Patent ID: 7889364

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: a scanner unit configured to read an original document; an image data storage unit configured to store image data read by the scanner unit; a sheet insertion designation unit configured to designate execution of a sheet insertion processing to insert a specified insertion sheet to the back of a print corresponding to a reading job of an original document before the reading job of the original document; a sheet insertion control unit configured to request a user to select a mode of the sheet insertion processing, in a case where the execution of the sheet insertion processing is designated, after end of the reading job of the specified original document and to create page data for performing the sheet insertion in the designated mode; and a print unit configured to print out the image data stored in the image data storage unit, together with the page data, collectively after reading jobs of all original documents are ended, modes of the sheet insertion processing include a mode in which printing is performed on the insertion sheet, a mode in which printing is not performed on the insertion sheet, and a mode in which the sheet insertion is skipped, and the sheet insertion control unit connects a processing of one mode selected from these modes with the reading job of the document performed just before.