Patent ID: 8526840
Filing Date: 2013-09-03
Classification: G03G,G06K

Abstract:
1. An operating device, comprising: a display unit; a storage for storing a workflow to display a plurality of reception screens in a predetermined display order, the reception screens enabling values to be set for a plurality of processing items in an imaqe forming apparatus that includes the operating device; a detector that detects either whether or not a manual feed tray capable of selectively storing sheets of a plurality of sizes, which can be fed to an image forming unit that forms an image on a sheet, has been set in a state capable of feeding a sheet or whether or not a sheet has been set on the manual feed tray; and a display controller that reads the workflow from the storage and causes the display unit to display the plurality of reception screens in a wizard format and in the predetermined display order; wherein the display controller closes the reception screen of the workflow that currently is displayed if the detector detects that the manual feed tray has been set in the state capable of feeding a sheet or if the detector detects that a sheet has been set on the manual feed tray, causes the display unit to display a sheet storage location reception screen used to enter a set value for a storage location of a sheet to be fed for an image forming operation by the image forming unit in an interrupting manner effect that the set value for the sheet storage location is already set to the manual feed tray on the sheet storage location reception screen, and then causes the display unit to display the reception screen that had been closed and then to display following reception screens of the workflow.