Computer-readable recording medium, information processing apparatus, and printing system

An information processing apparatus that produces print data for causing a printing apparatus capable of performing duplex printing to perform printing, the information processing apparatus comprising:

• circuitry configured to:
• receive document data of a plurality of pages to be printed;
• receive a special duplex printing instruction that specifies a first number of pages to be laid out on a first side of a sheet and a second number of pages to be laid out on a second side of the sheet in a setting information used for performing printing;
• and
• produce the print data in which the first number of pages are laid out on the first side of the sheet and the second number of pages are laid out on the second side of the sheet for causing the printing apparatus to print the received document data when the special duplex printing instruction is set in the setting information, wherein
• the first number of pages are laid out on the first side of the sheet such that at least one predetermined page and other pages, among the first number of pages, are laid out in different orientations from each other on the first side of the sheet, and
• in setting of the special duplex printing instruction, a number for the first number of pages to be laid out on the first side of the sheet is individually settable from a first plurality of options, and a number for the second number of pages to be laid out on the second side of the sheet is individually settable from a second plurality of options.

A printing system comprising a printing apparatus and an information processing apparatus that produces print data for causing the printing apparatus capable of performing duplex printing to perform printing, wherein the information processing apparatus comprises:

• circuitry configured to:
• receive document data of a plurality of pages to be printed;
• receive a special duplex printing instruction that specifies a first number of pages to be laid out on a first side of a sheet and a second number of pages to be laid out on a second side of the sheet in a setting information used for performing printing;
• and
• produce the print data in which the first number of pages are laid out on the first side of the sheet and the second number of pages are laid out on the second side of the sheet for causing the printing apparatus to print the received document data when the special duplex printing instruction is set in the setting information, wherein
• the first number of pages are laid out on the first side of the sheet such that at least one predetermined page and other pages, among the first number of pages, are laid out in different orientations from each other on the first side of the sheet, and
• in setting of the special duplex printing instruction, a number for the first number of pages to be laid out on the first side of the sheet is individually settable from a first plurality of options, and a number for the second number of pages to be laid out on the second side of the sheet is individually settable from a second plurality of options.