Patent ID: 8587794

Claim:
An information processing apparatus which processes print information including inputted serial number information and arbitrary information, the apparatus comprising: a serial number processing unit which carries out serial number processing to update the serial number information in ascending order or in descending order; a storage unit which stores the print information as a target of the serial number processing; an editing unit which carries out editing processing of the arbitrary information of the print information that is serial number-processed; a display unit which displays the print information that is inputted and edited; and a display control unit which compares at least two or more pieces of the print information that is stored in the storage unit, and displays the print information from which a part of the arbitrary information being determined to be different in the comparison of the at least two or more pieces of the print information is erased, at the time of displaying the print information after the serial number processing is executed twice or more for the editing processing.