Patent ID: 7847968

Claim:
An image processing apparatus for processing a job for case binding, comprising: input means for inputting a job including page data constituted by a bookbinding cover and body pages for the case binding; storage means for storing the job inputted by the input means; setting means for setting a bookbinding cover attribute for page data to be a cover in the job stored in the storage means; decision means for deciding the order of output of page data in the job based on the attribute set by the setting means; and output means for reading the page data in the job stored in the storage means and outputting the page data to a printer unit in accordance with the order of output decided by the decision means, wherein the setting means comprises: first setting means for inputting a determination condition for automatically setting a bookbinding cover attribute for page data in the job, and automatically setting a bookbinding cover attribute for particular page data in the job in accordance with the inputted determination condition; second setting means for manually setting a bookbinding cover attribute for page data in the job in accordance with an operation by an operator; and selection means for selecting any of a first mode for executing the setting by the first setting means and a second mode for executing the setting by the second setting means.