Patent ID: 8441674

Claim:
An image forming apparatus having a first image obtaining portion which reads and obtains an image of a sheet medium as a first image, a second image obtaining portion which can continuously read and obtain each image of a plurality of sheet media as a second image, and an image output section which outputs the image, comprising: an input portion which inputs composition instruction information for instructing composition of said first image and each of said second images; a control portion which makes said first image obtaining portion and said second image obtaining portion operative when said composition instruction information is inputted; a priority discriminating portion which obtains priority information and discriminates which one of the first image obtaining portion and the second image obtaining portion is a priority image obtaining portion according to the obtained priority information; and an image composing portion which forms each composite image by overlaying said first image obtained by said first image obtaining portion and each of said second images sequentially obtained by said second image obtaining portion on the basis of the image obtained by said priority image obtaining portion being discriminated by said priority discriminating portion, wherein said image output section outputs said composite images formed by said image composing portion.