System and control method for prioritizing functions of an image forming apparatus
AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsJin Kamada, Masataka Fushimi
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to acquire setting information registered in advance by the user, determine a display mode of a list display of the setting information according to a priority assigned to the setting information or whether a job applying the setting information is executed, and control a display device to display the list display based on the display mode.
Claims12
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a processing circuit configured to:
- acquire setting information registered in advance by a user, the setting information including a priority assigned to a plurality of functions of the image forming apparatus, the plurality of functions including at least two of printing, scanning, or copying;
- determine a display mode of a list display of the setting information according to the priority;
- and
- control a display device to display the list display based on the display mode;
- wherein the processing circuit is configured not to display the setting information in the list display if a job applying the setting information is executed.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a processing circuit configured to:
- acquire setting information registered in advance by a user;
- detect a change in a state of the image forming apparatus caused by the user, the change in the state of the image forming apparatus including a manual feed tray being pulled out;
- determine a display mode of a list display of the setting information according to a priority assigned to the setting information and the change in the state of the image forming apparatus;
- and
- control a display device to display the list display based on the display mode.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium that stores a program for causing a computer of an image forming apparatus to:
- acquire setting information registered in advance by a user, the setting information including a priority assigned to a plurality of functions of the image forming apparatus;
- determining a display mode of a list display of the setting information according to the priority;
- and
- control a display device to display the list display based on the display mode;
- wherein the program causes the computer to display the setting information as the setting information with a lowest priority assigned thereto if a job applying the setting information is executed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.