IC-tag-attached sheet and image forming apparatus

An image forming apparatus comprising:

• an image forming unit which forms an image on a surface of a sheet in accordance with an image data;
• a margin data obtaining unit which obtains a margin data from the image data;
• and
• an IC tag attaching unit which attaches an IC tag in a margin of the sheet for image formation.

An image forming method comprising:

• obtaining a data on a margin of a sheet on which an image is formed from the image data;
• determining a position on a sheet to which an IC tag is attached, at random for each sheet,
• attaching an IC tag to the position on a sheet determined in the position determining step, which is in the margin designated by the data on a margin obtained in the margin data obtaining step;
• and
• forming an image on a surface of the IC-tag-attached sheet prepared in the IC tag attaching step in accordance with the image data.