Patent ID: 8665462

Claim:
A print instruction apparatus which acquires a file in which a printing condition has been stored, and instructs printing by creating a print job based on the file, the print instruction apparatus comprising: a printing condition reading section which reads out the printing condition stored in the file; a file determining section which is configured to differentiate between whether the file is a file which has been acquired from an external apparatus and whether he file is a file which has been acquired from inside the apparatus and to determine if the file is from the external apparatus or from inside the apparatus; and a printing condition setting section which, (1) when the file determining section has determined that the file is the file which has been acquired from an external apparatus, then at least one of the following occurs: (1-1) checks with a user whether to change the printing condition, (1-2) displays a screen for setting the printing condition. or (1-3) sets a default printing condition in the print job, and (2) when the file determining section has determined that the file is a file which has been acquired from inside the apparatus and not the file which has been acquired from an external apparatus, sets in the print job the printing condition stored in the file as the printing condition for the file.