Patent ID: 6927865

Claim:
An information processing apparatus for displaying print previews of document data inputted from an application, said apparatus comprising: obtaining means for obtaining device information indicating finishing information of a finisher connected to a printing apparatus and print setting information set via a user interface, wherein the device information includes finishing position information which may specify a finishing position on a physical page; data generation means for generating rendering data indicating the finishing position on the physical page to be executed by the printing apparatus according to the document data, the device information and the print setting information being obtained by said obtaining means; and display and control means for controlling to display print previews of the document data in a window of a display means, according to the generated rendering data, wherein said data generation means specifies the finishing position on the physical page on the basis of finishing coordinates information as the finishing position information, and wherein the print preview is displayed with the finishing position on the physical page to be executed by the printing apparatus in the same window of the display means.