Patent ID: 6563607
Filing Date: 2003-05-13
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
An output apparatus to which is inputted data of a plurality of pages that includes at least two pages of respectively different sizes, said output apparatus including functions of determining a number of pages to be combined in accordance with page sizes of the inputted data, combining the determined number of pages as one page, and outputting the thus combined data, said output apparatus comprising:a memory for storing a number of pages of inputted data before combination and a number of pages after combination, the pages of inputted data before combination being of at least two different sizes; a discrimination unit for discriminating whether or not combination of pages of inputted data as one page is to be carried out; and a recording unit for recording the number of pages of inputted data before combination, when data combined as one page is absent, without recording the number of pages after combination, and recording on an output result report both the number of pages of inputted data before combination and the number of pages after combination, when data combined as one page is present.