Patent ID: 7525682

Claim:
An information processing apparatus for generating print data to output print material wherein a plurality of pages output from an application are arranged in a plurality of areas in which a front surface and a back surface of a sheet are respectively segmented, comprising: sorting means for sorting the plurality of pages into front surface pages to be arranged on the front surface of the sheet and back surface pages to be arranged on the back surface of the sheet based on the output form of the plurality of pages output from the application; setting means for, in a case where the sheet is cut into the plurality of areas, determining the front surface pages and back surface pages to be arranged on the front surfaces and the back surfaces of the plurality of areas as cut, and setting arranged positions of the determined pages for the front surfaces of the plurality of areas as cut and the determined pages for the back surfaces of the plurality of areas as cut; and generating means for generating the print data based on the arranged positions set by said setting means to output the print material such that the plurality of pages are arranged in the plurality of areas on the front surface and the back surface of the sheet, wherein the front surface pages are arranged on the front surface of the sheet and the back surface pages are arranged on the back surface of the sheet, in consecutive order, respectively.