Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Corporation

Kenzoh Yoshida

Takaaki Kuwabara

Fumikazu Shimanuki

Naoki Saito

Keiichi Takao

Yasuhiro Nakai

Takashi Matsuda

Atsushi Kaseno

Satoshi Machino

Syoichiro Yoshiura

Takeshi Nakamura

Kanji Mizusugi

Masanori Matsumoto

Tsutomu Yoshimoto

Yukio Kanaoka

Kouki Fukuda

Shunsuke Yajima

Hiroyuki Sawai

Tomoyuki Hatanaka

Osamu Ueda

Shinichiro Ota

Hidechika Harada

Kenji Shimanuki, Legal Representative

Seiko Shimanuki, Legal Representative

An image forming apparatus is provided with an original capturing portion, a print portion, an operation portion, a management portion that manages various provided information, and a control portion that controls the original capturing portion, the print portion, the operation portion, and the management portion. A display apparatus that has a display screen visible from a back face or a side face of the image forming apparatus is disposed on at least one side face of an image forming apparatus case, and the control portion displays various provided information managed by the management portion on the display screen.

Display-integrated image forming apparatus

A display apparatus that has a display screen visible from a back face or a side face of an image forming apparatus is disposed on at least one side face of an image forming apparatus case.

In the image data processing apparatus of the present invention, one or more job icons each of which is indicative of the presence of a received job are displayed in a screen of a touch panel, and when any one of the displayed job icons is operated, an information window disclosing detail information concerning the operated job icon is additionally displayed. As a result, a limited display area of the touch panel can be effectively utilized, so that this enables the user to easily find not only a processing status of the received job but also detail information of the job.

Image data processing apparatus and image forming apparatus displaying, controlling job icons indicative of the presence of a received job

An image forming apparatus includes a processing unit which performs an image recording process for recording an image on a recording medium based on image data; a movement mechanism which moves the processing unit; a first control section which controls the image recording process performed by the processing unit; and a second control section which acquires a state of progress of the image recording process and controls the movement mechanism so as to move the processing unit to a position according to the progress state.

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Nara, Japan

Kenzoh Yoshida