Patent ID: 8610907

Claim:
An image forming apparatus, comprising: a document transfer path along which a document is transferred; an image reading unit mounted on the document transfer path to automatically read images from both sides of the document; a display unit to display the images from both sides of the document read by the image reading unit and image selection keys comprising a double-side key, a front-side key, and a back-side key, and to receive an input command of a user for selecting at least one image from the read images from both sides of the document of the image selection keys; and a control unit to control the display unit to display the read images from both sides of the document on the display unit when the both sides of the document are read by the image reading unit and the image selection keys to allow for the user to select at least one image from the read images from both sides of the document by selecting at least one of the image selection keys, and to control an image processing operation to be performed with respect to the read images from the both sides of the document in response to a selection by the user through the display unit of the double-side key, only the read front-side image in response to a selection by the user of the front-side key, and only the read back-side image in response to a selection by the user of the back-side key.