Patent ID: 7812996

Claim:
An information processing apparatus that generates print data and transmits the print data to a printer that performs double side printing on a sheet, said apparatus comprising: a selection unit that selects blank page save in either sheet units or double truck units; a print data generation unit that, in a case where the blank page save in sheet units is selected by said selection unit, generates print data for both sides of a sheet of interest if both sides of the sheet of interest are not blank, and does not generate print data for both sides of the sheet of interest if both sides of the sheet of interest are blank, while, in a case where the blank page save in double truck units is selected by said selection unit, generates print data so that no image is printed on a front side and a back side of a first sheet and an image is printed on a front side of a second sheet following on the first sheet if a front side image and a back side image of the first sheet are blank and the front side image of the second sheet following to the first sheet is not blank, and does not generate print data for the back side of the first sheet and the front side of the second sheet if the back side image of the first sheet and the front side image of the second sheet are blank.