Patent attributes
An image image-processing section converts first information into second information, which is printed on paper. The first information is in a first page layout in which a first integral number of pages of the first information are laid out on a sheet of paper. A layout-commanding section switches the page layout from the first page layout to a second page layout in which a second integral number of pages of the first information are laid out on the paper. Upon switching from the first page layout to the second page layout in the middle of conversion of a page of the first information, the image-processing section converts at least that page such that the second information is in the first page layout, and then converts a remaining portion such that the second information is in the second page layout.
