Patent ID: 8081322
Filing Date: 2011-12-20
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a reception unit operable to receive a group of setting values for a plurality of setting items of a job from a user; a storage unit storing therein a database that contains a plurality of groups of setting values and automatically storing, upon execution of a previous job, a group of setting values of the previous job in the database; a search unit operable to search the database for extracting one or more groups of setting values from the groups of setting values contained in the database based on a setting value for at least one of the setting items of a present job received from the user; a display control unit operable to display the one or more groups of setting values found by the search unit on a screen as one or more candidate setting conditions for the present job, a plurality of candidate setting conditions being displayed on the screen if the search unit finds two or more groups of setting values; and a determining unit configured to allow a user to select one setting condition from the displayed one or more candidate setting conditions and to determine a group of setting values of the selected setting condition as setting values for the setting items of the present job.