Image forming apparatus
AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMichiaki NISHIMURA
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Abstract
In an image forming apparatus, guidance information is stored in advance for guiding an optimal operation procedure for execution of a job, and the guidance information is displayed on a display portion based on operation input that is input to an input portion in order to execute a job of image formation. For example, a device control portion compares operation input that is input to the input portion in order to execute the job of image formation to the guidance information corresponding to the job executed by the operation input, and causes the display portion to display the guidance information in a case where an actual frequency of operation input is greater than a frequency of operation input that is specified in an operation procedure of the guidance information.
Claims5
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an input portion for accepting operation input by a user;
- an image forming portion for executing a job for performing image formation of image data on a recording medium according to the operation input for the input portion;
- a storage portion for storing in advance guidance information for guiding an optimal operation procedure for executing the job;
- a display portion for displaying the guidance information that is stored in the storage portion;
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- a control portion for controlling display of the display portion, wherein
- the control portion causes the display portion to display the guidance information based on the operation input that is input to the input portion in order to execute the job for performing the image formation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.