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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2005
Applicant:
Hiroshi Morikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Hiroshi Morikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An operation unit configured to control an image forming apparatus, including a mode selector for permitting an operator to select an image data handling mode. A display displays an operation permitted in the selected image data handling mode, the display disposed on a right side of the mode selector. An executing device executes the operation displayed on the display, the executing device disposed on a right side of the display. The display displays a sub-operation based on a selection of the operation, the sub-operation being shown as a pictorial representation of a format of an image to be formed on a recording medium.