Patent ID: 8077345

Claim:
An image processing apparatus for causing an image forming device to form images of data arranged in a table row by row onto a plurality of recording media each having an obverse surface and a reverse surface, said image processing apparatus comprising: a setting unit configured to set an instruction for a break key to be followed when the image forming device has formed images of the rows before a data break in a break key on the obverse surface of a certain recording medium, wherein the break key is a column of the table by which the data is sorted, the data break indicates a point in the data at which sorted values in the break key change, and the instruction is to enter a mode of forming images of the rows after the data break on the reverse surface of the certain recording medium, or a mode of forming images of the rows after the data break on the obverse surface of another recording medium; a recognizing unit configured to recognize the data break in the break key; an obtaining unit configured to obtain, if said recognizing unit recognizes the data break in the break key when the image forming device forms the images of the data on the obverse surface of the certain recording medium, the instruction for the break key set by said setting unit; and a control unit configured to control the image forming device to form the images of the data in accordance with the instruction obtained by said obtaining unit.