Patent ID: 8368958

Claim:
An image processing apparatus comprising: a setting unit configured to execute a layout setting on first image data; a determination unit configured to determine an image type of second image data; an image processing unit configured, if it is determined, as a result of determination by the determination unit, that the image type of the second image data is an image type for applying a layout setting set for the first image data, to execute image processing on the second image data according to the layout setting set for the first image data, and if it is determined, as a result of determination by the determination unit, that the image type of the second image data is an image type for not applying a layout setting set for the first image data, the image processing unit is configured not to execute image processing on the second image data according to the layout setting set for the first image data; and an output unit configured to form an image of the first image data that has been processed according to the layout setting set by the setting unit, to output the first image data on a printing sheet by using color toners, to form an image of the second image data that has been processed by the image processing unit, and to output the second image data on the printing sheet by using a transparent toner.