Patent ID: 8326844

Claim:
An image processing apparatus comprising: a storage device comprising a plurality of exclusive storage areas for storing files, each of the plurality of exclusive storage areas being provided for one of a plurality of operators, wherein a run history of a file is stored in the same exclusive storage area with the file, and wherein operators in a same group among the plurality of operators are registered as being related to each other; a display device which displays information for identifying the stored files, comprising an operation device for receiving an instruction on the stored files by one of the plurality of operators; a display controller, wherein when the one of the plurality of operators instructs the display device to display the information, the display controller makes the display device display the information on the stored files in the exclusive storage areas provided for the one of the plurality of operators and the operators registered as being related to the one of the plurality of operators; and a priority setter which sets a priority order on the stored files displayed by the display device, wherein the priority setter moves up the priority order for display of the file which was last operated by a first operator who is different from a second operator who is currently operating the image processing apparatus, and moves down the priority order for display of the file which was last operated by the second operator who is currently operating the image processing apparatus, so as to display preferentially the file operated by the first operator.