Patent ID: 7855803

Claim:
A printing control apparatus which prints desired data files stored in a plurality of folders stored in a storage medium, comprising: window display means for displaying a window having a folder view display area for displaying a list of folders, and a file view display area for displaying a list of files stored in a selected folder; first storage means for, when a folder in the folder view display area is designated by predetermined designation means, setting the designated folder as a selected folder, and storing location information of the selected folder in a predetermined folder list; second storage means for, when a data file to be printed in the file view display area is designated by the predetermined designation means, storing information for specifying the designated data file in a predetermined file list; printout processing means for, when printing is designated, performing printout processing for a selected data file on the basis of the information stored in said second storage means; folder list display means for displaying the folder list stored in said first storage means; and update means for, when location information of a desired folder in the displayed folder list is designated by the predetermined designation means, setting a folder specified by the location information designated by the designation means as a selected folder, and designating said window display means to update display.