Patent ID: 7113293

Claim:
An information processing apparatus having preview control for supplying jobs to an image processing apparatus having at least a facsimile communicating function, comprising: a job generating unit that generates jobs for facsimile transmission to be supplied to the image processing apparatus; a cover sheet attaching unit that attaches cover sheets to the jobs; a drawing data acquiring unit that acquires drawing data of the cover sheets for respective ones of the jobs; a selector that selects one display mode of a plurality of display modes for previewing at least one of facsimile transmission data that constitutes the jobs to be transmitted by the image processing apparatus or the cover sheets attached by said cover sheet attaching unit, the plurality of display modes including a no-cover previewing mode for previewing the facsimile transmission data, a cover-only previewing mode for previewing the cover sheets, an all-previewing mode for previewing both of the facsimile transmission data and the cover sheets; a preview unit that previews at least one of the facsimile transmission data or the cover sheets; and a preview display controller that controls preview display of said preview unit according to a cover sheet previewing mode, which is the cover-only previewing or all-previewing mode, for previewing at least the cover sheets selected as the display mode by said selector, wherein said preview display controller comprises a data changing unit that changes at least cover sheets to be displayed according to destinations for the facsimile transmission in accordance with a user's manual designation in a case where said selector selects the cover sheet previewing mode and different cover sheets are to be attached to the facsimile transmission data according to the destinations by said cover sheet attaching unit, and said preview display controller controls preview display of said preview unit to change and display the cover sheets according to the destinations using said data changing unit.