Patent Publication Number: US-11652948-B2

Title: Communication job record display device, control method therefor, and storage medium storing control program therefor

Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     Field of the Invention 
     The present invention relates to a device that displays a record of a communication job concerning transmission and reception with an external device. 
     Description of the Related Art 
     There is a known communication apparatus that enables to select a destination of a data transmission by displaying communication jobs that will be transmitted to and received from external devices and communication jobs that have been transmitted to and received from external devices on a display unit (Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication (Kokai) No. 2015-019291 (JP 2015-019291A)). A communication apparatus that executes a communication job for transmitting to and receiving from an external device includes an image forming apparatus, such as an MFP. An image forming apparatus transmits a scanned image to an external device by attaching it to an e-mail, for example. The image forming apparatus enables a group transmission by attaching transmission attributes, such as To, Cc, and Bcc, to a plurality of transmission destinations. The image forming apparatus saves a transmission history and displays transmission destinations in the past on a transmission history screen. 
     Incidentally, an area of a display screen of a display unit is restricted in a communication job display device of such an image forming apparatus. Particularly, in an image forming apparatus, many kinds of information may be stuffed and displayed on a screen that displays communication jobs. In this way, when the display area of the display unit is restricted or when the information currently displayed on the display screen is not suitable, a user has a possibility of misrecognizing a transmission destination. A user who misrecognized a transmission destination may use a transmission history for retransmission while keeping a misrecognized state. 
     Particularly, when there are a plurality of destinations and not all of the destinations are displayed on a display unit or a display screen, a user tends to forget a destination that is not displayed. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     The present invention provides a communication job record display device that is capable of improving display of a destination in a record of transmission and reception. 
     Accordingly, a first aspect of the present invention provides a communication job record display device including a display unit configured to display information about a communication job concerning transmission and reception with an external device, an obtaining unit configured to obtain record information about the communication job including destination information, and a display controller configured to control display by the display unit. The display controller changes a destination display method based on a size of a record display screen displayed on the display unit and the destination information about the record information obtained so that the destination information will be displayed on the display screen. 
     Accordingly, a second aspect of the present invention provides a control method for a communication job record display device having a display unit on which information about a communication job concerning transmission and reception with an external device is displayed, the display control method including an obtaining step of obtaining record information about a communication job including destination information, and a display control step of controlling display by the display unit. A destination display method is changed based on a size of a record display screen displayed on the display unit and the destination information about the record information obtained so that the destination information will be displayed on the display screen in the display control step. 
     Accordingly, a third aspect of the present invention provides a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a control program causing a computer to execute the control method of the second aspect. 
     According to the present invention, the display of a destination in a history of transmission and reception is improvable. 
     Further features of the present invention will become apparent from the following description of exemplary embodiments with reference to the attached drawings 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         FIG.  1    is a block diagram showing an e-mail system including an image forming apparatus as a communication job record display device according to a first embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG.  2    is a block diagram schematically showing the image forming apparatus in  FIG.  1   . 
         FIG.  3    is an explanatory view showing a home screen displayed on a display unit in  FIG.  2   . 
         FIG.  4    is an explanatory view showing an example of a screen change until at least one transmission-record destination of an e-mail is displayed on the display unit. 
         FIG.  5    is a flowchart showing a transmission destination display process executed by a CPU in  FIG.  2    to display a transmission-record destination of an e-mail. 
         FIG.  6    is an explanatory view showing a screen change of a display screen displayed on the display unit in  FIG.  2    when an e-mail is transmitted. 
         FIG.  7 A  through  FIG.  7 D  are explanatory views showing various kinds of destination selection screens corresponding to operations on the display screens in  FIG.  6   . 
         FIG.  8 A  and  FIG.  8 B  are flowcharts showing parts of a display control process executed by the CPU in  FIG.  2    when a user creates and transmits an e-mail. 
         FIG.  9    is a flowchart showing a destination group saving process in steps S 714 , S 715 , and S 746  in  FIG.  8 B . 
         FIG.  10    is an explanatory view showing a communication sequence between the image forming apparatus and a mail server in the e-mail system in the first embodiment. 
         FIG.  11 A  through  FIG.  11 F  are views for showing examples of a screen for displaying a destination display character string of an e-mail in a second embodiment. 
         FIG.  12    is an explanatory view showing an example of a transmission history of e-mails. 
         FIG.  13    is a flowchart showing a destination display character string saving process executed by the CPU in  FIG.  2    to save transmission-record destinations of an e-mail. 
         FIG.  14    is a flowchart showing details of a destination saving process in step S 901 , S 905 , or S 911  in  FIG.  13    to save destinations of an e-mail. 
         FIG.  15    is a flowchart showing a destination display process for displaying the destination display character string saved through the processes in  FIG.  13    and  FIG.  14    as transmission destinations of an e-mail. 
         FIG.  16    is an explanatory view showing a communication sequence between the image forming apparatus and the mail server in the e-mail system in the second embodiment. 
         FIG.  17 A  and  FIG.  17 B  are flowcharts respectively showing a transmission-record destination saving process to save a transmission-record destination of an e-mail and a destination display switching process in a third embodiment. 
         FIG.  18    is an explanatory view showing a communication sequence between the image forming apparatus and the mail server in the e-mail system in the third embodiment. 
         FIG.  19    is a flowchart showing a destination display character string saving process to save a transmission-record destination of an e-mail in a fourth embodiment. 
     
    
    
     DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS 
     Hereafter, embodiments according to the present invention will be described in detail by referring to the drawings. Configurations described in the following embodiments are only examples, and the scope of the present invention is not limited by the configurations described in the embodiments. 
       FIG.  1    is a block diagram showing an e-mail system  100  including an image forming apparatus  101  as a communication job record display device according to a first embodiment of the present invention. The e-mail system  100  in  FIG.  1    has the image forming apparatus  101 , a mail server  103 , a PC  104 , and a network  105  that connects these apparatuses so that a data communication is available. The network  105  may be connected with each apparatus by a wired system or a wireless system. 
     In the e-mail system  100 , the image forming apparatus  101  attaches image data that is obtained by scanning a document to an e-mail on the basis of an e-mail transmission setting, and transmits the e-mail to the mail server  103 . Image data may be electronic data, such as RAW data of an image, TIFF data, JPEG data, and PDF data. 
     The mail server  103  supports a SMTP protocol, for example. The mail server  103  classifies a received e-mail and attached image data into a mail box of each destination of an e-mail and saves them. The PC  104  receives an e-mail for a user of the PC  104  from the mail server  103  in accordance with a POP protocol. The PC  104  may connect with the image forming apparatus  101  with an HTTP protocol to update a setting with reference to a setting of the image forming apparatus  101 . The PC  104  may refer various kinds of information (a transmission history, an apparatus name, user information, etc.) about the image forming apparatus  101 . 
       FIG.  2    is a block diagram schematically showing a configuration of the image forming apparatus  101  in  FIG.  1   . The image forming apparatus  101  in  FIG.  2    has a reading unit  116 , a display unit  121 , an operation unit  118 , a print unit  120 , and a controller  110  to which these units are connected. 
     The controller  110  has a CPU  111 , a ROM  112 , a RAM  113 , a storage unit  114 , a reading I/F  115 , an operation I/F  117 , a print I/F  119 , a communication I/F  123 , and a system bus  125  to which these components are connected. 
     The ROM  112  records a control program that can be executed by the CPU  111 , and various kinds of data that are used for controlling. The ROM  112  may record a boot program, font data, etc. 
     The storage unit  114  mainly records image data, print data, an address book, various kinds of programs, and various kinds of setting information, for example. The storage unit  114  may be a nonvolatile flash memory that is not erased by OFF/ON of power, for example. In addition to this, the storage unit  114  may be an SSD, HDD, eMMC, etc. 
     The RAM  113  is a main memory of the CPU  111  and is used as a work area and a temporary memory area for developing a program. The ROM  112 , RAM  113 , and storage unit  114  constitute a recording unit of the image forming apparatus  101 . The CPU  111  reads the program recorded in the ROM  112  or the storage unit  114 , develops it to the RAM  113 , and runs it. Thereby, the controller  110  for controlling entire actions of the image forming apparatus  101  is achieved in the image forming apparatus  101  in  FIG.  2   . 
     The controller  110  controls actions of the reading unit  116 , display unit  121 , operation unit  118 , and print unit  120  to execute reading control, print control, e-mail transmission control, for example. It should be noted that the image forming apparatus  101  may be provided with a plurality of CPUs so that programs recorded in the ROM  112  or the storage unit  114  are distributed to the CPUs and are executed. Moreover, a part of programs mentioned later may be processed by hardware circuitry, such as an ASIC and a FPGA. 
     The reading I/F  115  is connected to the reading unit  116 . The reading I/F  115  controls the reading unit  116  to read a document under the control of the CPU  111 . The reading unit  116  reads a document and generates image data of the read document. The reading I/F  115  saves the image data that is generated by the reading unit  116  into the storage unit  114 . 
     The print I/F  119  is connected to the print unit  120 . The print I/F  119  controls the print unit  120  to print image data under the control of the CPU  111 . The print I/F  119  outputs the image data in the storage unit  114  to the print unit  120 . The print unit  120  prints the input image data on a sheet etc. 
     The communication I/F  123  is connected to the network  105 . The communication I/F  123  performs data communication with another apparatus connected to the network  105  under the control of the CPU  111 . When receiving an e-mail to which image data in the storage unit  114  is attached from the CPU  111 , the communication I/F  123  transmits the e-mail to the mail server  103 . The communication I/F  123  may transmit image data with various kinds of communication protocols, such as FTP, SMB, WebDAV, and SMTP. When obtaining data about a setting screen of the image forming apparatus  101 , the communication I/F  123  transmits the data about the setting screen to the PC  104 . When receiving various setting values from the PC  104 , the communication I/F  123  records them into the storage unit  114 . The communication I/F  123  may transmit and receive the data about the setting values and setting screen with various communication protocols, such as HTTP. In this case, the CPU  111  executes a Web server application stored in the ROM  112  to control an HTTP connection by the communication I/F  123 . 
     The operation I/F  117  is connected to the operation unit  118  and the display unit  121 . The operation I/F  117  controls the display unit  121  to display a screen under the control of the CPU  111 . The display unit  121  is a liquid crystal display device, for example. The display unit  121  displays a screen concerning an operation on a display surface of the liquid crystal display device. 
     The operation unit  118  is a touch panel device arranged over the liquid crystal display device, for example. The operation unit  118  outputs operation information like a position of an operation as a user&#39;s operation with respect to the display unit  121 . The operation I/F  117  specifies user&#39;s operation content on the basis of the display screen currently displayed on the display unit  121  and the operation information output from the operation unit  118 , and outputs input data corresponding to the specified operation content to the CPU  111 . 
     The image forming apparatus  101  accumulates and records a transmission history of communication jobs using e-mails in the storage unit  114 . Moreover, the image forming apparatus  101  displays a transmission history of e-mails on the display unit  121  in response to a user&#39;s call operation and is able to retransmit a new e-mail to at least one destination of a transmission record (record information) selected from the displayed transmission history. In this specification, it should be noted that the transmission history means a list of contents of a plurality of e-mails and that the transmission record means one content corresponding to one e-mail in the transmission history. The transmission record may include a plurality of destinations. One of the destinations in the transmission record is referred to as a transmission-record destination. 
     The display unit  121  of the image forming apparatus  101  is used for setting various kinds of functions of the image forming apparatus  101  and is not basically large. The display surface of the display unit  121  of the image forming apparatus  101  will be restricted. In the meantime, the transmission record of one e-mail may include a plurality of destinations in a case of broadcast transmission (multi-address transmission). In this case, not all the destinations are displayed on the display unit  121  of the image forming apparatus  101 . Moreover, when a mail address or an attached name of one destination is long, not all of them are displayed on the display unit  121  of the image forming apparatus  101 . 
     Moreover, destinations of an e-mail have transmission attributes, such as “To”, “Cc”, and “Bcc”. The transmission attribute “To” is generally used for a direct destination of an e-mail and is displayed at the destination. The transmission attribute “Cc” is generally used for an indirect destination of an e-mail and is displayed at the destination. The transmission attribute “Bcc” is generally used for an indirect destination of an e-mail and is not displayed at the destination. One of these transmission attributes is designated for each destination in an e-mail. When a destination of an e-mail is displayed, it is preferable to display transmission attribute in association with the destination. 
     When not all these items of the destination information are appropriately displayed on the display screen of the transmission history of communication jobs, a user may transmit an e-mail to destinations different from what are assumed essentially. The user may wrongly select a non-display destination as a destination of retransmission without checking that there is a non-display destination. 
     Particularly, the image forming apparatus  101  displays various kinds of information including date and time of an e-mail and information about attached image data in addition to a destination of an e-mail collectively on the screen that displays the transmission history of communication jobs. The screen that displays the transmission history of communication jobs is preferably designed so that a destination of retransmission will be selectable appropriately by referring to these pieces of the information. In this case, since the area in which destinations are displayed in the display screen becomes still smaller, the number of destinations that can be displayed decreases. 
     Moreover, when a data amount of one transmission record of the transmission history increases, the number of transmission records in the transmission history that can be accumulated in the storage unit  114  decreases. Accordingly, some image forming apparatuses may restrict the data amount per record. However, if the information about an e-mail destination is decreased in order to restrict the data amount per record in this way, a user may select an unsuitable transmission record as a destination of retransmission from the transmission history. 
     A communication job record display device, such as an image forming apparatus, is desired to improve display of transmission-record destination in consideration of usability in this way. Hereinafter, a counterplan of this embodiment will be described. 
       FIG.  3    is an explanatory view showing a home screen  300  displayed on the display unit  121  in  FIG.  2   . When the image forming apparatus  101  is activated, the CPU  111  displays the home screen in  FIG.  3    on the display unit  121 , for example. The display unit  121  in  FIG.  3    has the liquid crystal display device over which the touch panel device is arranged, a data LED  320  and an error LED  321 . A plurality of function buttons, such as a scan button  301 , a menu button  307 , and an address book button  306 , are displayed on the liquid crystal display device. A user operates a button displayed on the liquid crystal display device by operating the touch panel device arranged over the liquid crystal display device. 
     The CPU  111  executes control corresponding to an operated button (a display object) by running a program associated with the operated button. For example, when a status check button  309  is operated, the CPU  111  controls the display unit  121  to switch the display so as to display a status check screen  400  ( FIG.  4   ) on the display unit  121  for checking the status of the image forming apparatus  101 . 
     When a scan button  301  is operated, the CPU  111  displays transmission setting screens on the display unit  121  for executing e-mail transmission and file transmission with communication protocols, such as FTP, SMB, and WebDAV, from the image forming apparatus  101 . When a menu button  307  is operated, the CPU  111  displays menu screens on the display unit  121  for various settings of the image forming apparatus  101 . When an address book button  306  is operated, the CPU  111  displays an address book display screen  640  ( FIG.  7 B ) showing contents of an address book of the image forming apparatus  101  on the display unit  121 . When a stop button  311  is operated, the CPU  111  stops processes of the image forming apparatus  101  that are currently executed. When a home button  310  is operated, the CPU  111  displays the home screen in  FIG.  3    on the display unit  121 . 
     The stop  311  and home button  310  may be always displayed on the display unit  121 . The Data LED  320  and error LED  321  show the status of the image forming apparatus  101 . The CPU  111  turns on the data LED  310 , when execution of a transmission job or a print job is started. The CPU  111  turns off the data LED  310 , when execution of a transmission job or a print job is completed. The CPU  111  turns on the error LED  311 , when an error (paper jam, paper out, etc.) occurs in the image forming apparatus  101 . 
       FIG.  4    is an explanatory view showing an example of a screen change until at least one transmission-record destination of an e-mail is displayed on the display unit  121 . In  FIG.  4   , when a button at a start point of an arrow is pressed, a screen indicated by an end point of the arrow is displayed. When the status check button  309  of the home screen  300  in  FIG.  3    is operated, the CPU  111  displays the status check screen  400  in  FIG.  4    on the display unit  121 . In the status check screen  400 , buttons for device information, a copy/print job, a transmission job, a receiving job, a fax transfer error job, and network information are displayed as checkable statuses. Moreover, an IP address and a close button  402  are displayed on the status check screen  400 . 
     When a transmission job button  401  in the status check screen  400  is operated, the CPU  111  displays a transmission job check screen  410  in  FIG.  4    that shows statuses and a history of transmission jobs on the display unit  121 . Buttons corresponding to transmitted e-mails, transmitted facsimiles, and transmitted files are displayed as a list in the transmission job check screen  410  as a transmission history. A transmission-status tab button and a transmission-history tab button  411  are displayed on the transmission job check screen  410 . 
     The CPU  111  displays statuses or a history on the transmission job check screen  410  according to an operation of the tab buttons. Moreover, a back button  414  is displayed on the transmission job check screen  410  at upper left. When an e-mail button  413  of the transmission history is operated, the CPU  111  displays a detailed information screen  420   a  in  FIG.  4    on the display unit  121 . When an e-mail button  412  is operated, the CPU  111  displays a detailed information screen  420   b  on the display unit  121 . Buttons showing various kinds of information, such as a destination of an e-mail selected from the transmission history, are displayed on the detailed information screen  420   a  or the detailed information screen  420   b  in  FIG.  4   . 
     In each of the detailed information screen  420   a  and the detailed information screen  420   b , a reception number field  4201 , a transmission result field  4202 , a start time field  4203 , a job type field  4204 , a destination field  4205 , a subject name field  4206 , a number of transmission pages field  4207 , and a communication mode field  4208  are displayed. Contents of the transmission record are described by referring to Table 2 mentioned later. When a scroll bar  422  is operated, the CPU  111  scrolls the contents of the detailed information screen  420   b  displayed on the display unit  121 . When the destination button  421  is operated in the detailed information screen  420   a , the CPU  111  displays a destination screen  430   a  showing a transmission-record destination of an e-mail on the display unit  121 . When the destination button  423  is operated in the detailed information screen  420   b , the CPU  111  displays a destination screen  430   b  showing transmission-record destinations of an e-mail on the display unit  121 . 
     The CPU  111  displays at least one destination on the destination fields  4205  of the detailed information screens  420   a  and  420   b , the destination screens  430   a  and  430   b  on the basis of a transmission-record destination display setting 8000 shown in the below-mentioned Table 1. The CPU  111  as a display controller changes a destination display method in the destination fields  4205  and the destination screens  430   a  and  430   b  on the basis of the size of the destination display area displayed on the display unit  121  and the string length of all the destinations of the obtained transmission record. Particularly, in the destination screens  430   a  and  430   b , the destination display method in the display screen is changed so that all the transmission-record destinations can be displayed as much as possible on the display screen as a list. 
     For example, the destination screen  430   a  in  FIG.  4    displays the destination about the e-mail whose reception number is 0029. The number of the destinations of the e-mail whose reception number is 0029 is one. The communicate mode is ordinary transmission (single-address transmission). In this case, the CPU  111  displays a destination character string  431  including a transmission attribute “To:”, a name “AAA”, and a mail address “&lt;aaa@abc.co.jp&gt;” that are set at the time of transmission in the destination field  4205  of the detailed information screen  420   a  and the destination screen  430   a . Moreover, a display setting button  435  and a display switching button  433  that will be mentioned later are displayed in the destination screen  430   a  in  FIG.  4   . 
     When only one destination is selected from the address book and is transmitted in the ordinary transmission, the destination character string is displayed in the format of “To: name &lt;mail address&gt;” like the destination character string  431 . For example, when a destination whose name is “AAA” and mail address is “aaa@abc.co.jp” is selected from the address book, a destination character string “To:AAA&lt;aaa@abc.co.jp&gt;” is displayed. 
     The destination screen  430   a  in  FIG.  4    displays the destination about the e-mail whose reception number is 0028. The number of the destinations of the e-mail whose reception number is 0028 is more than two. The communicate mode is broadcast transmission (multi-address transmission). In this case, the CPU  111  displays a destination character string  432  including transmission attributes (To/Cc/Bcc) and mail addresses that are set at the time of transmission in the destination field  4205  of the detailed information screen  420   b  and the destination screen  430   b . That is, names are not displayed. A plurality of destinations are continuously displayed with “,” (comma) as a separator. When the string length of the destinations exceeds the string length that can be displayed in the destination field  4205 , a horizontal ellipsis “. . . ” is added to the end of the character string of the destinations that can be displayed. 
     When the transmission-record destinations cannot be displayed within the destination screen  430   b , the CPU  111  displays a scroll bar  434  so that all the destinations can be displayed by scrolling the destination screen  430   b  in response to an operation of the scroll bar  434 . Moreover, when the string length of the transmission-record destinations exceeds the maximum string length that can be saved as destinations, the horizontal ellipsis “. . . ” is added to the end of the destinations to show a user that at least one destination follows the displayed destinations. Moreover, the display setting button  435  and the display switching button  433  that will be mentioned later are displayed in the destination screen  430   b  in  FIG.  4   . 
     In this way, when the number of destinations of the obtained transmission record is equal to or less than the predetermined number (one in this embodiment) that is the number of destinations that can be displayed in the destination screen on the display unit  121 , the CPU  111  as the display controller displays destinations by a first display method. In the first display method, all the destinations of a transmission record are displayed on the display screen as a list. Moreover, the CPU  111  as a display controller displays destinations by a second display method when the number of destinations of the obtained transmission record is more than the predetermined number (i.e., two or more) that is the number of destinations that can be displayed in the destination screen on the display unit  121 . In the second display method, all the destinations of a transmission record are displayed in a more compact style than the first display method on the display screen as a list. 
     
