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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2014
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Ryotaro Imine, Toride, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In order to be able to accept, on a preview display, operation to cope with various situations when using an image forming apparatus, an operating device comprises: a displaying unit configured to display a plurality of images within a preview display area; an accepting unit configured to accept a printing instruction for the image displayed by the displaying unit; and a display controlling unit configured to, in linkage with a printing performing state based on the printing instruction, display the images such that a partial image of the plurality of images is discharged from the preview display area and other image in the plurality of images is moved within the preview display area.