Choosing a printing device based on accumulated power consumption in a network

An information processing apparatus that includes a storage unit configured to store an accumulated power consumption, within a predetermined period, of a printing apparatus group including a first printing apparatus and a second printing apparatus whose performance and power consumption upon printing are lower than those of the first printing apparatus, and upon receiving a print request from a client, selects a printing apparatus to execute the requested printing from the printing apparatus group based on the accumulated power consumption, comprising:

• an acquisition unit configured to acquire the print request from the client;
• a selection unit configured to select the first printing apparatus when the accumulated power consumption is not more than a first threshold, and selects the second printing apparatus when the accumulated power consumption is higher than the first threshold;
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• an accumulation unit configured to add a power to be consumed by the printing apparatus selected by said selection unit to process the print request to the accumulated power consumption stored in the storage unit.