Patent ID: 8400667

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: an image reading unit that reads an image from a document to generate base image data which matches predetermined default reading conditions; a reading condition identifying unit that identifies reading condition settings specified by a user in response to when the image is read; an information saving unit that saves the base image data and the reading condition settings identified by the reading condition identifying unit in association with each other as saved-image information; an output condition identifying unit, after a preview image is displayed, that identifies output condition settings based upon image outputting specified by the user when the base image data saved in the information saving unit is outputted; an edit content determining unit that determines an edit content of the base image data from the reading condition settings associated with the base image data and the output condition settings identified by the output condition identifying unit; an image editing unit that generates preview image data by applying the reading condition settings associated with the base image data to the base image data saved in the information saving unit and edits the base image data based on the edit content determined by the edit content determining unit to generate output image data; a controlling unit that causes a predetermined display device to display the preview image based on the preview image data generated by the image editing unit; and an outputting unit that outputs the output image data.