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Abstract

An information processing apparatus serves as a host unit for communicating to a plurality of printing apparatuses via a network. Each of the printing apparatuses includes internal components that are set in a sleep state when power supply to the components is reduced or in a print-ready state when power is supplied to the components. The information processing apparatus includes a unit for requesting status information of each of the plurality of printing apparatuses via the network, a unit for receiving the requested status information from each of the plurality of printing apparatuses, and a unit for identifying each of the plurality of printing apparatuses as being either in the sleep state or in the print-ready state, based on the status information. The information processing apparatus also includes a unit for controlling a display status of each of the plurality of printing apparatuses on a same window, so as to indicate each printing apparatus as being in the sleep state or in the print-ready state, based on respective identification results.

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First Claim