Patent ID: 7503004

Claim:
A display control method comprising the stages of: creating a plurality of print status images based on image data, each print status image representing a print status of corresponding image data on a print medium; and displaying layout position images on a monitor one after another every time predetermined time elapses in response to continuous pushing operation of an operation section that is operated to give an instruction to the monitor, each layout position image representing a layout of an image in a corresponding one of the print status images, wherein following completion of displaying one of the layout position images on the monitor, a process for displaying on the monitor one or more images to be laid out corresponding to the displayed layout position image is started and continued only until the next layout position image starts to be displayed on the monitor as a result of the continuous pushing operation, wherein the process for displaying one or more images is interrupted on the way even if the process for displaying one or more images is not completed when the predetermined time elapses, wherein when the continuous pushing operation of the operation section is stopped, the process for displaying on the monitor one or more images to be laid out corresponding to the layout position image that is displayed on the monitor is continued until the display of the one or more images to be laid out is completed.