Patent ID: 7636177

Claim:
An image forming device, comprising: an imaging source that scans an input document to obtain input image data; a digital graphic element forming unit that processes user-supplied digital graphic element data; the digital graphic element forming unit being configured to read user-supplied digital graphic element data including at least one of a standard or individually user-customized digital graphic element from at least one digital data storage medium and to store the read user-supplied digital graphic element data in the digital graphic element forming unit of the image forming device, a composite image forming device that forms a composite image based on the obtained input image data and the user-supplied digital graphic element data, and an output unit that prints the composite image on an image receiving substrate, wherein the digital graphic element forming unit further comprises: a digital graphic element input interface that is usable to input image data associated with the at least one of the standard or individually user-customized digital graphic element from the at least one digital data storage medium; a digital graphic element selecting device that allows the user to select in the image forming device the at least one of the standard or individually user-customized digital graphic element stored in the digital graphic element forming unit in the image forming device; a digital graphic element attribute adjusting device in the image forming device that allows the user to adjust attributes of the selected digital graphic element; and a digital graphic element positioning device that allows the user to position the selected digital graphic element in the composite image.