Image processing apparatus, image processing system, image processing method, and recording medium

An image processing apparatus, comprising:

• an operation unit configured to receive a user instruction for printing an image on a plurality of recording sheets with an addition image being added to the image at a preset position in the image;
• and
• circuitry configured to
• generate a plurality of items of image data to be formed on the plurality of recording sheets so as to obtain the image when the plurality of recording sheets are pasted together;
• determine a specific recording sheet of the plurality of recording sheets and a specific position on the specific recording sheet, based on the preset position of the addition image, a number of the plurality of recording sheets for forming the image, and an image forming direction in forming the image on the plurality of recording sheets;
• and
• add the addition image to an item of image data corresponding to the determined recording sheet at the specific position on the specific recording sheet.

An image processing method, comprising:

• receiving a user instruction for printing an image on a plurality of recording sheets with an addition image being added to the image at a preset position in the image;
• generating a plurality of items of image data to be formed on the plurality of recording sheets so as to obtain the image when the plurality of recording sheets are pasted together;
• determining a specific recording sheet of the plurality of recording sheets and a specific position on the specific recording sheet, based on the preset position of the addition image, a number of the plurality of recording sheets for forming the image, and an image forming direction in forming the image on the plurality of recording sheets;
• and
• adding the addition image to an item of image data corresponding to the determined recording sheet at the specific position on the specific recording sheet.