Patent ID: 7920287

Claim:
A layout apparatus comprising: a first determining unit for determining whether a user has a spouse by referring to a personal information table; a second determining unit for determining whether the spouse is employed when the first determining unit determines that the user has the spouse; and a first setting unit for setting a number of copies parameter as two when the first determining unit determines that the user has the spouse and the second determining unit determines that the spouse is employed and for setting the number of copies parameter as one when the first determining unit determines that the user has no spouse or when the second determining unit determines that the spouse is not employed, a third determining unit for determining whether the user and the spouse have the same holidays when the second determining unit determines that the spouse is employed, wherein the first setting unit sets the number of copies parameter as two when the first determining unit determines that the user has the spouse, the second determining unit determines that the spouse is employed and the third determining unit determines that the user and the spouse do not have the same holidays, wherein the first setting unit sets the number of copies parameter as one for the same holidays and as two for the non-same holidays when the third determining unit determines that the user and the spouse have the same holidays, and wherein the first setting unit sets the number of copies parameter as one when the first determining unit determines that the user has no spouse or when the second determining unit determines that the spouse is not employed.