10. The processing method according to claim 8 , further comprising allowing a user to designate whether to replace the metadata, wherein information that is common between the conditional print setting and metadata designated for replacement is replaced in the document with unique information.
8. An information processing method that is executed by an information processing apparatus, comprising: receiving a document for variable printing and a job ticket including print settings, the print settings including a conditional print setting that depends on metadata included in the document; replacing, in the received document, information that is common between the conditional print setting and metadata included in the document with unique information, replacing in the received job ticket, a condition portion of the conditional print setting with the unique information, and deleting, in the received document, information that is not common between the conditional print setting and metadata included in the document such that the deleted information is removed from the received document; and instructing printing, using the conditional print setting and the document in which the common information is replaced with the unique information.