Patent ID: 7184165
Filing Date: 2007-02-27
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
1. An information processing apparatus for generating print data to be printed in a printer, comprising: an input unit adapted to input document data containing page data of a first size and page data of a second size which is twice the size of the first size; a control unit adapted to determine a layout area to lay out each page data of the document data in accordance with a sequence of spread pages, in a case where book binding printing is designated by using a print sheet of the second size, and to lay out each page of the document data in the determined layout area; and a generation unit adapted to generate print data in accordance with the contents of each page of the document data laid out by said control unit, wherein said control unit lays out the page data of the first size in a layout area formed by two-folding the print sheet, wherein said control unit maintains the continuity of the contents of the page data of the second size and lays out the page data of the second size in the spread pages which are larger than two layout areas, in a case where the page data of the second size is laid out in spread pages of booklet printing, and wherein said control unit lays out respective divided page data of the second size in the layout area, in a case where the page data of the second size is not laid out in the spread pages of booklet printing.