Patent ID: 7773251

Claim:
A method of processing scanned images by an image processing apparatus which is able to connect to an external device, the method comprising: setting a scan environment by using the external device or by using an operating panel equipment of the image processing apparatus; scanning a plurality of printed papers; creating and storing a plurality of page images corresponding to the plurality of printed papers; creating and storing a plurality of reduced page images by reducing the plurality of page images by a predetermined ratio; and creating one integrated page image by reading the plurality of reduced page images and arranging the plurality of reduced page images in a predetermined arrangement order, wherein the operation of creating one integrated page image comprises forming an integrated page region when a multi scan request is input from the user, the forming of the integrated page region comprises: dividing the integrated page region into a plurality of page regions of which a number is equal to a number of the plurality of printed papers set by the user if the number of the plurality of printed papers set by the user is an even number, or dividing the integrated page region into an even number of page regions by adding 1 to the number of the plurality of printed papers set by the user if the number of the plurality of printed papers set by the user is an odd number.