Patent ID: 7826761
Filing Date: 2010-11-02
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming system that is capable of forming images on sheets and performing post-processing on the sheets, comprising: a display unit; a storage unit that stores a plurality of maintenance items, and sub-maintenance items associated with respective ones of the maintenance items; a selecting unit that selects a maintenance item to be executed, out of the maintenance items; a determining unit that determines whether or not there is any sub-maintenance item associated with the maintenance item selected by said selecting unit, by referring to said storage unit, based on the selected maintenance item; and a display control unit that is responsive to a determination of said determining unit that there is at least one sub-maintenance item associated with the selected maintenance item, for causing said display unit to display the at least one sub-maintenance item, wherein said display control unit causes the display unit to display the at least one sub-maintenance item after completion of a maintenance operation based on the selected maintenance item.