An information processing apparatus and a method for controlling the information processing apparatus are disclosed. The method includes selecting a file to be printed and storing a rendering method as a previous value, which is determined from two methods. The method also includes determining whether or not the file is in a specific format and determining whether or not there is a previous value if it is determined that the file is in a specific format. The method further includes deciding the rendering method for the file to be the first method it is determined that the file is not in the specific format, and deciding the rendering method for the file to be a rendering method of the previous value if it is determined that there is a previous value.