Patent ID: 8049920

Claim:
An image forming system, comprising: an image reading section, which is capable of reading-in an image of a book original; a memory section to memorize image data read-in; an image forming section to form images on sheets to be a book body and on a cover sheet based on the image data; a book binding apparatus to form a book by covering a bundle of the sheets, on which the images are formed, with the cover sheet; an inputting section which displays a first operation screen to input reading conditions of the book original and a second operation screen, which is separate from the first operation screen, to input outputting conditions of the book binding apparatus, wherein the reading conditions include at least a condition of a book copy function where the book original in two-page spread state is read-in with a single time scanning to generate image data of two separate right and left pages, a condition of a stitching side of the book original, and a condition of reading of a cover sheet of the book original; and a control section to automatically set the outputting conditions based on a setting of the reading conditions inputted through the first operation screen of the inputting section, and display the automatically set outputting conditions on the second operation screen.