       
         
           
               
             
               
                 TABLE 1 
               
             
            
               
                   
               
               
                 Transmission Record Destination Display Setting 8000 
               
            
           
           
               
               
            
               
                 Setting Item 
                 Setting Contents (∘: Default) 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 Display Method of 
                 Display at 
                 Display 
                   
               
               
                 Transmission Attribute 
                 Head of 
                 Following 
               
               
                 (Cc/Bcc) 8001 
                 Line 
                 Previous 
               
               
                   
                   
                 Destination ∘ 
               
               
                 Destination 
                 Switch 
                 Not Switch ∘ 
               
               
                 Information 
               
               
                 Screen 8002 
               
               
                 Transmission Attribute 
                 Add ∘ 
                 Not Add 
               
               
                 (To/Cc/Bcc) 8003 
               
               
                 Auto-Adjustment of 
                 Adjust 
                 Not Adjust ∘ 
               
               
                 Destination Form 
               
               
                 To/Cc/Bcc 8030 
               
               
                 To-Destination Form 
                 Name 
                 Address 
                 Name + 
               
               
                 (Ordinary) 8004 
                   
                   
                 Address ∘ 
               
               
                 To-Destination Form 
                 Name 
                 Address ∘ 
                 Name + 
               
               
                 (Broadcast) 8005 
                   
                   
                 Address 
               
               
                 Character of To- 
                 Small Font 
                 Standard ∘ 
               
               
                 Destination 8006 
               
               
                 Cc-Destination 8010 
                 Display ∘ 
                 Non-Display 
               
               
                 Cc-Destination Form 
                 Name 
                 Address ∘ 
                 Name + 
               
               
                 8011 
                   
                   
                 Address 
               
               
                 Character of Cc- 
                 Small Font 
                 Standard ∘ 
               
               
                 Destination 8013 
               
               
                 Bcc-Destination 8020 
                 Display ∘ 
                 Non-Display 
               
               
                 Bcc-Destination Form 
                 Name 
                 Address ∘ 
                 Name + 
               
               
                 8021 
                   
                   
                 Address 
               
               
                 Character of Bcc 
                 Small Font 
                 Standard ∘ 
               
               
                 Destination 8023 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
       FIG.  5    is a flowchart showing a transmission destination display process executed by the CPU  111  in  FIG.  2    in order to display transmission-record destinations of an e-mail. The CPU  111  executes the process in  FIG.  5    by reading and writing the storage  114 , RAM  113 , and ROM  112  and by controlling the display unit  121 , operation unit  118 , reading unit  116 , and communication I/F  123 . In step S 501 , the CPU  111  obtains the transmission history from the storage  114 . In step S 502 , the CPU  111  displays the transmission job check screen  410  on the display unit  121 . In the transmission job check screen  410 , a job type, start time, a transmission result (OK/NG), and an error code when the result is NG are displayed for every transmission job. 
     Moreover, the CPU  111  enables to scroll the list display of the transmission history depending on the display area of the display unit  121 . The CPU  11  displays icons that show types of jobs for every job. In step S 503 , the CPU  111  determines whether one of the transmission jobs currently displayed in the transmission job check screen  410  is selected. When one of the transmission jobs is not selected, the CPU  111  returns the process to the step S 502 . The CPU  111  repeats the processes in the steps S 502  and S 503  until one of the transmission jobs is selected. 
     When one of the transmission jobs is selected, the CPU  111  holds the reception number of the selected job and proceeds with the process to step S 504 . In the step S 504 , the CPU  111  obtains a transmission record corresponding to the reception number held in the step  503  and displays the detailed information screen  420   a  or the detailed information screen  420   b  about the selected transmission job. Contents of detailed information saved in a transmission record are shown in Table 2. 
     Detailed information saved in a transmission record is generated for every execution of a transmission job and is saved for every job in the nonvolatile storage  114 . The content in the destination field  4205  of the transmission record is obtained by converting the destination information at the time of e-mail transmission into a destination display character string by the above-mentioned first display method or second display method and is stored in the storage  114 . In step S 505 , the CPU  111  determines whether the destination button  421  or  423  in the detailed information screen  420   a  or  420   b  is selected by a user&#39;s operation. When the destination buttons  421  and  423  in the detailed information screens  420   a  and  420   b  are not selected by a user&#39;s operation, the CPU  111  returns the process to the step S 504 . The CPU  111  repeats the processes in the steps S 504  and S 505  until the destination button  421  or  423  is selected. 
     When the destination button  421  or  423  in the detailed information screen  420   a  or  420   b  is selected by a user&#39;s operation, the CPU  111  proceeds with the process to step S 506 . In the step S 506 , the CPU  111  obtains the destination display character string stored in the destination field  4205  according to the reception number of the transmission record that is currently displayed, and then, displays the obtained destination display character string on the destination screen  430   a  or the destination screen  430   b . 
     
       
         
           
               
             
               
                 TABLE 2 
               
             
            
               
                   
               
               
                 Transmission Record 
               
            
           
           
               
               
            
               
                 Display Item 
                 Content 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Reception 
                 Four Digit Number Starting from 0001. Incremented 
               
               
                 Number 4201 
                 whenever New Job is generated. 
               
               
                 Transmission 
                 Result of Transmission (OK/NG). Error Code is added 
               
               
                 Result 4202 
                 in case of NG. 
               
               
                 Start Time 
                 Time of starting Transmission. 
               
               
                 4203 
               
               
                 Job Type 4204 
                 E-mail, I-fax, or File 
               
               
                 Destination 
                 Mail Addresses and Transmission Attributes (Character 
               
