Patent ID: 9197773
Filing Date: 2015-11-24
Classification: G03G,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus, comprising: a storage section; and a control section that employs a hardware resource to conduct a controlling operation in regard to an image forming operation; wherein the control section is capable of executing an apparatus controlling firmware that controls a default display screen, which is provided for a status display and an instruction accepting use display in regard to the image forming operation, both to be displayed on a display section, according to a first process, and a Web display screen application program that controls a customizable display screen, which can be arbitrarily customized and is provided for the status display and the instruction accepting use display, both to be displayed on the display section, according to a second process being separate from the first process for the apparatus controlling firmware; and wherein, based on the Web display screen application program, the control section designates any one of default display screens to be controlled by the apparatus controlling firmware, so as to conduct a screen calling operation for calling out the any one of the default display screens as a designated default display screen; and wherein, when the Web display screen application program instructs the apparatus controlling firmware to conduct the screen calling operation in a state that the Web display screen application program displays the customizable display screen onto the display section, the control section outputs the designated default display screen onto the display section, based on the apparatus controlling firmware.