US Patent 7817299 Image forming apparatus

In the image forming apparatus, a plurality of pages of data are reduced and created as collected data, and specific information corresponding to a sheet of print medium is created. The collected data and the specific information are edited in a data editing section and transmitted to a printing section. Even when a plurality of the pages of data is printed in a sheet after reduced, the specific information is printed on non-reduced condition, thus making it possible to print the specific information which is easily distinguished.