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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2015
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Tomokazu Yoshimura, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit and a display processing unit. The image forming unit forms an image on a recording medium. The display processing unit causes a display to display a group of options including a first option and a second option in a case where the image forming unit is not equipped with a function to form an image on a recording medium under specified image forming conditions, the first option being an option for issuing a command to form an image on a recording medium in a manner realized through a function of the image forming unit, the second option being an option for issuing a command to display identification information of an alternative apparatus equipped with a function to form an image on a recording medium under the image forming conditions among plural other connected image forming apparatuses.