Patent ID: 8629991
Filing Date: 2014-01-14
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
1. An information processing apparatus for outputting image data of a second image in such a manner that the second image is printed on a print medium by an image forming apparatus upon appending the second image to supplement a first image that is a print target, the second image being information related to the first image, said information processing apparatus comprising: an input unit configured to input an image forming mode for the first image as an output setting; a rule setting unit configured to manually set a rule for determining a formation position of the second image corresponding to content of the output setting, the rule including a first item and a second item, the first item and the second item each respectively having an option selected from a plurality of options; a priority setting unit configured to set a high priority to one of the first item and the second item to determine the formation position of the second image; a determination unit configured to determine the formation position of the second image on the print medium on which the first image is also printed based upon the content of the output setting that has been input by said input unit and the rule that has been set by said rule setting unit and the priority that has been set been by the priority setting unit; and a control unit configured to control the image forming apparatus in accordance with the determined formation position in such a manner that the first and second images are formed on the same or different sheets of a print medium, wherein said determination unit is further configured to determine the formation position of the second image based on an item which is set at a high priority between the first item and the second item by said priority setting unit, in a case where both the first item and the second item are included in the rule based on the output setting, and an option selected in the first item conflicts with an option selected in the second item.