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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2011
Kayoko Iwase, Osaka, JP;
Hirohito Morioka, Osaka, JP;
Kayoko Iwase, Osaka, JP;
Hirohito Morioka, Osaka, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
In an image forming apparatus including a control unit made of a display panel and a touch panel display and having one-sided image forming mode and dual-sided image forming mode, the touch panel display includes: a finished state preview controller for displaying the finished state of a hard copy; and a confirmatory display controller. The display panel includes a first display area, a second display area and a third display area. The image forming apparatus includes a display position switching controller that switches the position of the image of the page to be turned to be displayed in the third display area, depending on the image forming mode.