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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2008
Tetsuya Akahane, Sagamihara, JP;
Tadashi Suzue, Hachioji, JP;
Tetsuya Akahane, Sagamihara, JP;
Tadashi Suzue, Hachioji, JP;
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is an image forming apparatus comprising: a control section; and a display section connected to a system bus, wherein the display section comprises: a display device; a screen data storage section to temporarily store screen data of an operation screen; and a display control section to display the operation screen based on the screen data, and wherein the control section comprises: a storage section to store the screen data of the operation screen; and a controller to transfer the screen data of the operation screen pertaining to a function provided to the image forming apparatus to the screen data storage section through the system bus after a power source is turned on and before the function becomes operable; and to control the display control section to display the operation screen based on the screen data stored in the screen data storage section, after the function becomes operable.