               
                 4205 
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       FIG.  6    is an explanatory view showing a screen change of the display screen on the display unit  121  in  FIG.  2    when an e-mail is transmitted. When the scan button  301  of the home screen  300  in  FIG.  3    is operated, the CPU  111  displays a scan screen  600  in  FIG.  6    on the display unit  121 . When a scanned image is transmitted with attaching to an e-mail, a user operates an e-mail button  601 . In response to this, the CPU  111  displays an e-mail screen  610   a  or  610   b  in  FIG.  6    on the display unit  121 . 
     A destination setting tab button  612  and a transmission setting tab button  611  are displayed on each of the e-mail screens  610   a  and  610   b . As shown in  FIG.  6   , the status check button is displayed in job setting screens, such as the e-mail screens  610   a  and  610   b , besides the home screen  300 . The e-mail screen  610   a  is displayed when the transmission setting tab button  611  is operated. On the e-mail screen  610   a , setting buttons about reading of a document, such as a reading size button, a file format button for an image generated by reading a document, a density button, and a document type button, are displayed. 
     The e-mail screen  610   b  in  FIG.  6    is displayed when the destination setting tab button  612  is operated. Setting buttons for setting a transmission destination are displayed on the e-mail screen  610   b . A keyboard entry button, an address book button  613 , an LDAP server button, and a transmission record button  618  are displayed on the e-mail screen  610   b . When a keyboard entry button is operated, the CPU  111  displays a keyboard. A user directly enters a mail address of a transmission destination from a keyboard. Thereby, the CPU  111  obtains the transmission destination of the e-mail. 
     When the address book button  613  is operated, the CPU  111  displays the address book display screen  640  ( FIG.  7 B ) registered in the storage  114 . The address book includes information, such as a transmission type (an e-mail, a file, a facsimile, etc.), a name, destination data (a mail address, a host name, server information, etc.), and account information (a user name and a password). A user selects a mail address of a destination from the mail addresses displayed. Thereby, the CPU  111  obtains the transmission destination of the e-mail selected by the user&#39;s operation from the address book. 
     When the LDAP server button is operated, the CPU  111  obtains and displays an address book registered in an LDAP server (not shown). The user selects a mail address of a destination from mail addresses displayed. Thereby, the CPU  111  obtains the transmission destination of the e-mail selected by the operation. When the transmission record button  618  is operated, the CPU  111  displays the transmission history registered in the storage  114 . The user selects the desired transmission record from the transmission history displayed. Thereby, the CPU  111  obtains at least one transmission destination of the e-mail included in the transmission record selected by the operation. 
     When a monochrome start button  615  or a color start button  614  is operated on the e-mail screen  610   a  or  610   b  in  FIG.  6   , the CPU  111  starts a preparation process for an e-mail transmission and displays a transmission screen  620  on the display unit  121 . A message  621  of “Reading/Transmitting”, a message  622  about the number of destinations and the number of transmission pages, and a transmission start button  623  are displayed on the transmission screen  620 . The number of destinations  622  is the number of the destinations of the e-mail transmission. The number of transmission pages is the number of pages of the document that is transmitted with attaching to the e-mail. The transmission start button  623  may be displayed for every page while reading a document. When the transmission start button  623  is operated, the CPU  111  executes an e-mail transmission process. 
       FIG.  7 A  through  FIG.  7 D  are explanatory views showing various kinds of destination selection screens corresponding to operations on the display screens in  FIG.  6   .  FIG.  7 A  is a destination setting screen  630  for respective transmission attributes displayed when the address book button  613  is operated on the e-mail screen  610   b  in  FIG.  6   . A To button  631 , Cc button  632 , and Bcc button  633  are displayed on the setting screen  630 . When the To button  631 , Cc button  632 , or Bcc button  633  is operated, the CPU  111  displays the address book display screen  640  in  FIG.  7 B . Buttons corresponding to a plurality of destinations included in the address book are displayed as a list on the address book display screen  640 . When a mail address button  643  displayed on an icon menu in a lower part of the address book display screen  640  is operated, the CPU  111  display an e-mail address registered in the address book on each button. 
     When a star mark button  645  is operated, the CPU  111  displays facsimile numbers, e-mail addresses, I-facsimile (Internet facsimile) addresses, file transfer destinations, etc. that are registered in an often-used setting are displayed on the address book display screen  640 . 
     When the destination buttons are selected by operations on the address book display screen  640  in  FIG.  7 B , the CPU  111  displays checked marks  641  on the buttons of the selected destinations. Unchecked marks  642  are displayed on the destination buttons that are not selected. A plurality of destinations are selected in the case of the broadcast transmission. When a save button  644  is operated, the CPU  111  sets the destinations that are selected at the time of the operation as the transmission destinations of the transmission attribute concerned and displays the e-mail screen  610   b  in  FIG.  6    on the display unit  121 . When a plurality of destinations are selected, the number of destinations displayed on the destination check button  617  becomes two or more. When the destination check button  617  is operated, the CPU  111  displays the selected destinations on the detailed address confirmation screen  650  in  FIG.  7 C . At least one e-mail address that is set as the destination of the e-mail is classified into the transmission attributes To/Cc/Bcc and is displayed on the detailed address confirmation screen  650 . 
     When a destination button  651  is operated on the detailed address confirmation screen  650 , the CPU  111  displays the checked mark at the left end of a button and enables the destination to be operated. Then, when a destination release button  652  in the lower part of the screen is operated, the CPU  111  removes the destination to which the checked mark is displayed from the e-mail destinations. When the destination edit button  653  is operated, the CPU  111  enables the destination to which the checked mark is displayed to be edited. When a detailed information button  654  is operated, the CPU  111  displays the detailed information about the destination to which the checked mark is displayed. When a To/Cc/Bcc button  655  is operated, the CPU  111  displays a transmission attribute change screen for the destination to which the checked mark is displayed. In this case, the CPU  111  may display the setting screen  630  in  FIG.  7 A . 
       FIG.  7 D  shows a transmission-record selection screen  660  that is displayed when the transmission record button  618  on the e-mail screen  610   b  in  FIG.  6    is operated. Transmission record buttons  661 ,  662 , and  663  corresponding to the transmission jobs that have been transmitted are displayed as a list on the transmission-record selection screen  660 . Destinations are respectively displayed on the transmission record buttons  661 ,  662 , and  663 . 
     When one of the transmission record buttons  661 ,  662 , and  663  is operated, the CPU  111  obtains all the e-mail addresses included in the transmission record selected by the operation as the transmission destinations. Moreover, the CPU  111  displays the e-mail screen  610   a  or  610   b  in  FIG.  6    on the display unit  121 . On the transmission-record selection screen  660 , the destinations are displayed on the transmission record buttons by respectively different display methods. For example, on the transmission record button  661 , a destination is shown by a name and mail address. The two destinations AAA&lt;aaa@abc.co.jp&gt; and BBB&lt;bbb@abc.co.jp&gt;, and the horizontal ellipsis “. . . ” showing that another destination is set is displayed. 
     On the transmission record button  662 , a transmission destination is shown by a mail address only. Three destinations that are all the transmission destinations are displayed. On the transmission record button  663 , a destination is shown by a transmission attribute, name and mail address. One destination AAA&lt;aaa@abc.co.jp&gt; is displayed for the transmission attribute To. One destination BBB&lt;bbb@abc.co.jp&gt; is displayed for the transmission attribute Cc. A user understands details of destinations by changing the display method of destinations in this way, which reduces user&#39;s mis setting of a destination to which an e-mail has been transmitted. The above process corresponds to the change of the display screen at the time of e-mail transmission. 
       FIG.  8 A  and  FIG.  8 B  are flowcharts showing parts of a display process executed by the CPU  111  in  FIG.  2    when a user creates and transmits an e-mail.  FIG.  8 A  is a flowchart showing the process that creates and transmits an e-mail. 
     In step S 701 , the CPU  111  determines whether the transmission setting tab button  611  is selected on the e-mail screen. When the transmission setting tab button  611  is not selected, the CPU  111  proceeds with the process to step S 702 . In the step S 702 , the CPU  111  sets at least one transmission destination of an e-mail according to a user&#39;s instruction. The process for setting the transmission destination(s) of an e-mail has been described in the above description about the screen change. The CPU  111  saves data like an address of a set destination in the RAM  113 . 
     When the transmission setting tab button  611  is selected, the CPU  111  proceeds the process to step S 703 . In the step S 703 , the CPU  111  performs reading setting about an image file attached to the e-mail and transmission setting about a body text and subject of the e-mail according to an instruction from a user. The CPU  111  saves setting data in the work area etc. of the RAM  113 . In step S 704 , the CPU  111  determines whether transmission of the e-mail is started in response to an operation of the monochrome start button  615  or the color start button  614 . When the transmission of the e-mail is not started, the CPU  111  returns the process to the step S 701 . When the transmission of the e-mail is started, the CPU  111  proceeds with the process to step S 705 . 
     The CPU  111  reads a document placed on the reading unit  116  and saves the read image data in the RAM  113  in the step S 705 . The CPU  111  converts the saved image data into an attached file of the e-mail and transmits the e-mail to the mail server  103  from the communication I/F  123  through the network  105 . The CPU  111  transmits the e-mail on the basis of the destination(s) and the transmission setting that have been set in the steps S 702  and S 703 . When the monochrome start button  615  is operated, the CPU  111  reads the document in monochrome, attaches the read image file to the e-mail, and transmits the e-mail. When the color start button  614  is operated, the CPU  111  reads the document in color, attaches the read image file to the e-mail, and transmits the e-mail. 
     In step S 706 , the CPU  111  accumulates and records the transmission record of the e-mail processed in the step  705  in the storage  114 . In step S 707 , the CPU  111  generates a destination display character string used when indicating transmission destinations from the transmission record of the e-mail and saves it in the storage  114 . 
       FIG.  8 B  is a flowchart showing the destination display character string saving process in the step S 707  in  FIG.  8 A . In step S 710 , the CPU  111  determines whether the number of the destination(s) set in the step S 702  is one. When the number of the set destination(s) is one, the CPU  111  proceeds with the process to step S 711 . When the number of the set destinations is two or more, the CPU  111  proceeds with the process to step S 714 . 
     When saving one destination, the CPU  111  saves the transmission attribute “To:” as the destination display character string in the storage  114 . In step S 712 , the CPU  111  adds the name of the transmission destination to the end of the destination display character string in the storage  114 . In step S 713 , the CPU  111  adds brackets “&lt;” and “&gt;” before and after the mail address as “&lt;mail address&gt;” and adds it to the end of the destination display character string in the storage  114 . 
     When saving the plurality of destinations, the CPU  111  saves destinations of the transmission attribute “To:” as the destination display character string in the storage  114  in step S 714 . In the following step S 715 , the CPU  111  adds destinations of the transmission attribute “Cc:” to the end of the destination display character string in the storage  114 . In the following step S 716 , the CPU  111  adds destinations of the transmission attribute “Bcc:” to the end of the destination display character string in the storage  114 . In the storage  114 , the maximum string length of the destination display character string that can be saved as the transmission-record destinations is decided. 
       FIG.  9    is a flowchart showing a destination group saving process in the steps S 714 , S 715 , and S 716  in  FIG.  8 B . In step S 720 , the CPU  111  obtains a character string of a transmission attribute set in the step S 714 , S 715 , or S 716 . In step S 721 , the CPU  111  saves the obtained character string “To:”, “Cc:”, or “Bcc:” showing the transmission attribute to the destination display character string in the storage  114 . In step S 722 , the CPU  111  obtains an individual destination character string of one destination of the transmission attribute set after operating the destination setting tab button  612  and saves it in the RAM  113 . Contents of an individual destination character string are set for every transmission attribute on the basis of the keyboard entry, the address book, the LDAP server, or the transmission history. 
     In step S 723 , the CPU  111  determines whether the length of a temporary destination character string that will be obtained by adding the individual character string saved in the RAM  113  in the step S 722  to the destination display character string that is saved in the storage  114  exceeds the maximum string length. When the length (the total number of characters) of the temporary destination character string will exceed the maximum string length, the CPU  111  proceeds with the process to step S 727 . In the step S 727 , the CPU  111  adds the horizontal ellipsis “. . . ” to the end of the destination display character string saved in the storage  114  without saving the individual destination character string saved in the RAM  113 . Then, the CPU  111  finishes the process in  FIG.  9   . 
