Patent ID: 7483166

Claim:
An information processing apparatus for implementing a print preview display of print data that is to be printed, comprising: an acquisition unit for acquiring an amount of offset of a page in a print preview; a preview image generating unit for generating a print preview image of the print data; a preview display control unit for causing the preview image display, which is generated by said preview image generating unit, to be offset and displayed for every sheet of paper in a case where the print data is to be printed on a plurality of sheets of paper, based upon the amount of offset acquired by said acquisition unit; an offset-amount input unit for inputting the amount of offset of the print preview based upon a designation from a user; a management unit capable of storing a plurality of offset amounts; and a specifying unit for specifying whether to select an amount of offset that has been input by said offset-amount input unit or to select an amount of offset that has been stored by said management unit, wherein said acquisition unit acquires the amount of offset that has been specified by said specifying unit.