Patent ID: 8763099

Claim:
An authentication method of an information processing apparatus capable of storing a printer driver generating print data, comprising: determining whether first user information is stored in a predetermined storage area, wherein the first user information is transmitted from an external apparatus; determining, when the first user information is stored in the predetermined storage area, the first user information as user information to be added to the print data, and determining, when the first user information is not stored in the predetermined storage area, second user information based on setting information set using a setting screen of the printer driver as the user information to be added to the print data; displaying, when the first user information is determined as the user information to be added to the print data, a first user information confirmation screen not to receive a change of the user information, and displaying, when the second user information is determined as the user information to be added to the print data, a second user information confirmation screen to receive the change of the user information; and transmitting the print data to which the first or second user information has been added to a printing apparatus.