Patent ID: 6336011
Filing Date: 2002-01-01
Classification: G03G,H04N

Abstract:
An image formation apparatus which lays out images on two faces of a sheet, comprising:input means for inputting a job including the images of plural pages; and layout means for laying out, in a mode for binding a longer edge of the sheet and for a job including portrait-type images to be laid out on front and back faces of a first sheet is input, the images on the two faces of the first sheet such that directions of the images to be laid out on the two faces of the first sheet become identical with each other, when the sheets of one group are composed of the first sheets, wherein, in said mode and for a job including landscape-type images to be laid out on front and back faces of a second sheet of which size is larger than that of the first sheet is input, said layout means lays out the images on the two faces of the second sheet such that directions of the images to be laid out on the two faces of the second sheet become opposite to each other, when the sheets of one group are composed of the second sheets, and wherein, in said mode and for a job including the portrait-type images to be laid out on the two faces of the first sheet and the landscape-type images to be laid out on the two faces of the second sheet is input, said layout means lays out the images on the two faces of the second sheet such that the directions of the images to be laid out on the two faces of the second sheet are inhibited to become opposite to each other and the directions of the images to be laid out on the two faces of the second sheet become identical with each other, when the sheets of one group include both the first sheet and the second sheet.