Patent ID: RE40328

Claim:
An information processing apparatus which that transfers print data to a printer, said apparatus comprising: determining means for determining whether the print data is to be transferred to the printer in a first mode or in a second mode; and control means for causing said information processing apparatus to convert the print data into bit map data and to transfer the converted bit map data to the printer when said determining means determines that the print data is to be transferred in the first mode, and to convert the print data into print data which can be interpreted by the printer and to transfer the converted data to the printer when said determining means determines that the print data is to be transferred in the second mode, wherein the converted data in the second mode includes information indicative of a data type , and wherein the first mode is a mode in which said apparatus controls an output style of the print data and the second mode is a mode in which the printer controls an output style of the print data .