Patent ID: 8330979

Claim:
An information processing apparatus which manages document files to be output to a printing apparatus via a network, the information processing apparatus comprising: a management unit configured to manage the document files by registering the document files in a storage medium; a reception unit configured to receive, from the printing apparatus via the network, first print setting information of a document file to be printed out of the document files managed by said management unit; an analysis unit configured to analyze the first print setting information; a division unit configured to divide, based on an analysis result of said analysis unit, the document file into data each to be output on one print sheet to generate divided document files; a rewriting unit configured to rewrite the first print setting information to generate second print setting information so as to obtain the same print results of the divided document files as print results of the document file before division; an encryption unit configured to encrypt each divided document file generated by said division unit to generate an encrypted divided document file; and a transmission unit configured to transmit, to the printing apparatus via the network, the encrypted divided document file generated by said encryption unit and the second print setting information generated by said rewriting unit.