Patent ID: 7317551

Claim:
A printing control apparatus that controls a printing apparatus capable of printing on tab portions of a plurality of tab sheets, comprising: first setting means for setting position information of the tab portions; second setting means for setting print positions of index print data to be printed on the tab portions; test print data creation means for creating test print data for one page including index information of all tab portions of a plurality of tab sheets and guide lines of all tab portions of a plurality of tab sheets on the basis of the position information of the tab portions that are set by said first setting means and the print positions of the index print data to be printed on the tab portions that are set by said second setting means; and test printing means for printing a test printing sheet that consists of one sheet based on the test print data created by said test print data creation means, wherein the test printing sheet is used to obtain a print offset amount by comparing with the tab sheets.