Patent ID: 6965440

Claim:
A print control method of combining stored print jobs, comprising: a layout instructing step of allowing a user to instruct plural print jobs to use a common layout when the plural print jobs are combined; a combine method designating step of allowing a user to designate a combine method from a plurality of combine methods for indicating how to lay out each page of the plural print jobs to be combined on plural sheets when it is instructed in said layout instructing step that the common layout is used by the plural print jobs and double-sided printing is designated; and a layout step of successively laying out a last page of a leading print job and a first page of a trailing print job without a gap when a first method is designated as the combine method, laying out the first page of the trailing print job on a surface next to a surface on which the last page of the leading print job is laid out when a second method is designated as the combine method, and laying out the first page of the trailing print job on a sheet next to a sheet on which the last page of the leading print job is laid out when a third method is designated as the combine method.