Image forming apparatus and computer-readable storage medium
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsShunsuke Minamikawa, Kenta Horade
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus, having a first container with a first compartment, a second container with a second compartment, a recorder, a display, and a controller, is provided. The controller controls the display to display a first screen and a second screen. The first screen contains a first object having a form that reflects an amount of a colorant in the first compartment and a second object having a form that reflects an amount of the colorant in the second compartment. The second screen contains a third object having a form that reflects one of the amount of the colorant in the first compartment, the amount of the colorant in the second compartment, and a total amount of the colorant in the first compartment and the second compartment.
Claims20
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a first cartridge configured to store first ink;
- a first tank configured to receive the first ink from the first cartridge and to store the first ink therein;
- a head configured to discharge the first ink;
- a carriage on which the head is mounted;
- a display;
- a touch sensor configured to be laid over the display;
- and
- a controller
- configured to cause the display to display a first screen including an object and a second screen thereon,
- wherein the first screen is different from the second screen,
- wherein the second screen includes a first rectangle and a second rectangle,
- wherein the first rectangle indicates an amount of the first ink in the first cartridge,
- wherein the second rectangle indicates an amount of the first ink in the first tank,
- wherein the first rectangle has a first area and the second rectangle has a second area,
- wherein the first area becomes smaller in response to decreasing of the amount of the first ink in the first cartridge,
- wherein the second area becomes smaller in response to decreasing of the amount of the first ink in the first tank,
- wherein the touch sensor is configured to detect that the object on the first screen was touched and output information which indicates that the object was touched,
- wherein the controller is further configured to:
- determine whether the controller received the information which indicates that the object was touched;
- and
- cause the display to transit from the first screen to the second screen when the controller received the information which indicates that the object was touched.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.