Patent ID: 8233184

Claim:
A host apparatus which is connected to a printing apparatus capable of arranging and printing a plurality of images on a printing medium and transfers image data to the printing apparatus, comprising: first specifying means for specifying a direction of a printing medium to be used for printing; second specifying means for specifying a long side length, of the printing medium to be used for printing, to be treated as either a fixed length or an undefined length, wherein (1) in a case where the printing medium set in the printing apparatus is a cut-type printing medium, the long side length of the printing medium is treated as a fixed length, and (2) in a case where the printing medium set in the printing apparatus is a roll-type printing medium, the long side length of the printing medium is treated as an undefined length or the long side length of the printing medium is treated as a fixed length if the long side length of the printing medium is specified by a user; decision means for deciding selectable placement orders of the plurality of images and a number of the selectable placement orders, based on specification by said first specifying means and said second specifying means; display means for displaying, on a display screen, the selectable placement orders decided by said decision means; and selection means for selecting a desired placement order from the selectable placement orders displayed by said display means, wherein, in a case where the printing medium is a roll-type printing medium, said decision means changes the number of selectable placement orders in accordance with a result of whether the long side length of the printing medium is treated as an undefined length or a fixed length.