1. An image forming apparatus that processes a page containing a copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image having a copy-forgery-inhibited pattern background image that is lost by copying a print product, and a latent image that remains after copying the print product: an instruction unit configured to issue an instruction to print a first page and a second page; a specification unit configured to specify as a blank area of the first page an area of the first page where a drawing object different from the copy-forgery-inhibited pattern background image and the latent image are not laid out and the copy-forgery-inhibited pattern background image and the latent image are laid out when the printing is instructed by the instruction unit; a search unit configured to search for a drawing object of the second page, which is placed in the blank area of the first page from the plurality of drawing objects in the second page; and a layout unit configured to lay out the drawing object of the second page that is searched for in the blank area of the first page.