Patent ID: 8896865

Claim:
A printing system, comprising: a post-processing apparatus configured to apply post processing to a sheet material output from a printing apparatus related to execution of a print job; and an information processing apparatus configured to manage a print workflow that includes operations arranged order of process in a plurality of operation positions, wherein the information processing apparatus includes: a generation unit configured to generate, in accordance with a print setting condition set to the print job, a first print workflow, an acquisition unit configured to acquire operation information related to a replacement schedule of components of the printing system, a determination unit configured to determine, based on the operation information acquired by the acquisition unit and the print setting condition set to the print job, whether a target component will need to be replaced during the execution of the print job, a distinguishing unit configured to distinguish, in response to the determination unit determining that the target component will need to be replaced during the execution of the print job, whether the target component is a part of the printing system whose characteristic affects quality of the output sheet material, a decision unit configured to decide, according to the distinguishing of the target component characteristic by the distinguishing unit, an operation position at which a component replacement operation associated with the target component is to be incorporated into the plurality of operation positions of the first print workflow, and an update unit configured to update the first print workflow generated by the generation unit to create a second print workflow by incorporating the component replacement operation into the plurality of operation positions of the generated first print workflow at the operation position decided by the decision unit, wherein the decision unit decides to incorporate the component replacement operation associated with the target component before execution of a print job for which replacement of the target component is required, in a case where the distinguishing unit distinguishes that the target component is a part of the printing system whose characteristic affects quality of the output sheet material.