Patent ID: 7474421

Claim:
A printing apparatus having: display means for displaying an option display in which a plurality of options in a first hierarchy and related to printing are displayed on a display screen; tentative option designating means for designating at least one option out of the plurality of options as a tentative option on the display screen, wherein the tentative option is related to printing; selection determination means for determining the tentative option as a determinate option, wherein the determinate option is related to printing; and print means for printing based on the determinate option, wherein said printing apparatus comprises: explanation requesting means for requesting, before the determination, a handling explanation including at least one of an operating explanation for guiding a next operation from a state of the option display and a function explanation for explaining a function of the tentative option; and display switching means for switching the display of the display screen from the option display to: a function explanation display when the function explanation for explaining the function of the tentative option is selected as the handling explanation; a plurality of options in a second hierarchy that is related to the determinate option after the tentative option is determined as the determinate option; and an operating explanation display when the operating explanation for guiding the next operation from the state of the option display is selected as the handling explanation.