Patent ID: 7969607

Claim:
A print control apparatus for forming print data to be printed by a printing apparatus having a Z-folding function, the apparatus comprising: a layout designating unit constructed to designate a print mode in which a plurality of logic pages are printed on one of print surfaces of a sheet to be output by the printing apparatus, the plurality of logic pages including first and second logic pages; Z-folding designation unit constructed to designate printing using the Z-folding function; and a generating unit constructed to generate print data, in accordance with the designation of the print mode by said layout designating unit and the designation of the printing using the Z-folding function by said Z-folding designation unit, pages so that the first logic page is divided into two pieces and the second logic page is placed between the two pieces on the one print surface of the sheet, wherein, when the sheet is output based on the print data generated by said generating unit and is Z-folded, the two pieces are coupled so that the first logic page is exposed as a whole and the second logic page is completely hidden.