Patent ID: 8630020

Claim:
An information processing apparatus, comprising: a display unit for displaying targets to be output; an input unit comprising a touch panel and that receives a plurality of instruction inputs, each input corresponding to one of a plurality of separate, non-overlapping touch areas on the touch panel, and each input corresponding to a user touching the touch area for the purpose of print reservation of a target displayed at the time; a determination unit for determining the classifications of said plurality of instruction inputs; and a print out unit for bulking said targets to be output for each classification determined by said determination unit and printing out said targets, wherein said determination unit classifies the instruction inputs for each touch area on which the instruction inputs are received; and when print instruction is made by user touch operation on to any one of the plurality of touch areas on the touch panel, said print out unit prints all the targets for which the print reservation was made by the same touch area being touched.