Patent ID: 7605939

Claim:
An information processing apparatus communicable with an external information processing apparatus and an image forming apparatus via a predetermined communication medium, comprising: an acquisition device that acquires a first print job and a second print job after acquiring the first print job from the external information processing apparatus, using a first communication protocol; an image processing device that generates first raster image data of the first print job and generates second raster image data of the second print job acquired by said acquisition device; a converting device that converts the first communication protocol to a second communication protocol that is different from the first communication protocol; a transfer device that transfers the first print job or the first raster image data, and the second print job or the second raster image to the image forming apparatus, using the second communication protocol; a determining device that determines whether or not said image processing device is generating the first raster image data of the first print job when said acquisition device acquires the second print job; and a controller that controls said image processing device to generate the second raster image data of the second print job when said determining device determines that said image processing device is not generating the first raster image data of the first print job, and controls said transfer device to transfer, using the second communication protocol, the second print job to the image forming apparatus when said determining device determines that said image processing device is generating the first raster image data of the first print job.