The following method and an apparatus, a medium, and the like to which the method can be applied are disclosed as examples of embodiments. In an information processing method in an information processing apparatus which can communicate with an image forming apparatus, the method has a recognizing step of recognizing that a driver program for an image forming process is installed into the information processing apparatus, an obtaining step of obtaining construction information which is used for setting of the driver program from an outside, an activating step of activating the obtaining step in response to the recognition of the installation of the driver program by the recognizing step, and a setting step of setting the construction information obtained by the obtaining step so that it can be read by the driver program.