PRINT INFORMATION CONVERSION APPARATUS, PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM

A print information conversion apparatus is provided, the print information conversion apparatus including: a print information acquiring portion that acquires print information in a page description language format; a conversion portion that converts the acquired print information in the page description language format into electronic document information in an electronic document format; an addition portion that adds restoration information to the electronic document information, the restoration information being used for restoring nonreversible information that is contained in the print information in the page description language format and that is not reversibly convertible to the electronic document information; and a print information generating portion that generates print information based on the electronic document information and the restoration information added to the electronic document information.