I am selling my computer and want to erase everything to factory settings

Hello,
I am selling my Macboook Pro and would like to wipe my computer clean of everyhting! I bought my macbook pro in 2011 with Mac OS X (Version10.6.6)  and since have installed Lion. I have followed other instructions (https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3948951?start=0&tstart=0) However I only have the option to reinstall into Lion. Is it possible to reinstall back to the original version (10.6.6) that came with my laptop?

See if this link can help you out.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3910?viewlocale=en_US

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