Patent ID: 7251344
Filing Date: 2007-07-31
Classification: G03G,G06F,G09B

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising an operation panel having a display and an input section, the apparatus comprising: a specifying section for specifying whether or not a user is handicapped; a selecting section to select a handicap condition; a storage section for storing a first operation function to be performed when the user is not handicapped, and a second operation function, corresponding to the selected handicap condition, to be performed when the user is handicapped; and an operation function changing section for reading the first and second operation functions out of the storage section, and for changing an operation function of the operation panel between the first and second operation functions based on whether the user is specified to be handicapped by the specifying section; wherein the operation function changing section reads from the storage section the second operation function corresponding to the selected handicap condition of the user before the specifying section specifies whether or not the user is handicapped.