Patent ID: 7027180

Claim:
An information processing apparatus for making a bookbinding setup for a document, comprising: cover page determination means for determining pages to be imposed on a cover page from input data of a plurality of pages; cover imposing processing means for executing an imposing process of cover pages on the basis of data of the pages determined by said cover page determination means; bookbinding imposing processing means for executing an imposing process of running text pages on the basis of data of the remaining pages which are not imposed on the cover pages by said cover imposing processing means; first determination processing means for checking if the total number of pages of print data is not less than n; first imposing processing means for, when said first determination processing means determines that the total number of pages of print data is not less than n, executing a first imposing process of cover pages; bookbinding imposing processing means for executing a bookbinding imposing process of the remaining pages after the process of said first imposing processing means; and second imposing processing means for, when said first determination processing means determines that the total number of pages of print data is less than n, executing a second imposing process of less than n cover pages.