Image supply apparatus, image output apparatus, control apparatus therefor, and image forming apparatus incorporating them

An image output apparatus according to the present invention is able to additionally output another image data item to a desired position to which subject image data is outputted and able to repeatedly output the same image or repeatedly output the image while rotating the image. A setting unit 716 shown in Fig. 38 sets the image repetition portion, the number of the repetitions and the rotation of the image. An image read by a reader 701 is stored into a memory 711, and a reading counter 714 changes the reading address of the memory 711 in accordance with set information. Hence, a desired repeated image or the rotated image is outputted to a printer 915.