Data processing system, data processing method, and image forming apparatus

A data processing system comprising:

• an image data preparation unit that prepares various kinds of image data deriving from document data depending on various purposes of said document data;
• an image synthesis instructing unit that instructs images to be synthesized based on said image data comprising a plurality of page portions onto one sheet of paper for at least one kind of image data prepared by said image data preparation unit from said various kinds of document data;
• wherein said image synthesis instructing unit instructs to synthesize said image comprising a plurality of page portions of the same kind onto one side or at least one of two sides of a single page;
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• wherein said image synthesis instructing unit instructs said image data preparation unit to prepare synthetic image data synthesized from a plurality of images of the same kind onto one side of said single page.

A data processing method comprising:

• a step of preparing a plurality of carbon copy image data derived from document data, each of the plurality of carbon copy image data being prepared for a respective one of various purposes of said document data;
• a step of instructing images to be synthesized based on said plurality of carbon copy image data, at least one of the synthesized images comprising a plurality of portions of the plurality of carbon copy image data onto one sheet of paper;
• wherein all of the carbon copy image data is prepared before the step of instructing images to be synthesized based on the carbon copy image data is executed;
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• wherein the synthesized images comprise a plurality of page portions for one of the various purposes of said document data onto one side or at least one of two sides of a single page.

An image forming apparatus, comprising:

• an image data preparation unit that prepares a plurality of carbon copy image data derived from document data, each of the plurality of carbon copy image data being prepared for a respective one of various purposes of said document data;
• an image synthesis instructing unit that instructs images to be synthesized based on said plurality of carbon copy image data, at least one of the synthesized images comprising a plurality of portions of the plurality of carbon copy image data onto one sheet of paper;
• a printing unit that prints out images based on said plurality of carbon copy image data synthesized according to the instruction of said image synthesis instructing unit;
• wherein the image data preparation unit prepares all of the carbon copy image data before the image synthesis instructing unit instructs images to be synthesized;
• wherein the printing unit continuously prints the images based on all of the carbon copy image data in response to the image synthesis instructing unit instruction;
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• wherein said image synthesis instructing unit is instructed to synthesize said image comprising a plurality of page portions for one of the various purposes of said document data onto one side or at least one of two sides of a single page.