Patent ID: 7031001
Filing Date: 2006-04-18
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
1. A print control apparatus for generating print data to be printed by a printing apparatus such that a folding process for print sheets printed by the printing apparatus is performed by a finishing apparatus, the print control apparatus comprising: setting information acquisition means for acquiring setting information including side-order setting information and sheet-order setting information in accordance with properties of the printing apparatus and finishing apparatus; page layout determination means for specifying an order of a print side to be printed by the printing apparatus based on the setting information acquired by said setting information acquisition means and for determining a page layout of print data; and generation means for generating the print data in accordance with the page layout determined by said page layout determination means, wherein the side-order setting information is information designating whether the print side to be printed prior is an inner side or an outer side of a print sheet by the folding process, and the sheet-order setting information is information designating whether the print sheet to be printed prior is an outmost side sheet or an innermost side sheet by the folding process.