Image processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, and computer program product

An image forming apparatus, comprising:

• an input unit that receives input of an image;
• a first preview creating unit that creates a plurality of first previews of the image corresponding to a plurality of preset values each indicating one or more layout or finishing processes to be applied to the image;
• a first displaying unit that displays the first previews in a selectable manner on a display screen;
• a second displaying unit that displays, upon receiving a signal indicating a preview selected from the first previews, selected preview on the display screen;
• a second preview creating unit that updates, upon receiving input of setting for the selected preview, the selected preview based on the setting to create a second preview;
• a third displaying unit that displays the second preview on the display screen;
• and
• a printing unit that prints the image based on the second preview.

A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium having computer readable program codes embodied in the medium that, when executed, causes a computer to execute:

• creating a plurality of first previews of an image corresponding to a plurality of preset values each indicating one or more layout or finishing processes to be applied to the image;
• first displaying the first previews in a selectable manner;
• second displaying, upon receipt of a signal indicating a preview selected from the first previews, selected preview;
• updating, upon receipt of input of setting for the selected preview, the selected preview based on the setting to create a second preview;
• and
• third displaying the second preview.