Patent ID: 7170631
Filing Date: 2007-01-30
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An information processing unit, which generates printing jobs to be printing-processed on a printing control unit, in which a sheet of a specific paper size is placeable in a longitudinal direction and in a lateral direction, comprising: paper combination setting means which, in the presence of mixed paper sizes, sets a combination of mixed paper sizes via a print setting screen; paper alignment setting means which sets a paper alignment pattern from a plurality of paper alignment patterns in a case that the combination of mixed paper sizes is set by said combination setting means, wherein the paper alignment pattern specifies a pattern of a print image orientation and a binding location for the combination of mixed paper sizes; job attribute generating means which generates standard paper information for specifying in which direction paper is to be fed on the basis of the combination of mixed sheets set by said paper combination setting means, and generates alignment pattern information for specifying in which direction the print image to be printed is drawn by the printing control unit on the basis of the paper alignment pattern set by said paper alignment setting means, and generates job attributes including the standard paper information and the paper alignment information; and printing job generating means which generates printing data, and generates printing jobs from said printing data and job attributes generated by said job attribute generating means.