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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2013
Naoki Takeuchi, Osaka, JP;
Yoshiteru Nishikawa, Osaka, JP;
Naoki Takeuchi, Osaka, JP;
Yoshiteru Nishikawa, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus comprises a display unit; and a display controlling unit that causes the display unit to display a first ready screen and a second ready screen. The first ready screen is displayed when a job can be accepted, and the first ready screen indicates that a job can be accepted and has a first button for detecting operator's input of a request for displaying a screen having first information. The second ready screen is displayed when a job can be accepted after input of the request is detected, and the second ready screen has the first information and has a second button for detecting input of a request for displaying second information other than the first information.