Patent ID: 7142327

Claim:
An information processing apparatus for controlling a printing operation in a printer which can perform a duplex printing, comprising: first input means for inputting an arbitrary first output paper size; second input means for inputting a second output paper size including the first output paper size; data input means for inputting drawing data for a plurality of pages to be printed; arrangement layout means for arranging the drawing data for the plurality of pages, input by said data input means, according to the first output paper sizes with respect to a paper of the second output paper size on the basis of the first output paper size and the second output paper size; and designating means for designating whether said arrangement layout means adds a frame line to only a reverse side of the paper of the second output paper size, wherein said arrangement layout means adds the frame line to only the reverse side of the paper of the second output paper size without adding a frame line to a front side of the paper of the second output paper size in a case where said designating means designates that said arrangement layout means adds the frame line to only the reverse side of the paper of the second output paper size.