Patent ID: 7385712

Claim:
A print control method performed in an information processing apparatus which communicates with a printing, comprising: a designating step of designating plural print jobs to be combined; an instructing step of instructing print setting information for the plural print jobs designated in said designating step; a combine method designating step of designates a combine method for indicating how to lay out each page of the plural print jobs designated by said designating unit on plural sheets, in a case where a double-sided printing is included in the print setting information instructed by said instructing unit; and a layout step of laying out the first page of a trailing print job on a surface next to a surface on which the last page of a leading print job is laid out, in a case that an other side combine method is designated by said combine method designating as the combine method, and lays 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, in a case that a new sheet combine method is designated by said combine method designating unit as the combine method.