Patent ID: 8625148

Claim:
An image processing apparatus comprising: a file management unit that manages a plurality of files for image output; a file registration unit that registers the files managed by the file management unit; an output-configuration-information management unit that manages output configuration information in accordance with which the files managed by the file management unit are combined to create data for outputting a combined image; an output-configuration-information registration unit that registers the output configuration information managed by the output-configuration-information management unit; a data creation unit that creates the data for outputting the combined image in accordance with the output configuration information managed by the output-configuration-information management unit; and an output determination unit that, when the file registration unit registers each of the files to the file management unit, determines whether the combined image can be outputted in accordance with an output condition of the output configuration information previously defined for outputting the combined image, an output condition designated for a file to be registered, and an output condition added to the output configuration information in connection with a file already registered, wherein, before registering the files for outputting the combined image to the file management unit, the output-configuration-information management unit registers the predetermined output configuration information for the combined image and, when the output determination unit determines that each of the files for outputting the combined image can be outputted, adds an output condition of the file that can be outputted to the output configuration information of the combined image.