Image forming apparatus and image forming method

An image forming apparatus comprising:

• an image reading unit for reading a plurality of images, which are printed on originals, respectively, to form plural pieces of image data indicating the read images, respectively;
• a merging unit for merging the plurality of images into a single combined image;
• an image forming unit for forming the combined image on a single first image forming member;
• a data writing unit;
• a data reading unit;
• and
• a selecting unit, wherein
• the data writing unit writes, into a data storage unit of the first image forming member, the plural pieces of image data, which indicate the images read by the image reading unit,
• the data reading unit reads the plural pieces of image data, which indicate the respective images and are supplied from a data supply unit of the first image forming member on which the combined image has been formed,
• the selecting unit receives an operation to select at least one of the plural pieces of image data read by the data reading unit, and
• the image forming unit forms the image indicated by the selected image data on a second image forming member being different from the first forming member.

An image forming method comprising:

• reading a plurality of images, which are printed on originals, respectively, to form plural pieces of image data indicating the read images, respectively;
• combining the read images into a combined image;
• forming the combined image on a single first image forming member;
• and
• writing the plural pieces of image data indicating the read images in the combined image formed on the single first image forming member into the first image forming member;
• reading the plural pieces of image data, which indicate the respective images and are supplied from a data supply unit of the first image forming member on which the combined image is formed;
• selecting at least one of the read plural pieces of image data;
• and
• forming a selected image indicated by the selected image data on a second image forming member being different from the first image forming member.

A computer-readable medium storing a program causing a computer to perform an image forming process, the process comprising:

• reading a plurality of images, which are printed on originals, respectively, to form plural pieces of image data indicating the read images, respectively;
• combining the read images into a combined image;
• forming the combined image on a single first image forming member;
• writing the plural pieces of image data indicating the read images in the combined image formed on the single first image forming member into the first image forming member;
• reading the plural pieces of image data, which indicate the respective images and are supplied from a data supply unit of the first image forming member on which the combined image is formed;
• selecting at least one of the read plural pieces of image data;
• and
• forming a selected image indicated by the selected image data on a second image forming member being different from the first image forming member.