Image forming method including exception page processing

摘要

An image forming device includes an assignment unit that detects a size of a document image to be printed in each page for each one of a plurality of pages assigned to a plurality of print sheets that configure a booklet and, in a case where it is determined that a second document image larger than a first document image is present, assigns a page that includes the second document image to a face of a print sheet that is positioned on an outermost face or an innermost face of the booklet as an exception page and a print image generating unit that generates print images by sorting the plurality of pages that include the exception page assigned by the assignment unit.

主权项

1. An image forming method comprising:
detecting a size of a document image to be printed in each page of a plurality of pages assigned to a plurality of print sheets that configure a booklet; only in case both a first user instruction to perform booklet printing is received and a determination is made that a second document image is larger than a first document image, displaying a setting area for setting an exception page, setting whether the exception page is assigned to an outermost face or an innermost face based on a second user instruction input into the setting area, and assigning a page that includes the second document image to a face of a print sheet that is positioned on one of the outermost face and the innermost face of the booklet as the exception page based on the second user instruction; generating print images by sorting the plurality of pages that include the assigned exception page; and printing the generated print images on the print sheets.