Patent ID: 8531713

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: an input unit receiving input of image data; a storing unit storing the image data input to the input unit and, an image display control device, the image display control device, including: a display image generator generating a display image based on the image data stored in the storing unit; a display portion having a preview region for displaying the display image generated by the display image generator; and, a display controller for giving guidance on the input status of the image data input to the input unit, on the display portion, wherein when the image data is input to the input unit, the display controller provides the function of sequentially displaying the display images generated by the display image generator in the input order and displaying the latest display image among the display images based on the image data, preferentially in the preview region, during input of the image data, and the display controller has the function of displaying a precedent display image generated precedently among the display images in the preview region; gradually reducing the precedent display image in size at an approximate center of the preview region and then fading out the precedent display image, when next image data is inputted; making a next display image appear from a side edge of the preview region during the reducing and fading out, the next display image being generated based on the next image data; and gradually making the next display image move toward the approximate center of the preview region during the reducing and the fading out.