Patent ID: 7349644
Filing Date: 2008-03-25
Classification: G03G,H04N

Abstract:
1. An operation unit configured to control an image forming apparatus, comprising: mode selecting means for permitting an operator to select an image data handling mode; display means for displaying a plurality of links to a plurality of operations permitted in the selected image data handling mode, the display means disposed on a right side of the mode selecting means; and executing means for executing the operations referenced on the display means, the executing means disposed on a right side of the display means, wherein as a result of a selection of the link to an operation, the display means simultaneously displays the plurality of links to the plurality of operations and a plurality of links to sub-operations of the selected operation above the plurality of links to the plurality of operations, and the display means displays pictorial representations of the sub-operations, each pictorial representation being an image illustrating the output position of an image that would be formed on a recording medium as a result of selecting a sub-operation.