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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2013
Filed:
May. 23, 2011
Image forming apparatus, image forming system, and method and program for supporting operation input
Reiji Yukumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Osamu Torii, Kanagawa, JP;
Takahiko Hayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Ryo Takemoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Reiji Yukumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Osamu Torii, Kanagawa, JP;
Takahiko Hayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Ryo Takemoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus connected to an image forming system in which a plurality of image forming apparatuses is linked. The image forming apparatus comprises: a user environment information acquiring unit that acquires user environment information; a user environment information reflecting unit that generates the screen representing the settings by using the user environment information; a capability acquiring unit that acquires capability information representing capabilities; a settability determining unit that determines the settability of various settings; a display control unit that is a unit displaying the screen on the display unit and further displays the screen that represents a determination result of the settability determining unit on the display unit; a search unit that searches for a first image forming apparatus; and a search result output unit that further displays the screen representing a search result of the search unit on the display unit through the display control unit.