Patent ID: 7826091

Claim:
A multifunction printing apparatus, comprising: a printer having a printing function to print an image to a medium; equipment including a finisher to perform a finishing function to the medium; a communication part that receives a preview creation request from an information processing apparatus connected to the multifunction printing apparatus through a network; a preview original-image creation part that creates, in response to the preview creation request, an original image for preview of the printing function to be performed by the printer to the medium based on print data received from the network; a preview parts-image creation part that creates a parts-image for preview peculiar to the finishing function of the equipment of the multifunction printing apparatus; a preview image synthesis part that synthesizes a preview image from said original-image for preview and said parts-image for preview; and a preview image retaining part that retains the preview image, wherein the communication part transmits the preview image to the information processing apparatus through the network.