Patent ID: 7895609

Claim:
An information processing apparatus that is connected to at least one local image recording apparatus and connected to at least one network image recording apparatus through a network, the information processing apparatus comprising: an operating section through which a user specifies a desired image recording apparatus from among the at least one local image recording apparatus and the at least one network image recording apparatus and a plurality of user-selected options of the desired image recording apparatus; an information obtaining section that obtains information on availability of options of the desired image recording apparatus, and writes the information on the availability of options of the desired image recording apparatus and information on the plurality of the user-selected options of the desired image recording apparatus into driver software, wherein the information obtaining section allows the user to alter a setting of at least one of the user-selected options and writes the altered setting into the driver software; and an installing section that installs the driver software into the information processing apparatus, the driver software containing the information on the availability of options of the desired image recording apparatus and the information on the plurality of user-selected options of the desired image recording apparatus.