Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and storage medium

Abstract

One aspect of the present invention provides an information processing apparatus 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; and an accumulation unit configured to add a power to be consumed by the printing apparatus selected by the selection unit to process the print request to the accumulated power consumption stored in the storage unit.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . 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; and   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.