Patent ID: 7929167

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a print data storage unit configured to store print data whose print setting is specified to be unchangeable; a print unit configured to print the print data stored in the print data storage unit; an obtaining unit configured to obtain restriction information for restricting print setting available to a user instructing a printing of the print data by the print unit; a selection unit configured to select whether printing of the print data is performed according to the print setting made for the print data or according to restriction information obtained by the obtaining unit; and a control unit configured to cause the print unit to print the print data according to the print setting in a case where the selection unit selects that the printing of the print data is performed according to the print setting made for the print data, and to cause the print unit to print the print data according to the restriction information in a case where the selection unit selects that the print data is performed according to restriction information obtained by the obtaining unit.