Patent ID: 7551309

Claim:
An image data output apparatus comprises: a data obtaining section for sequentially obtaining a plurality of image data representative of a plurality of images; a data editing section for performing a layout processing that images represented by the image data sequentially obtained by said data obtaining section are disposed in order of obtaining of the image data as many as possible on a maximum size of sheet of a plurality of predetermined sizes of sheets, and editing image data representative of images disposed as many as possible on the maximum size of one sheet so that the image data become image data representative of whole images to be recorded on the one sheet; a sheet selection section for automatically selecting from among the plurality of predetermined sizes of sheets a minimum size of sheet capable of recording the whole images represented by image data edited by said data editing section; and a data output section for outputting the image data edited by said data editing section together with data representative of a size of a sheet onto which the whole images represented by the image data are recorded, wherein the layout processing is automatically performed based on a setting for a margin size of an edge portion of the one sheet and a setting for an interval size between images on the one sheet.