; a acquiring unit configured to obtain device function information in the second printing system; a changing unit configured to change processing order of a postpress described in the first work instruction data to an order such that the second printing system can output an ordered final printed material, when it is determined that the first work instruction data includes a work that cannot be performed by the second printing system based on the first work instruction data received from the first printing system and the device function information in the second printing system; and a generation unit configured to create second work instruction data for the second printing system indicating that the second printing system performs the postpress described in the first work instruction data in the order changed by said changing unit.