Information processing apparatus for forming raster image data based on different printing commands, control method therefor, and computer-readable medium storing a computer program implementing the control thereof

A control method of controlling an information processing apparatus communicable with an external information processing apparatus and an image forming apparatus via a predetermined communication medium, comprising:

• an acquisition step of acquiring a first print job and a second print job after acquiring the first print job from the external information processing apparatus, using a first communication protocol;
• an image processing step of generating first raster image data based of the first print job and generates second raster image data of the second print job acquired in said acquisition step;
• a converting step of converting the first communication protocol to a second communication protocol that is different from the first communication protocol;
• a transfer step of transferring the first print job or the first raster image data, and the second print job or the second raster image to the image forming apparatus, using the second communication protocol;
• a determining step of determining whether or not said image processing step is generating the first raster image data of the first print job when said acquisition step acquires the second print job;
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• a control step of controlling said image processing step to generate the second raster image of the second print job when said determining step determines that said image processing step is not generating the first raster image data of the first print job, and controlling said transfer step to transfer, using the second communication protocol, the second print job to the image forming apparatus when said determining step determines that said image processing step generating the first raster image data of the first print job.

A computer-readable medium storing a computer program executable by an information processing apparatus communicable with an external information processing apparatus and an image forming apparatus via a predetermined communication medium, the computer program comprising:

• an acquisition module for acquiring a first print job and a second print job from the external information processing apparatus, using a first communication protocol;
• an image processing module for generating first raster image data of the first and generating second raster image data of the second print job acquired by said acquisition module;
• a converting module for converting the first communication protocol to a second communication protocol that is different from the first communication protocol;
• a transfer module for transferring the first print job or the first raster image data, and the second print job or the second raster image to the image forming apparatus, using the second communication protocol;
• a determining module for determining whether or not said image processing module is generating the first raster image data of the first print job when said acquisition module acquires the second print job;
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• a control module for controlling said image processing module to generate the second raster image data of the second print job when said determining module determines that said image processing module is not generating the first raster image data of the first print job, and controlling said transfer module to transfer, using the second communication protocol, the second print job to the image forming apparatus when said determining module determines that said image processing module is generating the first raster image data of the first print job.