Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Corporation

Masaaki Aida

Yukio Kanaoka

Hidetoshi Fujimoto

Problem: To be able to reduce manufacturing cost and achieve downsizing of an apparatus. Solution: An image forming apparatusincludes a CPU (), an image former (), and a display panel. The display panelserves as a display portionwhich displays an image, an image readerwhich reads a document placed on a display surface, and an operation portionwhich receives an input operation by a user. The CPU () detects a document area where the document exists on the display surface of the display panel, and causes the operation portionto be displayed at a position according to the detected document area on the display panel

Image reading apparatus comprising display panel which serves as operation portion and image reader, image forming apparatus, non-transitory storage medium, and control method

To enable the content of a printed material to be easily checked and inconvenience when a user collects the printed material to be avoided. An image forming apparatusincludes an image forming part () and a display panel, and the display paneldisplays a preview imagecorresponding to image data for printing an image on a sheet. For example, the preview imageis displayed on the display panelfrom when a print job is started and the first sheet in the print job is fed until the last sheet in the print job is discharged into a sheet discharge part

Image forming apparatus, control program, and control method

An image forming apparatus includes a housing in which an image forming section is contained and a paper output section into which a sheet of paper on which an image has been formed is ejected. The paper output section includes a paper output tray that supports the front side or back side of the sheet of paper, a back-end supporting member that supports a back end of the sheet of paper in a paper ejection direction, and a paper takeout slot through which the sheet of paper is taken out. The paper output section is provided at the outer edge of the interior of the housing. The housing has an external wall whose inner face side is used as the paper output tray. The paper takeout slot opens upward.

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Sakai, Japan

Masaaki Aida