     When the length of the temporary destination character string will not exceed the maximum string length, the CPU  111  proceeds with the process to step S 724 . In step S 724 , the CPU  111  adds the individual destination character string saved in the RAM  113  to the end of the destination display character string saved in the storage  114 . In step S 726 , the CPU  111  determines whether there is any unprocessed destination about the obtained transmission attribute. When there is an unprocessed destination, the CPU  111  proceeds with the process to step S 725 . The CPU  111  adds a delimiter “,” (comma) to the end of the destination display character string saved in the storage  114  in the step S 725  and returns the process to the step S 722 . The CPU  111  repeats the above process until all the destinations of the destination group are processed. Thereby, the character string of at least one destination of the obtained transmission attribute is recorded in the destination display character string in the storage  114 . When there is no unprocessed destination, the CPU  111  finishes the process in  FIG.  9   . 
     Thereby, the destination display character string (transmission-record destinations) displayed on each of the transmission record buttons  661 ,  662 , and  663  in the transmission-record selection screen  660  in  FIG.  7 D  is recorded in the storage  114 . Then, when displaying the transmission record buttons  661 ,  662 , and  663 , the CPU  111  reads the destination display character string from the storage  114  and displays it on the transmission record buttons  661 ,  662 , and  663 . The plurality of transmission-record destinations are displayed on the transmission-record selection screen  660  as lists in predetermined formats. 
     In this way, when the number of destinations of the obtained transmission record is equal to or less than the predetermined number (one in this embodiment) that is the number of destinations that can be displayed in the destination screen on the display unit  121 , the CPU  111  as the display controller displays destinations by the first display method. In the first display method, the transmission-record destinations are displayed on the display screen as a list. In the first display method, the CPU  111  displays mail addresses and names of the transmission-record destinations on the display screen as a list according to the address format defined by the RFC (Request For Comments)  2822 . 
     Moreover, the CPU  111  displays destinations on the display screen by the second display method as a list when the number of destinations of the obtained transmission record is more than the predetermined number (i.e., two or more) that is the number of destinations that can be displayed in the destination screen on the display unit  121 . In the second display method, each destination of a transmission record is displayed in a more compact style than the first display method. In the second display method, the CPU  111  displays only mail addresses on the display screen as a list in the predetermined format about the destinations, even when mail addresses and names of the destinations have been registered in the transmission record of the e-mail. Moreover, when the transmission attributes about the destinations are obtained in the obtained transmission record of the e-mail, the CPU  111  displays the character strings showing the transmission attributes in association with the transmission-record destinations on the display screen. 
       FIG.  10    is an explanatory view showing a communication sequence between the image forming apparatus  101  and the mail server  103  in the e-mail system  100  in the first embodiment. In  FIG.  10   , user&#39;s operations to the image forming apparatus  101  are also illustrated. When transmitting an e-mail from the image forming apparatus  101 , the CPU  111  of the image forming apparatus  101  changes the display screen of the display unit  121  according to a user&#39;s operation in step S 1201  and displays the e-mail screen  610   a  or  610   b  in  FIG.  6    on the display unit  121 . 
     The CPU  111  of the image forming apparatus  101  repeats the process from the step S 701  to the step S 704  in  FIG.  8 A  according to the destination setting and the transmission setting by the user in step S 1202 . The CPU  111  of the image forming apparatus  101  starts the e-mail transmitting process in response to a user&#39;s start instruction in step S 1203 . In response to the operation of the monochrome start button  615  or the color start button  614 , the CPU  111  of the image forming apparatus  101  reads an image in the step S 705 , generates an e-mail to which an image file is attached, and transmits the e-mail. For example, the CPU  111  controls the reading unit  116  to read an image of a document according to the transmission setting set in the step S 703 . The reading unit I/F records the read image data to the RAM  113  or the storage  114 . 
     Next, the CPU  111  converts the read image into the MIME format of e-mail transmission. Next, the CPU  111  generates an e-mail according to the destination setting set in the step S 702 . The CPU  111  adds the generated image data in the MIME format to the data of the e-mail. Next, the CPU  111  controls the communication I/F  123  to transmit the generated e-mail to the mail server  103  through the network  105  in step S 1204 . 
     The communication I/F  123  accesses the mail server  103  by the procedure of the SMTP protocol and transmits the e-mail to the mail server  103 . The mail server  103  saves the received e-mail and transmits a response showing that the e-mail transmission has been finished to the communication I/F  123  in step S 1205 . After finishing transmission of the e-mail, the CPU  111  saves the transmission record (S 706 ) and executes the destination display character string saving process (S 707 ) as e-mail transmission termination processes. 
     The CPU  111  notifies the user of the transmission end in a transmission end notification step S 1206 . The CPU  111  notifies the user of the transmission end by turning off an LED, for example. The CPU  111  may notify the user of the transmission end by sounding a buzzer (not shown). The user who knows the transmission end operates the status check button  309  on the home screen  300  in a status check step S 1207 . Thereby, the CPU  111  displays the status check screen  400  shown in  FIG.  4   . 
     When the user selects the transmission job in step S 1208 , the CPU  111  displays the transmission job check screen  410  shown in  FIG.  4    on the display unit  121  by executing the process in the steps S 501  and S 502 . When the user selects the transmission record of one e-mail in step S 1209 , the CPU  111  displays the detailed information screen  420   a  or  420   b  by executing the process in the steps S 503  and S 504 . When the user selects the destination button  421  or  423  in step S 1210 , the CPU  111  display the destination screen  430   a  or  430   b  shown in  FIG.  4    on the display unit  121  by executing the process in the steps S 505  and S 506 . 
     As mentioned above, in this embodiment, the CPU  111  of the image forming apparatus  101  generates an e-mail to which image data is attached according to a user&#39;s operation and transmits it to the mail server  103 . Moreover, the CPU  111  of the image forming apparatus  101  saves a transmission record of a transmitted e-mail etc. and displays a transmission-record destination on the display unit  121  according to a user&#39;s operation in the steps S 1207  through S 1210 . 
     In the destination screen  430   a  displayed when there is one destination, the transmission attribute, name, and mail address are displayed like the destination character string  431 . All the destinations of the transmission record are displayed on the display screen of the display unit  121  as a list in the first display method that displays a transmission attribute, name, and mail address. The mail address and name of each destination are displayed in the address format of the RFC2822. A character string showing a transmission attribute is displayed in association with a transmission-record destination. The user easily finds a destination of a transmitted e-mail by referring to a name and mail address. 
     Moreover, in the destination screen  430   b  displayed when there are two or more destinations, transmission attributes and mail addresses are displayed without displaying names like the destination character string  432 . All the destinations of the transmission record are displayed on the display screen of the display unit  121  as a list in the second display method that displays a transmission attribute and mail address while omitting a name and so that the items are displayed in more compact than the first display method. The mail address of each destination is displayed by the format of mail address as-is. A character string showing a transmission attribute is displayed in association with a transmission-record destination. The user easily finds a destination of a transmitted e-mail from a mail address. 
     Moreover, when the length of the destination display character string exceeds the maximum string length, the horizontal ellipsis “. . . ” is added after the last destination on the destination screen  430   b . The user easily ascertains that there is at least one destination that is not displayed. In this way, in this embodiment, the destination display method is changed so that all the transmission-record destinations can be displayed as much as possible on the display screen as a list on the basis of the size of the destination display area displayed on the display unit  121  and the length of the character string including all the destinations of the obtained transmission record. 
     Accordingly, in this embodiment, all the destinations of the obtained transmission record are basically displayed on the display screen of the display unit  121  more appropriately. The display of the destinations is excellent in usability. As a result, the display of the transmission-record destinations is improved in this embodiment. This reduces user&#39;s misunderstanding of a destination. Possibility of retransmitting a message while the user misunderstands the transmission destinations can be reduced. 
     Next, an e-mail system  100  including an image forming apparatus  101  according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the following description, differences from the first embodiment will be mainly described. This embodiment describes a case where the display setting button  435  displayed on the destination screen  430   a  or  430   b  in  FIG.  4    is operated. 
     When the display setting button  435  is operated, the CPU  111  as the display setting unit requests a user to set a display form of a destination on the destination screen displayed on the display unit  121 . Specifically, change of a setting content is received about each setting item of the transmission-history destination display setting 8000 of Table 1 stored in the storage  114 . After that, the CPU  111  displays transmission-record destinations of an e-mail on the display screen as a list on the basis of the changed display settings of Table 1. 
       FIG.  11 A  through  FIG.  11 F  are views for showing examples of screens for displaying transmission-record destinations of an e-mail in the second embodiment. The CPU  111  displays destinations of the obtained transmission record on each of transmission-record destination screens shown in  FIG.  11 A  through  FIG.  11 F  as a list in a display form set for each of the first and second display methods according to the display settings of Table 1. Each of the transmission-record destination screens will be described in association with the transmission-record destination display setting 8000 of Table 1. 
     The transmission-record destination screen  801  in  FIG.  11 A  is an example where the display method of transmission attribute (Cc/Bcc) 8001 is set to “Display at Head of Line” and the transmission attribute (To/Cc/Bcc) 8003 is set to “Add”. The transmission attributes Cc and Bcc are displayed at the head of lines. Moreover, the Cc destination 8010 and the Bcc destination 8020 are set to “Display”, and the TO destination form (broadcast) 8005, Cc destination form 8011, and Bcc destination form 8021 are set to “Name+Address”. The character of To destination 8006, character of Cc destination 8013, and character of Bcc destination 8023 are set to “Standard”. It should be noted that a plurality of destinations of the same transmission attribute are displayed following the previous destination. 
     The transmission-record destination screen  802  in  FIG.  11 B  is an example where the Cc destination form 8011 and Bcc destination form 8021 are changed to “Address” from the settings in  FIG.  11 A . In this case, only the destinations of the transmission attribute To are displayed in the form of “name&lt;address&gt;”. The destinations in the transmission attributes Cc and Bcc are displayed in the form of “address”. 
     The transmission-record destination screen  803  in  FIG.  11 C  is an example where the display method of transmission attribute (Cc/Bcc) 8001 is changed to “Display Following Previous Destination” and the character of Cc destination 8013 and character of Bcc destination 8023 are changed to “Small Font” from the settings in  FIG.  11 B . In this case, only the destinations of the transmission attribute To are displayed in the standard character font. The destinations in the transmission attributes Cc and Bcc are displayed in the small character font. The small characters are achieved by embedding a control code that changes the font of characters of a destination into a small font into the destination character string. When the control code is read at the time of displaying a destination, the destination is displayed while changing the display font into the small font. 
     The transmission-record destination screen  804  in  FIG.  11 D  is an example where the Cc destination 8010 and Bcc destination 8020 are changed to “Not Display” from the settings in  FIG.  11 A . In this case, only the destinations of the transmission attribute To are displayed. The destinations of the transmission attributes Cc and Bcc are omitted and are not displayed. In this case, a message “(Cc/Bcc omission)” is displayed in the destination screen  804  for showing that there are some hidden destinations of the omitted transmission attributes Cc and Bcc. When only destinations of the transmission attribute Cc are omitted, a message “(Cc omission)” is displayed. When only destinations of the transmission attribute Bcc are omitted, a message “(Bcc omission)” is displayed. Moreover, when there is no destination of an omitted transmission attribute, a message like “(Cc/Bcc omission)” is not displayed. 
     The transmission-record destination screen  805  in  FIG.  11 E  is an example where the display method of transmission attribute (Cc/Bcc) 8001 is changed to “Display Following Former Destination”, and the To destination form (broadcast) 8005, Cc destination form 8011, and Bcc destination form 8021 are changed to “Name” from the settings in  FIG.  11 B . In this case, a destination is shown by a name only. 
     The transmission-record destination screen  806  in  FIG.  11 F  is a display example where the auto-adjustment of destination form To/Cc/Bcc 8030 is set to “Adjust”. It is determined whether the destination character string falls within the screen when each destination is displayed in the form of “name&lt;address&gt;” for each of the transmission attributes To/Cc/Bcc. As a result, it is determined that only the destination character string of the transmission attribute Bcc cannot fall within the screen, and the destinations of the transmission attribute Bcc are displayed by the address only. 
