Patent ID: 6549302
Filing Date: 2003-04-15
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus comprising:reading means for reading images of manuscripts; attribute judging means for judging types of attributes of said images read by said reading means; storage means for storing said images read by said reading means, on the basis of rules corresponding to said attributes judged by said attribute judging means; attribute changing means which changes said attributes of said images stored in said storage means, when receiving from an operator an instruction to combine, in documents, said images stored in said storage means; and image forming means for forming an image on the basis of said images stored in said storage means; wherein said attribute changing means further includes attribute changing means for changing one of said attributes of said images stored in said storage means from a sheet attribute meaning that said images are about sheets to a document attribute meaning that said images are about documents, when receiving from the operator an instruction to combine said images stored in said storage means.