Patent ID: 7865105

Claim:
An information processing apparatus, comprising: a designation unit that designates one of an automatic duplex printing process based on an automatic determination and an always automatic duplex printing process, wherein the automatic duplex printing process based on an automatic determination is that single-side printing or duplex printing is performed according to a print setting, wherein the always automatic duplex printing process is that duplex printing is performed regardless of the print setting; a first comparison unit that compares a user name of a current print job in process with that of a previous print job, when said designation unit designates the automatic duplex printing process based on an automatic determination; a unit that causes a printer to perform the always automatic duplex printing process, if the user name of the current print job in process is identical with that of the previous print job; a second comparison unit that compares the print setting of the current print job in process with that of the previous print job, if the user name of the current print job in process is different from that of the previous print job; and a second unit that causes the printer to perform the always automatic duplex printing process if the print setting of the current print job in process is identical with that of the previous print job, and causes the printer to perform the automatic duplex printing process based on an automatic determination if the print setting of the current print job in process is different from that of the previous print job.