Patent ID: 8654376

Claim:
An information processing apparatus that generates print jobs to be supplied to a printing apparatus, the information processing apparatus comprising: a display unit constructed to display a form image including a plurality of fields; a selection unit constructed to select a field from the form image; a property display unit constructed to display a property screen for a field selected by the selection unit, wherein said property screen accepts a setting for not printing data in clear toner printing; an exclusion unit constructed to exclude first variable data to be inserted in the selected field from print data for overlay printing containing form information and first and second variable data, when the setting is accepted; a first generation unit constructed to generate a first print job based on the print data for which the first variable data is excluded; a first transmission unit constructed to transmit the first print job to the printing apparatus; a second generation unit constructed to generate a second print job based on the first variable data and printing settings for printing clear toner; and a second transmission unit constructed to transmit the second print job to the printing apparatus after the first print job is transmitted.