     Moreover, the transmission-record destination screens  801  through  806  in  FIG.  11 A  through  FIG.  11 F  are displayed on the display unit  121  as with the destination screen  430   a  or  430   b  in  FIG.  4    about the transmission record of the e-mail. The display setting button  435  and display switching button  433  are displayed on the transmission-record destination screens  801  through  806  in  FIG.  11 A  through  FIG.  11 F . 
       FIG.  12    is an explanatory view showing an example of the transmission history of e-mails. In  FIG.  12   , the transmission history of the e-mails is displayed in a list form. When the PC  104  transmits a transmission history display request to a Web server of the image forming apparatus  101 , the transmission history is displayed in the list form as a response. Actually, the destination display character strings are displayed on the basis of the settings in the transmission-record destination display setting 8000. However, the destination display character strings  1501  through  1508  shown in  FIG.  12    show the display examples based on different display settings for description. 
     The destination display character string  1501  is an example of the setting where the transmission attribute (To/Cc/Bcc) 8003 is set to “Add”. The To destination form (broadcast) 8005, Cc destination form 8011, and Bcc destination form 8021 are set to “Address”. Moreover, since the length of the destination display character string exceeds the maximum string length, the horizontal ellipsis “. . . ” is added to the end. 
     The destination display character string  1502  is an example of the setting where the transmission attribute (To/Cc/Bcc) 8003 is set to “Add”. The To destination form (broadcast) 8005 is set to “name+address”. The destination display character string  1503  is an example of the setting where the transmission attribute (To/Cc/Bcc) 8003 is set to “Add”. The To destination form (ordinary) 8004 is set to “name+address”. The destination display character string  1504  is an example of the setting where the transmission attribute (To/Cc/Bcc) 8003 is set to “Add”. The To destination form (ordinary) 8004 is set to “address”. 
     The destination display character string  1505  is an example of the setting where the transmission attribute (To/Cc/Bcc) 8003 is set to “Not Add”. The To destination form (ordinary) 8004 is set to “name+address”. The destination display character string  1506  is an example of the setting where the transmission attribute (To/Cc/Bcc) 8003 is set to “Not Add”. The To destination form (ordinary) 8004 is set to “address”. The total destination character string  1507  is an example of the setting where the transmission attribute (To/Cc/Bcc) 8003 is set to “Add”. The To destination form (ordinary) 8004 is set to “Name”. The destination display character string  1508  is an example of the setting where the transmission attribute (To/Cc/Bcc) 8003 is set to “Add”. The To destination form (broadcast) 8005 is set to “name+address” and the Cc destination form 8011 is set to “Address”. 
     As mentioned above, the destinations can be displayed as a list in a form that a user wants to see by selecting from among the various settings. Furthermore, the transmission-record destination display setting of the list form may be prepared for the destination screens  430   a  and  430   b  in the storage  114  in addition to the transmission record destination display setting 8000 so as to enable to display destinations in a form suitable for the list form. 
     The CPU  111  as the display setting unit sets the display form of a name and mail address of an e-mail destination for each transmission attribute about each of the first and second display methods in this way. In this case, the CPU  111  as the display controller controls the display of a name and mail address of a destination according to the setting for each transmission attribute in each of the first and second display methods. 
     Moreover, the CPU  111  sets an attribute of using characters as a display form of an e-mail destination for each transmission attribute in each of the first and second display methods. In this case, the CPU  111  as the display controller controls the display of a destination according to the attribute of characters set for each transmission attribute in each of the first and second display methods. 
     Moreover, the CPU  111  sets presence of display of a transmission attribute as a display form of an e-mail destination. In this case, the CPU  111  as the display controller controls the display of a destination while adding or not adding a transmission attribute according to the setting in each of the first and second display methods. Moreover, the CPU  111  sets display/non-display of a destination itself about the transmission attributes Cc and Bcc as the display form of an e-mail destination. In this case, the CPU  111  as the display controller controls display/non-display of a destination itself according to the setting for each transmission attribute in each of the first and second display methods. 
     Moreover, the CPU  111  sets whether destinations of different transmission attributes are continuously displayed or a destination of which transmission attribute is different from the previous destination is displayed from a head of a new line as a display form of an e-mail destination. In this case, the CPU  111  as the display controller controls the display of destinations in each of the first and second display methods. 
     Next, a destination display character string saving process based on the transmission-record destination display setting 8000 in Table 1 will be described.  FIG.  13    is a flowchart showing the destination display character string saving process executed by the CPU  111  in  FIG.  2   . In step S 901 , the CPU  111  saves destinations of the transmission attribute To as a destination display character string for displaying transmission-record destinations. The destinations are saved according to a flowchart in  FIG.  14    on the basis of the destination information about To and the transmission-record destination display setting 8000. 
     In step S 906 , the CPU  111  determines whether there is a Cc destination. When there is no Cc destination, the CPU  111  proceeds with the process to step S 912 . When there is a Cc destination, the CPU  111  proceeds with the process to step S 902 . In the step S 902 , the CPU  111  determines whether a line feed code should be added. Specifically, the CPU  111  determines whether a saving start position of a Cc destination matches a head of a line. When the saving start position matches a head of a line, the CPU  111  proceeds with the process to step S 904 . When the saving start point does not match a head of a line, the CPU  111  determines whether the display method of transmission attribute (Cc/Bcc) 8001 is set to “Display at Head of Line”. When the display method of transmission attribute (Cc/Bcc) 8001 is set to “Display at Head of Line”, the CPU  111  proceeds with the process to step S 903 . When the display method of transmission attribute (Cc/Bcc) 8001 is not set to “Display at Head of Line”, the CPU  111  proceeds with the process to the step S 904 . 
     In the step S 903 , the CPU  111  adds a line feed code to the end of the destination display character string in order to display the following Cc destination from a head of a new line. After that, the CPU  111  proceeds with the process to the step S 904 . In the step S 904 , the CPU  111  determines whether a Cc destination should be omitted on the basis of the setting of the Cc destination 8010. When the Cc destination 8010 is set to “Non-Display” for omitting a Cc destination, the CPU  111  proceeds with the process to step S 907 . When the Cc destination 8010 is set to “Display” for not omitting a Cc destination, the CPU  111  proceeds with the process to step S 905 . 
     In the step S 905 , the CPU  111  adds destinations of the transmission attribute Cc to the end of the destination display character string. Specifically, a group destination character string of the transmission attribute Cc is added to the transmission-record destination character string. The destinations are saved according to the flowchart in  FIG.  14    on the basis of the destination information about Cc and the transmission-record destination display setting 8000. After that, the CPU  111  proceeds with the process to step S 912 . In step S 907 , the CPU  111  adds a Cc destination omission character string “(Cc omission)” to the end of the destination display character string in order to notify the user that a Cc destination is omitted. 
     In step S 912 , the CPU  111  determines whether there is a Bcc destination. When there is no Bcc destination, the CPU  111  finishes the process in  FIG.  13   . When there is a Bcc destination, the CPU  111  proceeds with the process to step S 908 . In the step S 908 , the CPU  111  determines whether a line feed code should be added. Specifically, the CPU  111  determines whether a saving start position of a Bcc destination matches a head of a line. When the saving start position matches a head of a line, the CPU  111  proceeds with the process to step S 910 . When the saving start point does not match a head of a line, the CPU  111  determines whether the display method of transmission attribute (Cc/Bcc) 8001 is set to “Display at Head of Line”. When the display method of transmission attribute (Cc/Bcc) 8001 is set to “Display at Head of Line”, the CPU  111  proceeds with the process to step S 909 . When the display method of transmission attribute (Cc/Bcc) 8001 is not set to “Display at Head of Line”, the CPU  111  proceeds with the process to the step S 910 . 
     In the step S 909 , the CPU  111  adds a line feed code to the end of the destination display character string in order to display the following Bcc destination from a head of a new line. After that, the CPU  111  proceeds with the process to step S 910 . 
     In the step S 910 , the CPU  111  determines whether a Bcc destination should be omitted on the basis of the setting of the Bcc destination 8020. When the Bcc destination 8020 is set to “Non-Display” for omitting a Bcc destination, the CPU  111  proceeds with the process to step S 913 . When the Bcc destination 8020 is set to “Display” for not omitting a Bcc destination, the CPU  111  proceeds with the process to step S 911 . 
     In the step S 911 , the CPU  111  adds destinations of the transmission attribute Bcc to the end of the destination display character string. The destinations are saved according to the flowchart in  FIG.  14    on the basis of the destination information about Bcc and the transmission-record destination display setting 8000. Then, the CPU  111  finishes the process in  FIG.  13   . 
     In step S 913 , the CPU  111  adds a Bcc destination omission character string “(Bcc omission)” to the end of the destination display character string in order to notify the user that a Bcc destination is omitted. In this occurrence, when the “(Cc omission)” has been already saved, the CPU  111  deletes the “(Cc omission)” and adds “(Cc/Bcc omission)”. Then, the CPU  111  finishes the process in  FIG.  13   . 
       FIG.  14    is a flowchart showing details of the destination saving process in step S 901 , S 905 , or S 911  in  FIG.  13    to save destinations of an e-mail. In step S 921 , the CPU  111  reads the character of To destination 8006, the character of Cc destination 8013, or the character of Bcc destination 8023 from the transmission-record destination display setting 8000 that has been set at the time of saving destinations and determines whether a small font size is set. When the small font size is not set, the CPU  111  proceeds with the process to step S 923 . When the small font size is set, the CPU  111  proceeds with the process to step S 922 . 
     In the step S 922 , the CPU  111  adds a control code for switching a font size to small size to the end of the destination display character string. In the step S 923 , the CPU  111  reads the setting of the transmission attribute (To/Cc/Bcc) 8003 and determines whether a transmission attribute should be added. When the transmission attribute is not added, the CPU  111  proceeds with the process to step S 925 . When the transmission attribute is added, the CPU  111  proceeds with the process to step S 924 . 
     In the step S 924 , the CPU  111  adds the transmission attribute that has been set at the time of saving destinations to the end of the destination display character string. In the step S 925 , the CPU  111  obtains a name and mail address of one destination from the transmission record that has been set at the time of saving destination. 
     In step S 926 , the CPU  111  reads the destination display setting as a setting of an output form that will be determined in the next step on the basis of the transmission attribute and the number of destinations. For example, when the transmission attribute is To and the number of destinations is one, the CPU  111  reads the setting of the To destination form (ordinary) 8004 as the setting of the output form. When the number of To destinations is two or more, the CPU  111  reads the setting of the To destination form (broadcast) 8005 as the setting of the output form. When the transmission attribute is Cc, the CPU  111  reads the setting of the Cc destination form 8011 as the setting of the output form. When the transmission attribute is Bcc, the CPU  111  reads the setting of the Bcc destination form 8021 as the setting of the output form. 
     In step S 927 , the CPU  111  determines whether the setting of the read output form is “name+address”. When the setting of the read output form is “name+address”, the CPU  111  proceeds with the process to step S 930 . Otherwise, the process proceeds to step S 928 . In the step S 930 , the CPU  111  generates an individual destination character string in the format of “name&lt;mail address&gt;” from the name and mail address obtained in the step S 925 . 
     In the step S 928 , the CPU  111  determines whether the setting of the output form is “name”. When the read setting of the output form is “name”, the CPU  111  proceeds with the process to step S 931 . Otherwise, the process proceeds to step S 929 . In the step S 929 , the CPU  111  generates an individual destination character string in the format of “mail address” from the mail address of the destination obtained in the step S 925 . 
     In the step S 931 , the CPU  111  generates an individual destination character string in the format of “name” from the name obtained in the step S 925 . In step S 932 , the CPU  111  determines whether the length of a temporary destination character string that will be obtained by adding the individual character string generated in the step S 928 , S 929 , or S 930  to the end of the destination display character string will exceed the maximum string length. When the length of the temporary destination character string will exceed the maximum string length, the CPU  111  proceeds with the process to step S 935 . 
     In the step S 935 , the CPU  111  adds the horizontal ellipsis “. . . ” to the end of the destination display character string. When the length of the temporary destination character string will not exceed the maximum string length, the CPU  111  proceeds with the process to step S 936 . In the step S 936 , the CPU  111  adds the individual destination character string generated in the step S 928 , S 929 , or S 930  to the end of the destination display character string. After that, the CPU  111  determines whether there is a next destination in step S 933 . When there is a next destination, the CPU  111  proceeds with the process to step S 934 . 
