Image forming apparatus capable of setting initial display screen, method of controlling the same, and storage medium
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYoko Ishii
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus equipped with a customization function and a resume function, which is capable of enabling a user to select one of these functions and thereby displaying an initial display screen intended by the user. A user is prompted to make a selection as to whether to display a user-customized screen or to display a screen displayed at logout time, as an initial screen to be displayed after start or reactivation of the image forming apparatus. The display of the initial screen after the start or reactivation of the image forming apparatus is controlled based on the selection made by the user.
Claims8
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a selection unit configured to prompt a user to make a selection as to whether to display a user-customized screen, or to display a screen displayed at logout time, as an initial screen to be displayed after start or reactivation of the image forming apparatus;
- and
- a control unit configured to control display of the initial screen after the start or reactivation of the image forming apparatus, based on the selection made by the user in response to prompting by said selection unit.
A method of controlling an image forming apparatus comprising:
- prompting a user to make a selection as to whether to display a user-customized screen, or to display a screen displayed at logout time, as an initial screen to be displayed after start or reactivation of the image forming apparatus;
- and
- controlling display of the initial screen after the start or reactivation of the image forming apparatus, based on the selection made by the user in response to said prompting.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer-executable program for executing a method of controlling an image forming apparatus,
- wherein the method comprises:
- prompting a user to make a selection as to whether to display a user-customized screen, or to display a screen displayed at logout time, as an initial screen to be displayed after start or reactivation of the image forming apparatus;
- and
- controlling display of the initial screen after the start or reactivation of the image forming apparatus, based on the selection made by the user in response to said prompting.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.