Patent ID: 7292367

Claim:
A method for determining an arrangement location of a page data included in original page data to be printed on a bundle of recording materials including a first recording material and a second recording material to be folded by a folding unit, said method comprising the steps of: performing a determining process that determines an arrangement location of a second page data on the second recording material, so that a distance from the arrangement location of the second page data on the second recording material to a folding position on the second recording material is different from a distance from an arrangement location of a first page data on the first recording material to a folding position on the first recording material; performing a setting concerning whether the determining process is to be performed or is not to be performed as a printing condition of the original page data; accepting a binding setting concerning a binding process of the bundle of recording materials and a trimming setting concerning a trimming process of the bundle of recording materials; performing a setting so that the determining process is performed as a printing condition of the original page data in a case where a trimming setting is accepted; and performing a setting so that the determining process is not performed as a printing condition of the original page data in a case where a trimming setting is not accepted.