Patent ID: 8300240

Claim:
A printing apparatus comprising: a first designation unit constructed to accept a user's designation indicative of whether or not a filter is applied to a print job to be saved, wherein the filter forcibly applies a print setting to the print job; a second designation unit constructed to accept a user's designation indicative of whether or not print settings change of the print job is permitted; an applying unit constructed to forcibly apply the print setting of the designated filter if said first designation unit accepts the user's designation indicating that the filter is applied, such that a filtered print job is output, and to not forcibly apply the print setting of the designated filter if said first designation unit accepts the user's designation indicating that the filter is not applied; a saving unit constructed to save the filtered print job output from said applying unit with permission of print settings change if said second designation unit accepts the user's designation indicating that print settings change is permitted, and to save the filtered print job output from said applying unit with inhibition of print settings change if said second designation unit accepts the user's designation indicating that print settings change is not permitted; a changing unit constructed to, when outputting the print job saved by said saving unit, provide a user interface that allows a user to change print settings if the print job is saved with the permission, provide a user interface that does not allow a user to change print settings if the print job is saved with the inhibition, and change print settings of the print job when print settings are changed via the user interface; and a printing unit constructed to print the print job saved by said saving unit if print settings have been not changed by said changing unit and to print the print job whose print settings have been changed by said changing unit if print settings have been changed by said changing unit.