Image forming apparatus and control method for rotating image data based on sheet type and orientation

An image data output control method for an image output apparatus which includes an image output unit adapted to record an image based on image data to a recording medium, the method comprising the steps of:

• selecting a recording medium required for a job to be processed from candidates of a plurality of recording media including a recording medium of a first size and a first type and a recording medium of the first size and a second type which is not the same as the first type;
• causing the output unit to record an image which is rotated in a predetermined angle to a recording medium of the first size and the first type, in a case where said job to be processed requires the recording medium of the first size and the first type;
• and
• causing the output unit to record an image which is not rotated in the predetermined angle to a recording medium of the first size and the second type, in a case where said job to be processed requires the recording medium of the first size and the second type,
• wherein the recording medium of the first type is a punched recording medium which has been already subjected to a punching process, and wherein if the punched recording medium is selected, said output unit is caused to record the image based on the image data after rotating the image data by the predetermined angle on the punched recording medium.

A computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing an image forming apparatus which includes an image output unit adapted to record an image based on image data to a recording medium, to execute the steps of:

• selecting a recording medium required for a job to be processed from candidates of a plurality of recording media including a recording medium of a first size and a first type and a recording medium of the first size and a second type which is net the same as the first type;
• causing the output unit to record an image which is rotated in a predetermined angle to a recording medium of the first size and the first type, in a case where said job to be processed requires the recording medium of the first size and the first type;
• and causing the output unit to record an image Which is not rotated in the predetermined angle to a recording medium of the first size and the second type, in a case where said job to be processed requires the recording medium of the first size and the second type,
• wherein the recording medium of the first type is a punched recording medium which has been already subjected to a punching process, and wherein if the punched recording medium is selected, said output unit is caused to record the image based on the image data after rotating the image data by the predetermined angle on the punched recording medium.