Patent ID: 8009303

Claim:
An information processing apparatus for displaying a preview image based on document data generated by an application and having a printer driver generating print data, comprising: a setting unit constructed to set a layout attribute to place a plurality of pages on a printing face of a sheet and a double-sided printing attribute in according with instruction input via a setting screen provided by the printer driver; a display controlling unit constructed to display a preview image indicating a first printing face on which the plurality of pages have been placed based on the layout attribute and the double-sided printing attribute set by the setting unit and the document data; a specifying unit constructed to specify a single page while the preview image is displayed; and a deleting unit constructed to delete the single page specified by said specifying unit of the plurality of pages to have been placed on the preview image indicating the first printing face displayed by said display controlling unit; wherein said display controlling unit displays the preview image indicating the first printing face on which (1) a page not to be deleted by said deleting unit of the plurality of pages to have been placed on the first printing face and (2) a single page of a plurality of pages to have been placed on a second printing face following the first printing face have been placed, when the single page was deleted by said deleting unit.