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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2007
Takanao Kawai, Osaka, JP;
Takanao Kawai, Osaka, JP;
Kyocera Document Solutions, Inc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An Image-forming apparatus, which that can customize operation panel screens and customizes panel screen design information, having a communications unit that receives panel customizing information including sending origin identification information, user information, and panel customizing data from a server, user terminal or a plurality of Image-forming apparatuses. The panel customizing information control unit controls according to the type of sending origin determined by the sending origin determining unit and stores the received panel customizing information in the panel customizing information memory unit. The operation panel screen control unit controls the configurations of the operation panel screens and operating keys based on the stored panel customizing information, and standard screen design information.