Patent ID: 8270041

Claim:
An image processing apparatus comprising: a reading unit configured to read an open document, wherein the open document comprises a first page comprising a first image and a second page comprising a second image; a storing unit configured to store the first page read by the reading unit as first page image data comprising the first image, and to store the second page read by the reading unit as second page image data comprising the second image; a designating unit configured to identify whether the open document is a first type of open document or a second type of open document which is different than the first type of open document; a rotation unit configured to rotate the first page image data 180 degrees relative to the second page image data when the open document is the first type of open document and to rotate the second page image data 180 degrees relative to the first page image data when the open document is the second type of open document; and an output unit configured to record at least one portion of the first image data and at least one portion of the second image data on a single recording medium, wherein the at least one portion of the first image data comprises the first image and at least one portion of the second image data comprises the second image, wherein an orientation of the first image data on the single recording medium is the same as an orientation of the second image data on the single recording medium.