Patent ID: 8352862

Claim:
An information processing apparatus having a hot folder to which a plurality of pieces of output setting information are set, the information processing apparatus comprising: a processor and memory; a setting unit configured to set, in the hot folder, first output setting information for a first layer and second output setting information different from the first output setting information for a second layer lower than the first layer; an output unit configured to output print data such that the first output setting information is applied to output data contained in a subfolder in the first layer in a folder put in the hot folder and the second output setting information is applied to output data contained in a sub folder in the second layer lower than the first layer in the folder put in the hot folder; a selection unit configured to select a newest piece of output data when a plurality of pieces of output data exists in a same layer in the folder put in the hot folder; and a specifying unit configured to specify whether to apply the first output setting information for the first layer or the second output setting information for the second layer to output data contained in a subfolder in a third layer lower than the second layer in the folder put in the hot folder.