Patent ID: 8587819
Filing Date: 2013-11-19
Classification: G03G,G06F

Abstract:
1. A page layout control device comprising: a receiving unit that receives booklet designation information for printing two pages on each of both sides of a recording sheet and saddle-stitching as printing information for printing on a single recording sheet; a booklet page layout processing unit that, when printing side information for designating a printing side of the recording sheet in the booklet designation information received by the receiving unit indicates double-sided printing, carries out page layout processing in which two pages are laid out on each of both sides of each recording sheet such that the pages are in a sequential order after a booklet is created; and a trial page layout processing unit that, when printing side information for designating a printing side of the recording sheet in the booklet designation information received by the receiving unit indicates single-sided printing, carries out page layout processing in which two pages are laid out on a side of each recording sheet such that left and right images are printed on the side of each recording sheet in which the double-page spread is created, wherein in the page layout processing, the trial page layout processing unit lays out the first page and the last page on a first recording sheet, and then lays out the remaining pages in a sequential order upon later recording sheets.