     In the step S 934 , the CPU  111  adds a comma “,” as a delimiter between the destinations to the end of the destination display character string. After that, the CPU  111  returns the process to the step S 925 . When there is no next destination, the CPU  111  finishes the destination saving process in  FIG.  14   . 
     It should be noted that the CPU  111  determines the output form of the name and mail address on the basis of the setting of the transmission-record destination display setting 8000 of Table 1 from the step S 927  to the step S 931  in  FIG.  14   . In addition, the CPU  111  may use an apparatus name of a destination, an IP address of a destination, a company name or a department name of a destination, etc. for determining the output form. In this case, the CPU  111  may extend the determination process in the steps S 927  and S 928  according to determination items. Similarly, the CPU  111  may extend variation of the output form. 
       FIG.  15    is a flowchart showing a destination display process for displaying the destination display character string saved through the processes in  FIG.  13    and  FIG.  14    as transmission destinations of an e-mail. The CPU  111  in  FIG.  2    displays destinations on the display screen on the basis of the transmission-record destination display setting of Table 1 in the destination display process in the step S 506  in  FIG.  5   . Thereby, the various kinds of destination screens shown in  FIG.  11 A  through  FIG.  11 F  are displayed on the display unit  121 . 
     In the step S 1001 , the CPU  111  obtains a destination character string to the delimiter “,” (comma) or to the line feed from the destination display character string. The obtained destination character string includes a transmission attribute, a name and/or a mail address of at least one destination depending on the settings, for example. In step S 1002 , the CPU  111  determines whether the obtained character string is output in the small font by determining whether the obtained character string includes the control code that switches the font size to the small size. When outputting in the small font, the CPU  111  proceeds with the process to step S 1003 . When not outputting in the small font, the CPU  111  proceeds with the process to step S 1004 . 
     In the step S 1003 , the CPU  111  sets the setting of a character font to the small size in order to output the obtained character string in the small font. In the step S 1004 , the CPU  111  sets the setting of the character font to the standard size in order to output the obtained character string in the standard font. 
     In step S 1005 , the CPU  111  outputs the destination character string obtained in the step S 1001  in the font of the set size. Thereby, the character string that shows one destination is displayed on a destination screen in the font of the set size. 
     When the length of the destination character string to be displayed exceeds the maximum width of the destination display area, the CPU  111  moves an output start position of the exceeded characters to a head of a new line so as to display all the characters. In step S 1006 , the CPU  111  determines whether a character following the output character string is the line feed code. When the next character is the line feed code, the CPU  111  proceeds with the process to step S 1007 . 
     In the step S 1007 , the CPU  111  moves the character output position to a head of a new line in the destination display area of the destination screen. When the length of the destination character string matches the width of the destination display area, the process in the step S 1007  is not performed because the character output position automatically moves to the new line. When the next character is not the line feed code, the CPU  111  proceeds with the process to the step S 1008 . 
     In the step S 1008 , the CPU  111  determines whether the destination character string obtained in the step S 1001  is the last destination of the transmission-record destinations. When the obtained destination character string is not the last destination, the CPU  111  returns the process to the step S 1001 . When the obtained destination character string is the last destination, the CPU  111  finishes the process in  FIG.  15   . Thereby, the character string that shows the destination is displayed on the destination screen in the font of the set size. 
       FIG.  16    is an explanatory view showing a communication sequence between the image forming apparatus  101  and the mail server  103  in the e-mail system  100  in the second embodiment. In  FIG.  16   , user&#39;s operations to the image forming apparatus  101  are also illustrated. Since the processes from the step S 1301  to the step S 1305  are identical to the processes from the step S 1201  to the step S 1205  in  FIG.  10   , their descriptions are omitted. 
     After transmitting a response of the finish of the e-mail transmission in step S 1305 , the CPU  111  executes the destination display character string saving process in the steps S 901  through S 936  as the e-mail transmission termination process. The CPU  111  notifies the user of the transmission end in a transmission end notification step S 1306 . The CPU  111  notifies the user of the transmission end by turning off an LED, for example. The CPU  111  may notify the user of the transmission end by sounding a buzzer (not shown). 
     The user who knows the transmission end operates the status check button  309  on the home screen  300  in the status check step S 1207 . Thereby, the CPU  111  displays the status check screen  400  shown in  FIG.  4   . When the user selects the transmission job in step S 1308 , the CPU  111  displays the transmission job check screen  410  shown in  FIG.  4    on the display unit  121  by executing the process in the steps S 501  and S 502 . 
     When the user selects the transmission record of one e-mail in step S 1309 , the CPU  111  displays the detailed information screen  420   a  or  420   b  by executing the process in the steps S 503  and S 504 . When the user selects the destination button in step S 1310 , the CPU  111  displays the destination screens as shown in  FIG.  11 A  through  FIG.  11 F  on the display unit  121  by executing the process from the step S 1001  to the step S 1008 , for example. 
     As mentioned above, in the second embodiment, the destination display contents are set for every transmission attribute To/Cc/Bcc on the basis of the transmission-record destination display setting 8000 of Table 1. For example, the user is able to set so that the addresses of the transmission attributes Cc and Bcc will not be displayed, for example. Moreover, when the user wants to display both a name and a mail address, the user is able to set so that both of them will be displayed. Moreover, the user is able to set the size of characters used for display to the small size. This increases the number of characters that can be displayed on the display unit  121 , so that all the addresses of the broadcast transmission can be displayed as a list. It should be noted that a color setting of a character may be added to Table 1 so as to change a color of a character in addition to using the small character font. 
     The display of the transmission-record destination can be customized according to the user&#39;s intention by using the transmission-record destination display setting 8000 in this way. When the transmission-record destination display setting is prepared for every transmission destination, the display of the transmission-record destination can be customized according to the user&#39;s intention. When the transmission-record destination display setting is prepared for each of the transmission destination setting units (the address book, LDAP server, transmission history, keyboard entry), the display of the transmission-record destination enables to know how the operation is performed to set the transmission-record destination. 
     Next, an e-mail system  100  including an image forming apparatus  101  according to a third embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the following description, differences from the above-mentioned embodiments will be mainly described. In this embodiment, a case where the display switching button  433  displayed on the destination screen  430   a  or  430   b  in  FIG.  4    or the destination screen  801 ,  802 ,  803 ,  804 ,  805 , or  806  in  FIG.  11 A  through  FIG.  11 F  is operated will be described. 
     In this embodiment, the storage  114  or the ROM  112  of the image forming apparatus  101  holds two or more sets of the transmission-record destination display settings shown in Table 1. The storage  114  or the ROM  112  holds a first transmission-history destination display setting and a second transmission-history destination display setting, for example. 
     When the display switching button  433  is operated, the CPU  111  as the display setting unit switches the display form on the destination screens  430   a ,  430   b ,  801  through  806  displayed on the display unit  121 . Thereby, the destination screens  430   a ,  430   b ,  801  through  806  displayed on the display unit  121  are switched. The destination display setting may be switched from the setting where the destinations of the broadcast transmission are displayed in the form “mail address” like the character string  432  to the setting where the destinations are displayed in the form of “name+mail address” like the destination screen  801 . 
       FIG.  17 A  and  FIG.  17 B  are flowcharts respectively showing a destination display character string saving process to save destinations of an e-mail and a destination display switching process in the third embodiment.  FIG.  17 A  is a flowchart showing the destination display character string saving process at the time of transmitting an e-mail in the step S 707  in  FIG.  8 A . In step S 1101 , the CPU  111  copies the first transmission-record destination display setting to the transmission-record destination display setting. In step S 1102 , the CPU  111  executes the destination display character string saving process in  FIG.  13   . The destination display character string generated is saved as a first destination display character string in the storage  114 . 
     In step S 1103 , the CPU  111  copies the second transmission-record destination display setting to the transmission-record destination display setting. In step S 1104 , the CPU  111  executes the destination display character string saving process in  FIG.  13   . The destination display character string generated is saved as a second destination display character string in the storage  114 . As a result of the above-mentioned process, the two destination character strings including the first destination display character string and the second destination display character string are saved in the storage  114 . 
       FIG.  17 B  is a flowchart showing the destination display switching process that switches the destination display in response to an operation of the display switching button  433 . In step S 1111 , the CPU  111  obtains the first destination display character string and copies it to the destination display character string. In step S 1102 , the CPU  111  executes the destination display process in  FIG.  15   . Thereby, the transmission-record destinations are displayed on the display unit  121  in the format on the basis of the first transmission-history destination display setting. 
     In step S 1113 , the CPU  111  determines whether the display switching button  433  is operated. When the display switching button  433  is operated, the CPU  111  proceeds with the process to step S 1120 . When the display switching button  433  is not operated, the CPU  111  proceeds with the process to step S 1114 . 
     In the step S 1114 , the CPU  111  determines whether the back button  414  is operated. When the back button  414  is not operated, the CPU  111  returns the process to the step S 1113 . When the back button  414  is operated, the CPU  111  finishes the process in  FIG.  17 B . 
     After operating the display switching button  433 , the CPU  111  obtains the second destination display character string and copies it to the destination display character string in the step S 1120 . In step S 1121 , the CPU  111  executes the destination display process in  FIG.  15   . Thereby, the display of the destination display character string on the display unit  121  is changed to the format based on the second transmission-history destination display setting. 
     In step S 1122 , the CPU  111  determines whether the display switching button  433  is operated. When the display switching button  433  is operated, the CPU  111  returns the process to the step S 1111 . When the display switching button  433  is not operated, the CPU  111  proceeds with the process to step S 1123 . In the step S 1123 , the CPU  111  determines whether the back button  414  is operated. When the back button  414  is not operated, the CPU  111  returns the process to the step S 1122 . When the back button  414  is operated, the CPU  111  finishes the process in  FIG.  17 B . 
       FIG.  18    is an explanatory view showing a communication sequence between the image forming apparatus  101  and the mail server  103  in the e-mail system  100  in the third embodiment. In  FIG.  18   , user&#39;s operations to the image forming apparatus  101  are also illustrated. Since the processes from the step S 1401  to the step S 1405  are identical to the processes from the step S 1201  to the step S 1205  in  FIG.  10   , their descriptions are omitted. 
     After transmitting a response of the finish of the e-mail transmission in step S 1405 , the CPU  111  executes the destination display character string saving process (steps S 1101  through S 1104 ) as the e-mail transmission termination process. The CPU  111  notifies the user of the transmission end in a transmission end notification step S 1406 . The CPU  111  notifies the user of the transmission end by turning off an LED, for example. The CPU  111  may notify the user of the transmission end by sounding a buzzer (not shown). 
     The user who knows the transmission end operates the status check button  309  on the home screen  300  in the status check step S 1407 . Thereby, the CPU  111  displays the status check screen  400  shown in  FIG.  4   . When the user selects the transmission job in step S 1408 , the CPU  111  displays the transmission job check screen  410  shown in  FIG.  4    on the display unit  121  by executing the process in the steps S 501  and S 502 . 
     When the user selects the transmission record of one e-mail in step S 1409 , the CPU  111  displays the detailed information screen  420   a  or  420   b  by executing the process in the steps S 503  and S 504 . When the user selects the destination button in step S 1410 , the CPU  111  displays the various destination screens as shown in  FIG.  11 A  through  FIG.  11 F  on the display unit  121  by executing the process from the step S 1111  to the step S 1112 . 
     When the user selects the display switching button  433  in step S 1411 , the CPU  111  switches the destination screen between the various destination screens and displays it on the display unit  121  by executing the process in the steps S 1120  and S 1121 . 
     As mentioned above, in this embodiment, the storage  114  records the first destination display character string as the first display setting and the second destination display character string as the second display setting about the transmission record of one e-mail according to the setting by the CPU  111  as the display setting unit. It should be noted that the storage  114  may record three or more destination display character strings. 
