Patent ID: 8305592
Filing Date: 2012-11-06
Classification: G03G,G06F

Abstract:
1. A control method of a stand-alone multi-function peripheral, the control method comprising: (a) displaying a plurality of setting items about an image forming process option of a plurality of image forming process options, each of the setting items associated with a setting value which can be changed from a default setting value to a non-default setting value; (b) receiving an item user input to change one of the plurality of setting items from a default setting value to the non-default setting value in connection with the image forming process; (c) changing the one of the plurality of setting items to the non-default setting value according to the received item user input; (d) receiving a group-name user input to associate the changed one of the setting items with a collective setting group name of the image forming process option; (e) repeating (a) through (d) at least one time so that there are at least two collective setting group names of the image forming process option, storing data in connection with each of the two collective setting group names; receiving a group-select user input to select one of the two collective setting group names; when one of the two collective setting group names is selected, emphatically displaying the changed one of the plurality of setting items of the selected collective setting group name, which is changed to the non-default setting value, and non-emphatically displaying at least one of the remaining setting items, of which the setting value is unchanged from a default setting value, wherein the emphatically displayed setting item and the non-emphatically displayed setting item are simultaneously displayed on a same user interface screen; and