Patent ID: 9389820
Filing Date: 2016-07-12
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. An information processing apparatus comprising: a setting unit configured to accept (i) a layout setting in a case of laying out a plurality of pages forming print data on one printing medium sheet and (ii) a punch processing setting for the printing medium sheet; a decision unit configured to decide on respective orientations of the plurality of pages laid out on the printing medium sheet, based on the layout setting and the punch processing setting set by the setting unit; and a control unit configured to cause a printing unit to print, on the printing medium sheet, the plurality of pages based on the orientations decided by the decision unit, wherein the printing medium sheet is subjected to printing and is then cut by a post processing apparatus into pages, wherein the decision unit decides on respective orientations of the plurality of laid out pages such that the same relationship between a position of punch holes punched by the punch processing and a page orientation is maintained between printing medium sheets respectively corresponding to the plurality of pages after cutting, and wherein at least a part of the decision unit is implemented by a processor and a memory of the information processing apparatus.