Printing system, information processing device, and job setting method

An information processing device, in which a driver is installed, that causes an image forming device comprising a printing unit, a booklet creating unit, and a pre-processing unit to execute a print job, wherein

• the driver:
• causes an operation screen related to a setting of the print job to be displayed;
• accepts a user operation;
• accepts, on the operation screen, a setting related to center-folding printing in which printed papers are center-folded by using the booklet creating unit and a setting related to cover/interleaving paper printing;
• and
• accepts a setting of combining pre-processing of making a linear bending mark or a folding mark on a cover by using the pre-processing unit with the center-folding printing in a state in which the cover/interleaving paper printing has been selected, or rejects the setting of combining the pre-processing with the center-folding printing in a state in which the cover/interleaving paper printing has not been selected, and
• in the pre-processing, the linear bending mark or the folding mark is made only on the cover and no other papers than the cover.

A job setting method comprising:

• accepting a user operation related to a setting of a print job;
• providing an instruction for cover/interleaving paper printing in which printing is performed with at least a cover or an interleaving paper inserted into a printing unit based on the accepted setting;
• providing, to a booklet creating unit, an instruction for creating a booklet by center-folding the cover and sandwiching other center-folding printed papers based on the accepted setting;
• and
• providing, to a pre-processing unit, an instruction for performing processing of making a linear bending mark or a folding mark, as pre-processing, at a position on the cover before creating the booklet, wherein
• in the pre-processing, the linear bending mark or the folding mark is made only on the cover and no other papers than the cover.