Image forming apparatus and control method
AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKumiko Ogino
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, an image output unit, a transport unit that transports a recording medium, a display unit that displays a screen, and a controller that controls the units. The controller detects a state change of each unit of the image forming apparatus, and exerts control so as to cause the display unit to display, in accordance with the detected state change of the unit, an image indicating the state change of the unit. The image indicating the state change of the unit includes a color and a figure which represent a reason of the state change.
Claims12
An image forming apparatus comprising;
- an image forming unit;
- an image output unit;
- a sheet feeding mechanism that transports a recording medium;
- a display that displays a screen;
- and
- a controller that controls the units,
- wherein the controller detects a state change of each unit of the image forming apparatus, and exerts control so as to cause the display to display, in accordance with the detected state change of the unit, an image indicating the state change of the unit, and
- wherein the image indicating the state change of the unit includes a color and a figure which represent a reason of the state change,
- wherein, when the controller determines that an apparatus administrator does not take measures to the state change of the unit within a certain time, the controller changes the display of the image indicating the state change of the unit.
A control method for an image forming apparatus including an image forming unit, an image output unit, a sheet feeding mechanism that transports a recording medium, a display that displays a screen, and a controller that controls the units, the method comprising:
- detecting a state change of each unit of the image forming apparatus;
- and
- displaying, on the display, an image indicating the detected state change of the unit in accordance with the state change of the unit,
- wherein the image indicating the state change of the unit includes a color and a figure which represent a reason of the state change,
- wherein, when the controller determines that an apparatus administrator does not take measures to the state change of the unit within a certain time, the controller changes the display of the image indicating the state change of the unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.