Patent ID: 8854682

Claim:
An image processing apparatus that sets arrangements of a plurality of pieces of manuscript data within sheets in the case that the plurality of pieces of manuscript data are printed onto the sheets and each of the printed sheets is folded into N (N represents a natural number greater than or equal to 2) equally sized divisions, comprising: a manuscript size obtaining section that obtains the sizes of the pieces of manuscript data; a reference size obtaining section that obtains a first reference size, which is set based on a unit size equal to the size of one of the N equally sized divisions, and Mth reference sizes, which are set based on a size obtained by multiplying the unit size by M (M represents natural numbers greater than or equal to 2 and less than or equal to N); and an arrangement setting section that arranges pieces of manuscript data having sizes, obtained by the manuscript size obtaining section, less than or equal to the first reference size at single surfaces from among a plurality of surfaces which are formed on printing surfaces of the sheets by the sheets being folded, and arranges pieces of manuscript data having sizes, obtained by the manuscript size obtaining section, greater than an (M−1)th reference size and less than or equal to an Mth reference size at M continuous surfaces from among the plurality of surfaces, to set the arrangement of the plurality of pieces of manuscript data within the sheets.