Patent ID: 7911640

Claim:
An information processing apparatus generating print data sent to a printer, comprising: a determining unit constructed to determine whether imported data is image data based on a file extension of the imported data; a generating unit constructed to generate document data by inserting a new chapter for the imported data into the document data when the determining unit determines that the imported data is not image data, and by inserting the imported data into an existing chapter when the determining unit determines that the imported data is image data; a first display unit constructed to display a first setting screen to set an entire color mode defining a color mode to be applied to the entire document data generated by the generating unit; a second display unit constructed to display a second setting screen to set a chapter color mode defining the color mode to be applied to a selected chapter including a plurality of pages of the document data generated by the generating unit, wherein the second setting screen is a window different from the first setting screen; a third display unit constructed to display a third setting screen to set a page color mode defining the color mode to be applied to a selected page of the document data generated by the generating unit, wherein the third setting screen is a window different from the first setting screen and the second setting screen; and a print data generating unit configured to generate print data including a color mode changing command so that a printer prints a printed material on which the color mode defined by the page color mode is applied to the selected page and the color mode defined by the chapter color mode is applied to the selected chapter and the color mode defined by the entire color mode is applied to the remaining portion of the document data to which the page color mode and the chapter color mode are not applied when the entire color mode is set in accordance with an instruction received via the first setting screen displayed by the first display unit, the chapter color mode is set in accordance with an instruction received via the second setting screen displayed by the second display unit and the page color mode is set in accordance with an instruction received via the third setting screen displayed by the third display unit.