Information processing equipment, image display program product, and image forming system

An image display program product for displaying an image, comprising:

• an image display program which causes an information processing equipment connected to at least one peripheral equipment to function as:
• a display controller for displaying, on a monitor screen, an icon representing the respective peripheral equipment;
• a designation detector for detecting whether one of the icons displayed on the monitor screen by the display controller has been designated by an operator;
• and
• an operation information acquirer for acquiring, from the peripheral equipment, operation information indicating a job status of the respective peripheral equipment represented by all the icons displayed on the monitor screen by the display controller, wherein
• the display controller changes a display format of the icon representing the peripheral equipment in an idling state where the peripheral equipment is not in a state of processing a job among the icons displayed on the monitor screen if the operation information acquired by the operation information acquirer indicates that the peripheral equipment represented by the icon whose designation has been detected by the designation detector is in the state of processing a job;
• and
• a signal bearing media bearing the image display program.

An image forming system comprising:

• an information processing equipment;
• and
• at least one peripheral equipment connected to the information processing equipment,
• the information processing equipment including:
• a display controller for displaying, on a monitor screen, an icon representing the respective peripheral equipment,
• a designation detector for detecting whether one of the icons displayed on the monitor screen by the display controller has been designated by an operator, and
• an operation information acquirer for acquiring, from the peripheral equipment, operation information indicating a job status of the respective peripheral equipment represented by all the icons displayed on the monitor screen by the display controller, wherein
• the display controller changes a display format of the icon representing the peripheral equipment in an idling state where the peripheral equipment is not in a state of processing a job among the icons displayed on the monitor screen if the operation information acquired by the operation information acquirer indicates that the peripheral equipment represented by the icon whose designation has been detected by the designation detector is in the state of processing a job,
• the peripheral equipment including
• an operation information transmitter for sending, to the information processing equipment, the operation information of the peripheral equipment as to whether the peripheral equipment is in the state of processing a job in response to a request from the information processing equipment as to whether the peripheral equipment is in the state of processing a job.