1. An image forming apparatus that stores a first page containing a copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image having a copy-forgery-inhibited pattern background image that is lost by coping a print product, and a latent image that remains after copying the print product, and a second page containing at least a drawing object, the image forming apparatus comprising: an instruction unit configured to issue an instruction to print the first page and the second page; a specification unit configured to specify as a blank area an area where a drawing object different from the latent image and the copy-forgery-inhibited pattern background image is removed from the copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image in the first page when the printing is instructed by the instruction unit; and a layout unit configured to lay out the drawing object of the second page in the blank area specified by the specification unit.