Image forming apparatus and display unit of an image forming apparatus
AssigneesKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsNaoki Hoshino, Yuko Kimoto
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Abstract
In a case where a display unit displays a setting screen having a first display area to display a draft graphical image in accordance with draft setting and a second display area to display a finished graphical image in accordance with sheet setting, and a user designates a position to be stapled, a staple region mark is superimposed and displayed on a region corresponding to the position to be stapled in the draft graphical image in accordance with the draft setting, and a staple position mark is superimposed and displayed on a position corresponding to the position to be stapled in the finished graphical image in accordance with the sheet setting.
Claims13
A method of displaying on a display unit of an image forming apparatus settings of the image forming apparatus, comprising:
- displaying on the display unit a graphical image of a sheet facing the same direction as a draft set on an auto document feeder, the graphical image of the sheet showing a sheet open direction when double-sided printing is set;
- displaying on the display unit a plurality of icons for setting a staple position;
- displaying a mark indicating a staple position according to a selected icon on the graphical image of the sheet showing the sheet open direction when double sided printing is set;
- and
- when the staple position according to the selected icon is incompatible with the sheet open direction, displaying a guidance message.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a scanner that reads an image of a draft;
- a printer that prints the image of the draft on a sheet;
- a staple unit that staples sheets having printed images when a staple setting is selected;
- a display unit;
- and
- a display control unit configured
- to display on the display unit a graphical image of the sheet facing the same direction as the draft set on an auto document feeder, the graphical image of the sheet showing a sheet open direction when double-sided printing is set,
- to display on the display unit a plurality of icons for setting a staple position,
- to display a mark indicating a staple position according to a selected icon on the graphical image of the sheet showing the sheet open direction when double-sided printing is set, and
- to display on the display unit a guidance message when the staple position according to the selected icon is incompatible with the sheet open direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.