Management of multiple paper sources during printing is provided. A setting screen allows setting a page layout indicating a number of pages to be arranged on a single face of a sheet of paper. An additional setting screen having different setting items allows setting of multiple paper feed sources for a single print job where the paper feed sources include a paper feed source for the first page of the print job and another paper feed source for a page different from the first page. The page layout may be changed in accordance with an operation on a page image indicating a set page layout when the additional setting screen includes the page image. In addition, both setting screens may be provided by a single printer driver.

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›1.independentAn information processing method of an information processing apparatus, comprising:ndisplaying a first setting screen to set a page layout indicating…+3

›5.independentAn information processing apparatus comprising:na first display unit configured to display a first setting screen to set a page layout indicating a nu…+3

›9.independentA computer-readable storage medium embodying a computer program for implementing an information processing method of an information processing apparat…

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Section G — Physics

G06F15/00
G06K15/00

USPC · US Patent Classification

358/1.15358/1.18

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related publication	US 20090303545 A1	10 Dec 2009

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