Patent ID: 7532344

Claim:
An information processing apparatus which is connected to an ink-jet printing apparatus that prints an image by ejecting ink onto a print medium on the basis of print data, and can exchange data with the ink-jet printing apparatus, comprising: print data generation means for generating print data for an image to be printed by the ink-jet printing apparatus; transfer means for transferring the generated print data to the ink-jet printing apparatus; and control means for controlling transfer of the print data by said transfer means in accordance with transfer permission/denial information indicating transfer permission/denial of the print data, and operation information indicating an operation state of the ink-jet printing apparatus, which are sent from the ink-jet printing apparatus, wherein upon detection of transfer denial of the print data based on the transfer permission/denial information, said control means controls said transfer means to wait without transferring the print data, and measures a time for waiting, and wherein when said control means controls said transfer means to wait and receives next transfer permission/denial information that permits transfer of the print data while the time for waiting is not more than a predetermined period of time, said control means controls said transfer means to abort waiting, and to transfer the print data to the ink-jet printing apparatus.