Patent ID: 9113016
Filing Date: 2015-08-18
Classification: G03G,G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a detection unit configured to detect an occurrence of a failure and the occurrence area of the failure in the image forming apparatus; a first display control unit configured to switch maintenance screens to be displayed indicating a plurality of operation procedures necessary to remove the failure; a second display control unit configured to display one or more maintenance screens indicating the operation procedures necessary to remove the failure, which include one or more maintenance screens of the number smaller than the number of the screens to be displayed by the first display control unit; and a control unit configured to perform control to enable selective execution of the display by the first display control unit and the display by the second display control unit when the area of the occurrence of the failure detected by the detection unit is a specific area, and perform control to execute the display by the first display control unit when the area of the occurrence of the failure detected by the detection unit is not the specific area.