Patent ID: 7929158
Filing Date: 2011-04-19
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: an image forming unit that forms an image on a sheet; a display; a storage that stores character information that defines shapes of characters to form image of characters; a device interface that is connectable with an external storage device; and a controller that is operable to: access files that are created by an external device and stored in the external storage device, the files containing images that are to be formed on the sheet by the image forming unit; generate auxiliary identification information including a character string that is uniquely assigned for each of the files and for each of a plurality of folders containing the files by using the character information stored in the storage; control at least one of the display and the image forming unit to display file specifying information including filenames of each of the files and the auxiliary identification information so as that the auxiliary identification information is displayed preferentially from the filenames; and allow a user to select a target file that contains an image to be formed on the sheet based on the file specifying information.