Patent ID: 8248651

Claim:
An image processing apparatus comprising: a selecting unit configured to select an image from a plurality of images stored in a memory; a generating unit configured to generate a sheet image comprising: an area to be combined with the selected image; the selected image; and a paper size setting area, providing at least two portions, each listing a different paper size for a sheet on which the selected image and an image of the area to be combined with the selected image are combined and printed, that is selectable by a user; a determining unit configured to determine an aspect ratio of the area to be combined with the selected image as the generating unit generates the sheet image; a print control unit configured to cause a printing apparatus to print, on a sheet, the sheet image generated by the generating unit comprising the area to be combined with the selected image whose the aspect ratio has been determined by the determining unit, the selected image, and the paper size setting area; an inputting unit configured to input a read image of the sheet on which the sheet image generated by the generating unit is printed by the print control unit, by reading the image of the sheet by a reading apparatus; and a combination unit configured to combine a part of the read image input by the inputting unit, corresponding to the area indicated in the sheet image, with the selected image, wherein the determining unit, in accordance with the selection of the image from the plurality of images stored in the memory by the selecting unit, acquires an aspect ratio of the image which has been selected by the selecting unit, and determines the aspect ratio of the area to be combined with the selected image so as to be fitted to the acquired aspect ratio, wherein the determining unit also determines a writing recommended area of the area to be combined with the selected image whose aspect ratio was determined by the determining unit, the writing recommended area determining the largest cutout area for the selected paper size selected by the user, and wherein the generating unit generates the sheet image in which the aspect ratio of said image selected by the selecting unit and the aspect ratio of the area to be combined with the selected image are fitted to each other.