Patent ID: 7193736

Claim:
A data processing apparatus that sets a print setting via a graphical user interface including a setting screen for a plurality of setting sheets, each setting sheet including a group of selectable print setting items, the apparatus comprising: first retention means for retaining, for each of the plurality of setting sheets, a group of print setting items registered for each sheet, the print setting items being selectable via the graphical user interface; second retention means for retaining an overall setting item registered as a combination of at least one of the print setting items retained by said first retention means, the overall setting item being selectable via the graphical user interface; and setting means for setting the print setting based on the overall setting item retained by said second retention means in the case that the overall setting item is selected via the graphical user interface, and, in the case that a certain group of print setting items retained by said first retention means are selected via the graphical user interface, for setting the print setting based on the selected group of print setting items.