Patent ID: 8854639
Filing Date: 2014-10-07
Classification: G03G,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus, comprising: a display portion; a document reading portion; and a control device, the control device including: a storage portion that stores display data for a first type operation screen for setting and inputting settings values regarding settings items relating to document reading operations of the document reading portion, and display data for a second type operation screen for setting and inputting settings values regarding processing items unrelated to document reading operations by the document reading portion, and a display control portion that executes display control that causes the display portion to successively switch and display, in a wizard format, operation screens for setting the setting values regarding processing items in the image forming apparatus in use of display data for the first type operation screen and display data for the second type operation screen stored in the storage portion, wherein the display control portion displays, on the display portion, respective operation screens to be the first type operation screen prior to respective operation screens to be the second type operation screen when successively switching and displaying respective operation screens to be the first type operation screen and respective operation screens to be the second type operation screen on the display portion in the wizard format as the display control, the control device further including: a second reception portion that receives settings input of settings values using operation screens successively switched and displayed in a display portion in a wizard format display in accordance with the display control, and a reading control portion that induces precedent commencement of the document reading operations to be carried out by the document reading portion at a time point when settings input of the settings values have been received by the second reception portion in regard to all processing items relating to document reading operations by the document reading portion, wherein the second reception portion receives settings input of settings and values regarding processing items unrelated to document reading operations concurrently with the document reading operations carried out by the document reading portion, the control device further including a display order storage portion, a first reception portion, a determination portion and a notification portion to customize display order of respective operation screens that are successively switched and displayed in the wizard format, the display order storage portion stores in advance a display order that is set in advance as a prescribed display order so that a display order for a first type operation screen is higher than a second type operation screen in a display order during the wizard format display of operation screens including the first type operation screen and the second type operation screen, the first reception portion receives settings input regarding the display order during the wizard format display of operation screens including the first type operation screen and the second type operation screen, the determination portion determines whether or not the display order of operation screens received by the first reception portion corresponds to the prescribed display order stored in the display order storage portion, and carries out a process of saving information indicating the display order of operation screens received by the first reception portion when the display order of operation screens received by the first reception portion is determined to correspond to the prescribed display order stored in the display order storage portion, and not to save information indicating the display order of operation screens received by the first reception portion when the display order of operation screens received by the first reception portion is determined not to correspond to the prescribed display order stored in the display order storage portion, and the notification portion carries out notification so that the display order of operation screens received by the first reception portion is refused when the determination portion determines that the display order of operation screens received by the first reception portion does not correspond to the prescribed display order stored in the display order storage portion, wherein the display control portion executes the display control in accordance with the display order of the respective operation screens stored by the determination portion.