Control method

A control method for controlling an information processing apparatus for communicating with a communication apparatus, wherein the communication apparatus is able to operate in a first state and a second state, and power consumption by the communication apparatus in the second state is larger than power consumption by the communication apparatus in the first state,

• the control method comprising:
• accepting an operation for performing communication with the communication apparatus;
• receiving state information, which indicates whether the communication apparatus is operating in the first state or the communication apparatus is operating in the second state, from the communication apparatus in a case where the operation is accepted;
• displaying an input screen for receiving, from a user, an input regarding whether or not to cause the communication apparatus to shift into the second state, based on determining that the received state information indicates that the communication apparatus is in the first state;
• transmitting, to the communication apparatus, an instruction for causing the communication apparatus to shift into the second state, in a case where an input for causing the communication apparatus to shift into the second state is received via the input screen;
• and
• performing predetermined communication with the communication apparatus, without displaying the input screen and without performing transmission of the instruction, in a case where the received state information indicates that the communication apparatus is in the second state, and performing the predetermined communication with the communication apparatus after the communication apparatus shifts into the second state in accordance with the instruction in a case where the received state information indicates that the communication apparatus is in the first state.