Patent ID: 8229660

Claim:
An image forming apparatus configured to communicate with a server, the server providing route information indicating a route from a start point to a destination, the image forming apparatus comprising: a route information obtaining portion that obtains the route information from the server; an additional information obtaining portion that obtains, from the server, additional information relating to the route information; a synthesis portion that incorporates at least one image included in the additional information into a first area that is contained in an image included in the route information and that excludes the route, and generates composite information; a calculation portion that calculates, based on size information, a maximum quantity of the additional information images which can be incorporated into the first area; an input portion that receives from a user a quantity of the additional information images to be incorporated into the first area, the quantity being less than or equal to the maximum quantity calculated by the calculation portion; and a printer that prints an image based on the composite information generated by the synthesis portion onto a recording medium.