An information processing apparatus includes a component to be maintained, a maintenance engine configured to perform maintenance on the component, and circuitry. The circuitry turns on a power supply to the apparatus at a power-on time set in advance by a timer; acquires, from a memory, a scheduled time of periodic maintenance to be executed on the component; turns on the power supply at a time prior to the scheduled time of the periodic maintenance; and shuts down the apparatus in response to an end of the periodic maintenance. In response to an arrival of the power-on time by the timer during execution of the periodic maintenance, the circuitry controls a state of the power supply to be kept at an on-state after the periodic maintenance ends.