Patent ID: 7595908

Claim:
An information processing apparatus, comprising: a first determination unit constructed to determine whether or not a status received from a printer contains information indicating that an operation with possible replacement of a color material has been carried out; a display unit constructed to display a screen image accepting an input from a user indicating whether the color material has been replaced or not when it is determined by said first determination unit that the stats received from the printer contains information indicating that an operation with possible replacement of the color material has been carried out; a second determination unit constructed to determine whether or not the input from the user indicates that replacement of the color material has been carried out; and a transmission unit constructed to transmit a command for initializing color material information to the printer when it is determined that the input from the user indicates that a replacement of the color material has been carried out; wherein the printer includes a memory for storing the information indicating that an operation with possible replacement of a color material has been carried out, and wherein the information is recorded in the memory at a timing when a cover of the printer to be opened for replacement of the color material is opened, or when a button of the printer for causing a carriage on which a print head is mounted to move to a home position is manipulated.