Patent ID: 7539433
Filing Date: 2009-05-26
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus which performs photocopy processing, the apparatus comprising: a scanner which reads an image of a draft; a printer which prints the image on an image forming medium; a stapler which staples together the image forming mediums on which the images have been formed by the printer; a display unit which displays a setting screen having a first display area and a second display area; an operation unit which inputs setting information; a setting unit which sets the photocopy processing in accordance with contents input by the operation unit; a first display control unit which displays, in the first display area, a draft graphical image in accordance with set contents every time the setting unit changes the set contents concerning the draft of the photocopy processing; a second display control unit which displays, in the second display area, which is on the screen where the draft graphic image is displayed in the first display area, a finished graphical image in accordance with the set contents every time the setting unit changes the set contents concerning the image forming medium of the photocopy processing; a third display control unit which displays marks indicating positions to be stapled by the stapler in the draft graphical image and the finished graphical image, respectively, in a case where the setting unit sets the positions to be stapled; and a control unit which reads the image of the draft by the scanner, prints the image read by the scanner on the image forming medium by the printer, and staples together, by the stapler, the image forming mediums on which the images read by the scanner have been printed by the printer, based on the contents set by the setting unit.