Patent ID: 8884936

Claim:
A display control device comprising: a detecting unit that detects whether an external storage device is inserted into an image forming apparatus; an analyzing unit that analyzes the type of file stored in the external storage device when the detecting unit detects that the external storage device is inserted; and a display control unit that specifies a function related to the type of file among the functions of the image forming apparatus on the basis of the analysis result of the analyzing unit and displays a display screen to which the specified function is allocated on a display unit, wherein the display control unit specifies a first print function related to a first type of file and displays a first display screen corresponding to the first print function in response to the analysis result determining the first type of file stored in the external storage device, wherein the display control unit specifies a second print function related to a second type of file and displays a second display screen corresponding to the second print function in response to the analysis result determining the second type of file stored in the external storage device, wherein, when a plurality of types of files are analyzed by the analyzing unit, the analyzing unit counts the number of files of each type, when a plurality of types of files are analyzed by the analyzing unit, the display control unit specifies the function related to the file type with the largest number of files among the file types which are counted by the analyzing unit and displays the display screen of the specified function on the display unit, and when one file type is analyzed, the display control unit displays the display screen of the function allocated to the file type on the display unit.