Patent ID: 8174727

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: a scanner which reads an image of a draft; a printer which prints the image on an image forming medium; a display unit which displays a draft graphical image in a first display area and a finished graphical image in a second display area; a display control unit which displays in an arrangement order pop-up window associated with the second display area, an arrangement order setting screen which sets an order of arrangement of a plurality of the draft images, if the plurality of draft images read by the scanner are printed on one side of the image forming medium, and displays in a draft direction pop-up window associated with the first display area, a draft direction setting screen which sets a direction of the image on the draft, if the direction of the image on the draft is indicated; an operation unit which inputs a designation of whether the plurality of draft images are to be arranged from right to left or from left to right, when the arrangement order setting screen is displayed by the display control unit; a draft graphical image setting unit which sets the draft graphical image displayed in the first display area, on which a synthesized image indicating the set direction of the image on the draft is arranged; and; a finished graphical image setting unit which sets the finished graphical image displayed in the second display area, on which the plurality of the draft images are arranged in one of the right to left direction or the left to right direction, as designated, on one side of the image forming medium.