Image forming apparatus and method of displaying setting of image forming apparatus
AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKazuhisa Kubota
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Abstract
A display processor of a controller extracts data such as images and characters from display data stored in a storage based on setting information stored in the storage, and displays a document orientation instructing pane and a 90-degree rotation operation icon in a document image operating pane on a display device. The display processor also displays a print preview image based on the document image data. When a rotation operation is performed through the 90-degree rotation operation icon, the document image data is also subjected to the same rotation process.
Claims8
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a reader that reads a document and generates document image data;
- an operating device that performs a finish setting for setting of an orientation of a document image in accordance with the orientation of the document and a binding position and performs an operation for correcting the orientation of the document image;
- a display device that performs displaying of a document orientation instruction for instructing the orientation of the document image to be printed and performs displaying of a print preview image for indicating the orientation of the document image;
- an image forming device that forms an image based on the document image data on a recording sheet in the orientation of the document image indicated by the print preview image;
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- a controller that controls the display device and the image forming device in accordance with an operation input from the operating device, wherein the controller causing the display device to perform the displaying of the document orientation instruction corresponding to the finish setting set by the operating device and to display the print preview image.
A method of displaying a setting of an image forming apparatus including a reader that reads a document and generates document image data;
- an operating device that performs a finish setting for setting of an orientation of a document image in accordance with the orientation of the document and a binding position and performs an operation for correcting the orientation of the document image;
- a display device that performs displaying of a document orientation instruction for instructing the orientation of the document image to be printed and performs displaying of a print preview image for indicating the orientation of the document image;
- an image forming device that forms an image based on the document image data on a recording sheet in the orientation of the document image indicated by the print preview image;
- and a controller that controls the display device and the image forming device in accordance with an operation input from the operating device, the method comprising:
- causing, by the controller, the display device to perform the displaying of the document orientation instruction corresponding to the finish setting set by the operating device and to display the print preview image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.