Patent ID: 7701607

Claim:
A method of managing images to be printed by an image forming apparatus, comprising: determining whether at least one of storage media are connected to the image forming apparatus; displaying identification names of a plurality of storage media included in or connected to the image forming apparatus; and linking information on images stored in the plurality of storage media with the identification names of the plurality of storage media and displaying the information on images stored in the plurality of storage media, wherein the identification names of the storage media are displayed in at least one of a first alignment manner and a second alignment manner; wherein the identification names of the storage media displayed in a first alignment manner are horizontally displayed and the information on the images stored in the storage media is displayed vertically in a column of the corresponding identification names of the storage media; and wherein the identification names of the storage media displayed in a second alignment manner are vertically displayed and the information on the images stored in the storage media is horizontally displayed in a row of the corresponding storage media.