Patent ID: 7729622
Filing Date: 2010-06-01
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus using a plurality of different consumables for displaying a message for prompting a user to supply any one of the consumables when a remaining amount of the one consumable becomes less than a prescribed amount, the apparatus comprising: a communication section for receiving order-defining information from an external device, the order-defining information stating that an order for the one consumable has already been completed; a storing section for storing the received order-defining information; a display section including a first indication region and a second indication region, the first and second indication regions being disposed adjacent to each other, wherein the first indication region displays consumable status information by identifying a consumable whose remaining amount is less than a prescribed amount, and the second indication region displays consumable order information by identifying a consumable an order for which has been already ordered; and a control section controlling the display section, the control section halting a message to prompt a user to supply the consumable that is in accordance with the received order-defining information stored in the storing section, wherein the control section, while halting the message to prompt, controls the display section to display the consumable order information indicating that the consumable in accordance with the received order-defining information has already been ordered, the consumable order information being displayed at least by identifying the consumable in accordance with the received order-defining information, and wherein the control section controls the display section to display a new error message where a new error occurs regardless of whether the order-defining information is already made or not.