Patent ID: 8289564

Claim:
An image processing device configured to add, to a first image, a second image, comprising: an image acquiring unit configured to acquire the second image to be added; a segment sectioning unit configured to section, into a first plurality of segments, an image forming area in which the first image is allowed to be formed on a sheet, where there are at least two different segment sizes; a segment specifying unit configured to specify, from the first plurality of segments, a second plurality of segments into which the second image acquired is to be added; a size determining unit configured to determine a size of the second image such that the second image fits within a smallest segment of the specified second plurality of segments, based on position information of each segment of the specified second plurality of segments, the position information being defined on the image forming area for the first image, where the size of the second image added to each segment of the second plurality of segments is the same; and an image combining unit configured to create a combined image by adding the second image of the determined size to be formed in each segment of the specified second plurality of segments to the first image to be formed in the image forming area.