Preview image of output data from an output device with user input

An information processing apparatus comprising:

• a detection unit configured to detect an event which occurs in an output apparatus which outputs output data, intervention of a user being required in the event;
• and
• a screen displaying unit configured to display a notification screen, the notification screen including information relating to the event which occurred in the output apparatus, an instruction reception field configured to receive an instruction to cope with the event from the user, and a preview image displaying reception field configured to receive a request for displaying a preview image of the output data from the user,
• wherein the screen displaying unit is configured, in response to receiving the request for displaying the preview image of the output data from the user, to display the preview image of the output data which was being output by the output apparatus when the event occurred,
• wherein the screen displaying unit arranges an input box in the preview image displaying reception field, the input box being configured to receive, from the user, a specification of a page of the output data for the preview image, and
• wherein a value which indicates a page of the output data which page was being output by the output apparatus when the event occurred is displayed in the input box as default.

An output management method executed in an output management system, the output management system including a terminal apparatus operated by a user and an information processing apparatus for managing output data from an output apparatus, the output management method comprising:

• a step of detecting an event which occurs in the output apparatus, intervention of the user being required in the event;
• and
• a step of displaying a notification screen, the notification screen including information relating to the event which occurred in the output apparatus, an instruction reception field configured to receive an instruction to cope with the event from the user, and a preview image displaying reception field configured to receive a request for displaying a preview image of the output data from the user,
• wherein the step of displaying the notification screen is performed in response to receiving the request for displaying the preview image of the output data from the user by displaying the preview image of the output data which was being output by the output apparatus when the event occurred,
• wherein the screen displaying unit arranges an input box in the preview image displaying reception field, the input box being configured to receive, from the user, a specification of a page of the output data for the preview image, and
• wherein a value which indicates a page of the output data which page was being output by the output apparatus when the event occurred is displayed in the input box as default.