Image forming apparatus
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKazuki Ichikawa, Yutaka Urakawa
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Abstract
In image forming apparatus according to the present disclosure, a controller causes a setting icon to transition to a locked state in response to an operation received via a user I/F. In a case where a temporarily releasing operation of temporarily releasing the locked state is performed in the locked state, the controller causes the user I/F to be in a temporarily released state. The controller is configured to release the temporarily released state and to cause the user interface to return to the locked state, triggered by the temporarily released state having been continued for a predetermined period of time.
Claims30
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a user interface;
- a memory;
- and
- a controller, wherein
- the controller is configured to execute a process related to image formation in accordance with a setting value stored in the memory,
- the controller is configured:
- to cause the user interface to display a standby screen including a screen display icon;
- and
- to cause the user interface to display a setting screen in response to the screen display icon having been operated on the standby screen, and to cause memory to store the setting value in response to an operation received on the setting screen,
- the controller is configured to cause the user interface to transition to a locked state in response to an operation received via the user interface, the locked state being a state in which the controller does not allow the user interface to display the setting screen even in a case where the screen display icon is operated,
- in a case where a temporarily releasing operation of temporarily releasing the locked state is performed while the user interface is in the locked state, the controller is configured to cause the user interface to be in a temporarily released state in which the controller allows the user interface to display the setting screen in response to the screen display icon having been operated, and the controller is configured to end the temporarily released state by a trigger which is different from an operation serving a trigger for a locked state-transition process,
- the controller is configured to cause the user interface to display a setting screen related to printing, in response to the screen displaying icon having been operated on the standby screen, and the controller is configured to cause the memory to store the setting value, in response to an operation received with respect to the setting screen related to the printing, and
- the controller is configured to receive, on the setting screen related to the printing, at least one of an operation of specifying a printer description language to be emulated, an operation of specifying print quality, an operation of specifying whether to turn on double-sided printing or not, an operation of specifying a type of a sheet, an operation of specifying a size of the sheet, and an operation of specifying a print offset.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.