Information processing apparatus capable of communicating with printing apparatus via network, information processing system including information processing apparatus, and information processing method for information processing apparatus

An information processing system comprising:

• a printing apparatus configured to execute a printing process based on a received print job;
• and
• an information processing apparatus configured to transmit a print job to said printing apparatus,
• wherein said information processing apparatus comprises:
• an accumulation unit configured to accumulate print jobs that should be transmitted to the printing apparatus;
• an acquisition unit configured to acquire at least one of an operation history and a power consumption history of said printing apparatus from said printing apparatus;
• a setting unit configured to set a threshold value for determining a timing of transmitting the print jobs accumulated in said accumulation unit in series to said printing apparatus based on at least one of the operation history and the power consumption history acquired by said acquisition unit;
• a determination unit configured to determine the timing of transmitting the print jobs accumulated in said accumulation unit in series to said printing apparatus based on the threshold value set by said setting unit;
• and
• a transmission unit configured to transmit the print jobs accumulated in said accumulation unit in series to said printing apparatus at the timing determined by said determination unit.

An information processing method for an information processing apparatus capable of communicating with a printing apparatus via a network, comprising:

• an accumulation step of accumulating print jobs that should be transmitted to the printing apparatus;
• an acquisition step of acquiring at least one of an operation history and a power consumption history of the printing apparatus from the printing apparatus;
• a setting step of setting a threshold value for determining a timing of transmitting the print jobs accumulated in said accumulation step in series to the printing apparatus based on at least one of the operation history and the power consumption history acquired in said acquisition step;
• a determination step of determining the timing of transmitting the print jobs accumulated in said accumulation step in series to the printing apparatus based on the threshold value set in said setting step;
• and
• a transmission step of transmitting the print jobs accumulated in said accumulation step in series to the printing apparatus at the timing determined in said determination step.