Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Corporation

Yukio Matsuda

Hiroki Munetomo

Yoshiaki Tanaka

Fusahiro Shiono

A display apparatus including a display that displays messages includes a message retrieval unit that retrieves messages by accessing a message management server, a display method selection unit that selects a display method for the retrieved messages in response to a count of the retrieved messages, and a display controller that performs control to display on the display the messages retrieved from the message management server in the display method selected by the display method selection unit. The display method selection unit selects a first display method that displays the retrieved messages while scrolling the retrieved messages repeatedly if the count of the retrieved messages is equal to or below a display switching threshold value, and selects a second display method that displays the retrieved messages while scrolling the retrieved messages if the count of the retrieved messages is above the display switching threshold value.

Display apparatus, display control method, and computer readable recording medium

In a printer driver, user interface UI-is displayed in the beginning and setup items are displayed in the respective display forms of the basic level on this user interface UI-. In this state, basic explanations or detailed explanations are omitted. In addition, user interface UI-is displayed when the 'Other Features' button is pressed in user interface UI-and setup items are displayed in the respective display forms of the applied level on this user interface UI-. In this state, basic explanations or detailed explanations etc. concerning print control information entered via the setup items are displayed, which makes it possible to learn what type of information the print control information is.

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Sakai, Japan

Yukio Matsuda