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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2013
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
To provide an operation apparatus and image forming apparatus which can adequately notify users of status information of other apparatuses connected to the operation apparatus. The operation apparatus has: status information acquiring meansfor acquiring status information of a multi-functional printerassociated with a specific tab item from the multi-functional printer; status information converting meansfor converting the acquired status information into tab-type status information; tab item displaying meansfor displaying tab-type status information in a tab display area which displays the specific tab item and which displays the other associated tab items in a tab display area which displays other tab items other than the specific tab item; and condition screen displaying meansfor displaying a setting condition screen associated with the specific tab item to be displayed in one screen together with the tab which displays the tab-type status information.