Patent ID: 7679776

Claim:
An information processing apparatus as a host computer for generating print data to be transmitted to a printing apparatus, comprising: a setting unit configured to set first and second print setting information for first and second print data, respectively, to be transmitted to the printing apparatus, the first and second print setting information including first and second layout information, respectively; a composing unit configured to form composed print data by composing the first and second print data for which the first and second print setting information, respectively, have been set by the setting unit; and a display control unit configured to display, for the composed print data formed by the composing unit, an image of the first print data based on the first layout information included in the first setting information and an image of the second print data based on the second layout information included in the second setting information, wherein if the setting unit sets new print setting information for the composed print data, the display control unit displays an image of the composed print data with a unified layout based on new layout information included in the new print setting information.