     Moreover, the CPU  111  as the display controller can switch the setting between the plurality of display settings recorded in the storage  114  in each of the first and second display methods. According to this switching, the destination display can be changed from the simple display like the destination screen  805  to the detailed display like the destination screen  801 , for example. 
     Moreover, the user can customize the display of destination according to various statuses. Moreover, the destination display after switching may be stored in the storage  114  in association with the user as the initial destination display of the next time. In this case, the user can switch the destination display and can set the destination display that is finally displayed as the destination display that will be displayed at the next time. 
     Next, an e-mail system  100  including an image forming apparatus  101  according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the following description, differences from the above-mentioned embodiments will be mainly described. 
       FIG.  19    is a flowchart showing a destination display character string saving process to save a transmission-record destination of an e-mail in the fourth embodiment.  FIG.  19    shows the destination display character string saving process executed when the auto-adjustment of destination from (To/Cc/Bcc) 8030 of Table 1 is set to “Adjust”. The flowchart in  FIG.  19    corresponds to the destination display character string saving process ( FIG.  8 B ) in the first embodiment and to the destination display character string saving process ( FIG.  13   ) of the second embodiment. The e-mail system  100  in this embodiment is achieved by replacing the destination display character string saving process in the previous embodiments with the process in  FIG.  19   . 
     In step S 1601 , the CPU  111  reads names and addresses of destinations of all the transmission attributes (To/Cc/Bcc) from the transmission record of the transmitted e-mail, and saves them in the work area temporarily secured in the RAM  113 . In step S 1602 , the CPU  111  generates a character string for all the destinations including the character strings of the transmission attributes (“To:”, “Cc:”, “Bcc:”) at the beginnings of the destinations of the respective transmission attributes, the destinations in the form of “name&lt;mail address&gt;”, and commas as delimiters. The CPU  111  saves the generated character string as a temporary destination character string in the RAM  113  temporarily. 
     In step S 1603 , the CPU  111  determines whether the length of the temporary destination character string generated in the step S 1602  exceeds the maximum string length that can be saved as the transmission-record destinations. The maximum string length that can be saved as the transmission-record destinations may be equal to or shorter than a predetermined number n of characters that can be displayed on the destination display screen displayed on the display unit  121 , for example. When the length of the temporary destination character string does not exceed the maximum string length, the CPU  111  proceeds with the process to step S 1606 . In the step S 1606 , the CPU  111  saves the temporary destination character string as a formal destination display character string in the storage  114 . Then, the CPU  111  finishes the process in  FIG.  19   . 
     When the length of the temporary destination character string exceeds the maximum string length, the CPU  111  proceeds with the process to step S 1604 . In the step S 1604 , the CPU  111  generates a character string for the destinations of the transmission attributes To and Cc including the character strings of the transmission attributes (“To:”, “Cc:”) at the beginnings of the destinations of the respective transmission attributes, the destinations in the form of “name&lt;mail address&gt;”, and commas as delimiters. The CPU  111  saves the generated character string as a temporary destination character string in the RAM  113  temporarily. 
     In step S 1605 , the CPU  111  generates a character string for the destinations of the transmission attribute Bcc including the character string of the transmission attribute “Bcc:” at the beginning of the destinations, the destinations in the form of “mail address”, and commas as delimiters. The CPU  111  adds the generated character string to the temporary destination character string generated in the step S 1604 . In step S 1607 , the CPU  111  determines whether the length of the temporary destination character string generated in the step S 1605  exceeds the maximum string length that can be saved as the transmission-record destinations. When the length of the temporary destination character string does not exceed the maximum string length, the CPU  111  proceeds with the process to the step S 1606 . 
     In the step S 1606 , the CPU  111  saves the temporary destination character string as the formal destination display character string in the storage  114 . Then, the CPU  111  finishes the process in  FIG.  19   . When the length of the temporary destination character string exceeds the maximum string length, the CPU  111  proceeds with the process to step S 1608 . In the step S 1608 , the CPU  111  generates a character string for the destinations of the transmission attribute To including the character string of the transmission attribute (“To:”) at the beginning of the destinations, the destinations in the form of “name&lt;mail address&gt;”, and commas as delimiters. The CPU  111  saves the generated character string as a temporary destination character string in the RAM  113  temporarily. 
     In step S 1609 , the CPU  111  generates a character string for the transmission attributes Cc and Bcc including the character string of the transmission attributes (“Cc:”, “Bcc:”) at the beginnings of the destinations, the destinations of the transmission attributes Cc and Bcc in the form of “mail address”, and commas as delimiters. The CPU  111  adds the generated character string to the temporary destination character string generated in the step S 1608 . 
     In step S 1610 , the CPU  111  determines whether the length of the temporary destination character string generated in the step S 1609  exceeds the maximum string length that can be saved as the transmission-record destinations. When the length of the temporary destination character string does not exceed the maximum string length, the CPU  111  proceeds with the process to the step S 1606 . In the step S 1606 , the CPU  111  saves the temporary destination character string as a formal destination display character string in the storage  114 . Then, the CPU  111  finishes the process in  FIG.  19   . 
     When the length of the temporary destination character string exceeds the maximum string length, the CPU  111  proceeds with the process to step S 1611 . In step S 1611 , the CPU  111  executes the destination group saving process in  FIG.  9    about the transmission attribute To and the destinations of the transmission attribute To. In step S 1612 , the CPU  111  executes the destination group saving process in  FIG.  9    about the transmission attribute Cc and the destinations of the transmission attribute Cc. In step S 1613 , the CPU  111  executes the destination group saving process in  FIG.  9    about the transmission attribute Bcc and the destinations of the transmission attribute Bcc. Then, the CPU  111  finishes the process in  FIG.  19   . 
     As mentioned above, in this embodiment, the CPU  111  as the display controller automatically generates the display character string so that the more destinations will be displayed in the form of “name&lt;mail address&gt;” in order of decreasing priority To &gt;Cc&gt; Bcc. When the length of the destination display character string for displaying the destinations of the obtained transmission record does not exceed the maximum string length, all the destinations of the transmission record are displayed on the display screen as a list in the form of “name&lt;mail address&gt;” as the first display method. 
     Moreover, when the length of the destination display character string for displaying the destinations of the obtained transmission record exceeds the maximum string length, the destinations are displayed by the second display method. In the first stage of the second display method, the destinations of the transmission attributes “To” and “Cc” are displayed in the form of “name&lt;mail address&gt;”, and the destinations of the transmission attribute “Bcc” are displayed in the form of “mail address”. Moreover, when the length of the destination display character length in the first stage of the second display method still exceeds the maximum string length, the destinations of the transmission attribute “To” are displayed in the form of “name&lt;mail address&gt;”, and the destinations of the transmission attributes “Cc” and “Bcc” are displayed in the form of “mail address” as the second stage. In the second display method, at least the destinations of the transmission attribute “Bcc” are displayed in the form of “mail address” that is more compact than the form of “name&lt;mail address&gt;” in the first display method. 
     It should be noted that a process for generating the destination display character string so that the destinations will be displayed in a form of “name” may be added to the destination display character string saving process in  FIG.  19   . The form of “name” is more compact than the form of “name&lt;mail address&gt;” in the first display method and is equivalent to the second display method. Moreover, the first destination display character string and the second destination display character string may be generated by the destination display character string saving process as with the third embodiment so that one of the two strings will be displayed switchable. Moreover, a destination character string may be generated per one destination not per the transmission attribute by determining whether a destination is displayed in the form of “name&lt;mail address&gt;”. 
     Although the present invention has been described by referring to the preferable embodiments, the present invention is not limited to these specific embodiments, and various configurations that do not deviate from the scope of the present invention are also included in the present invention. 
     For example, in the first embodiment mentioned above, the transmission attributes To/Cc/Bcc are basically displayed irrespective of the display method when the destinations of the transmission record are displayed. Moreover, the destination of the ordinary transmission is displayed by adding a name to a mail address. Moreover, the destinations of the broadcast transmission are displayed in more compact by omitting names to display more destinations. Accordingly, the destination display of the transmission record enables a user to grasp the destinations easily. 
     In the second embodiment, the display form of the destination display of the transmission record can be set for every transmission attribute. Accordingly, the destination display of the transmission record can be changed according to a user&#39;s intention. 
     In the third embodiment, a plurality of transmission-record destination display settings are held and the destination display is switchable between the plurality of display forms by switching the settings. In the fourth embodiment, the destinations are basically displayed in the form of “name&lt;mail address&gt;” irrespective of the transmission attributes To/Cc/Bcc when the destinations of the transmission record are displayed. Then, when the length of the destination display character string exceeds the maximum string length, the length of the destinations is reduced in order of decreasing priority To &gt;Cc&gt;Bcc so as not to exceed the maximum string length. In these embodiments, the destination display character string is generated and saved when the transmission is finished, and the character string is read and displayed when the transmission record is displayed. 
     In addition, for example, all the data of the destinations may be saved when the transmission is finished, and a destination display character string may be generated and displayed when the transmission record is displayed. Moreover, the destination display of the transmission record in the second embodiment may be executed by fixing the transmission attribute, destination form, display font, etc. without providing the display setting used in the first embodiment. Furthermore, the present invention is not limited to the transmission history but is applicable to a case where a transmission status is displayed, a case where destinations are displayed at the time of e-mail transmission, and a case where destinations displayed as the transmission record are output to a display unit. 
     In the above-mentioned embodiments, the communication job record display device concerning the present invention is described as the image forming apparatus  101 . In addition, the communication job record display device may be a computer like the PC  104 , a portable information terminal, etc. In such cases, the device may not only transmit an e-mail but also may receive an e-mail. Accordingly, the communication history of e-mails may be a transmission/reception history of e-mails instead of the transmission history of e-mails. 
     Other Embodiments 
     Embodiment(s) of the present invention can also be realized by a computer of a system or apparatus that reads out and executes computer executable instructions (e.g., one or more programs) recorded on a storage medium (which may also be referred to more fully as a ‘non-transitory computer-readable storage medium’) to perform the functions of one or more of the above-described embodiment(s) and/or that includes one or more circuits (e.g., application specific integrated circuit (ASIC)) for performing the functions of one or more of the above-described embodiment(s), and by a method performed by the computer of the system or apparatus by, for example, reading out and executing the computer executable instructions from the storage medium to perform the functions of one or more of the above-described embodiment(s) and/or controlling the one or more circuits to perform the functions of one or more of the above-described embodiment(s). The computer may comprise one or more processors (e.g., central processing unit (CPU), micro processing unit (MPU)) and may include a network of separate computers or separate processors to read out and execute the computer executable instructions. The computer executable instructions may be provided to the computer, for example, from a network or the storage medium. The storage medium may include, for example, one or more of a hard disk, a random-access memory (RAM), a read only memory (ROM), a storage of distributed computing systems, an optical disk (such as a compact disc (CD), digital versatile disc (DVD), or Blu-ray Disc (BD)™), a flash memory device, a memory card, and the like. 
     While the present invention has been described with reference to exemplary embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments. The scope of the following claims is to be accorded the broadest interpretation so as to encompass all such modifications and equivalent structures and functions. 
     This application claims the benefit of Japanese Patent Application No. 2018-201955, filed Oct. 26, 2018, which is hereby incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.