Patent ID: 7515296

Claim:
An image processing apparatus for forming images of data onto a plurality of recording media each having an obverse surface and a reverse surface, comprising: data break recognizing means for recognizing a data break at which continuous data breaks in a predetermined column of a table which sorts values column by column; discrimination means for discriminating whether an image forming operation is being executed on the obverse surface of a predetermined recording medium, if said data break recognizing means recognizes a data break; instruction recognizing means for recognizing an instruction for the predetermined column of the table, if said discrimination means discriminates that the image forming operation is being executed on the obverse surface of a predetermined recording medium, the instruction being for either a mode to continue the image forming operation to the reverse surface of the predetermined recording medium with the values following the data break or a mode to continue the image forming operation to the obverse surface of another recording medium with the values following the data break; and image processing control means for executing the image forming operation in accordance with the instruction recognized by said instruction recognizing means, wherein said image processing control means continues the image forming operation either to the reverse surface of the predetermined recording medium or to the obverse surface of the other recording medium depending on one of the two modes of the instruction.