An information processing apparatus transmits data to a printer and includes at least one memory device that stores a set of instructions, and at least one processor that executes the set of instructions to receive a print setting and a gradation object, detect an orientation of a color change in the gradation object and, based on the print setting and the detected orientation, determine whether the orientation of the color change in the gradation object when rendered in the printer matches a main scanning direction of the printer. Based on a determination that the orientation matches the main scanning direction, the gradation object is rendered in the information processing apparatus and then the rendered gradation object is transmitted to the printer, and based on a determination that the orientation does not match the main scanning direction, the gradation object is transmitted to the printer without rendering the gradation object in the information processing apparatus.