Patent ID: 8199345

Claim:
A method for controlling an information processing apparatus connected to a printing apparatus including a storage device, the method comprising: acquiring a status of the printing apparatus; generating a first print file which is in printable condition at the status of the printing apparatus from image data; transmitting the first print file to the printing apparatus; generating and transmitting a first instruction to the printing apparatus to perform printing using the first print file; generating a second print file which is other than the first print file and is at least one print file from a plurality of predetermined print files, wherein the second print file is generated from the image data after generating and transmitting the first instruction and is generated regardless of the printable or non-printable condition at the status of the printing apparatus; transmitting the second print file to the printing apparatus; and generating and transmitting a second instruction to the printing apparatus to store the first and second print files in the storage device of the printing apparatus.