Patent ID: 7933526
Filing Date: 2011-04-26
Classification: G03G,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus including a form application and an application platform installed in an operating system, the application platform being a control program that allows the form application to operate, and the apparatus comprising: an acquisition unit adapted to acquire a type of consumable material possessed by the image forming apparatus using a library provided in the application platform; a display control unit adapted to display forms capable of printing using the type of consumable material acquired by the acquisition unit; a designation unit adapted to designate one or more forms from among the forms displayed by the display control unit; an image forming unit adapted to form an image using the one or more forms designated by the designation unit; and a detection unit adapted to detect whether or not toner, serving as the consumable material, is installed, wherein the display control unit displays a screen that expands image forming functionality based on a result of detection by the detection unit, and the image forming unit forms the image using the toner based on an instruction received via the screen, and wherein forms which are candidates for selection are determined in accordance with the result of detection by the detection unit.