Patent ID: 8830495

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: a display unit; and a display controlling unit that causes the display unit to display a first ready screen, a second ready screen and a third ready screen, wherein the first ready screen is a screen indicating that a job can be accepted when a job can be accepted, and the first ready screen has a first screen switching button for detecting operator's input of a request for displaying the second ready screen and a first default screen registering button for indicating that the first ready screen is a default screen; the default screen being the screen that will be displayed initially when the job can be accepted; said first ready screen has a first information which includes at least one of information on consumable goods or information on record media; wherein the second ready screen has a second screen switching button for detecting input of a request for displaying said third ready screen and a second default screen registering button for indicating that the second ready screen is the default screen, the second ready screen does not have any information on consumable goods and information record media; and wherein the third ready screen has a third screen switching button for detecting input of a request for displaying another ready screen and a third default screen registering button for indicating that the third ready screen is the default screen; said third ready screen has a second information which includes at least one of information on consumable goods or information on record media; said second information including different information from said first information; and wherein a user can access the third ready screen from the first ready screen by selecting only two buttons, said two buttons being said second screen switching button and said first screen switching button.