Patent ID: 8854681

Claim:
An apparatus capable of performing recording on a circular recording medium, comprising: an input unit configured to input image data; a determination unit configured to determine whether an image expressed by the image data input by the input unit is a landscape oriented image or a portrait oriented image; a setting unit configured to set a margin area corresponding to a portion of a recording area of the circular recording medium; and a control unit configured to cause a recording unit to record the image on the circular recording medium so that the image expressed by the image data input by the input unit is arranged on an area excluding the margin area set by the setting unit of the recording medium; wherein the setting unit automatically sets the margin area on a top or bottom side of the recording area and the control unit causes the recording unit to record the image in a manner such that a part, on an opposite side of the margin area, of the image runs over the recording medium in a case where the determination unit determines that the image expressed by the image data to be recorded on the circular recording medium is a landscape oriented image and automatically sets the margin area on a left or right side of the recording area and the control unit causes the recording unit to record the image in manner such that a part, on an opposite side of the margin area, of the image runs over the recording medium in a case where the determination unit determines that the image expressed by the image data to be recorded on the circular recording medium is a portrait oriented image.