Patent ID: 7464335
Filing Date: 2008-12-09
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An information processing apparatus for generating printing data to be transmitted to a printing apparatus, comprising: spool means for storing a plurality of print data, wherein each of the plurality of print data has print setting information designated by a user; combining means for combining the plurality of print data in said spooling means and generating a combined print data; display control means for controlling to display a user interface for editing print setting information of the combined print data generated by said combining means; setting edit means for editing the print setting information of the combined print data generated by said combining means via the user interface displayed by said display control means; and print job generation means for generating a combined print job described in a page description language based on the combined print data and the edited print setting information, wherein said display control means controls to display print setting items of the combined print data which cannot be edited as unavailable print setting items, for which editing is restricted, and controls to display print setting items of the combined print data which can be edited as available print setting items.