Patent ID: 8743286

Claim:
A peripheral control system having at least one peripheral and a display device capable of displaying an operation panel of the peripheral connected thereto, wherein the display device comprises a first memory portion that stores operation panel information containing array information that indicates in a form of a matrix pattern the arrayable positions and number of image data for operation buttons in order to array the image data for operation buttons making up the operation panel of the peripheral on a screen and a sending portion that communicates with the peripheral, the peripheral comprises a second memory portion that stores the image data for operation buttons, an operation panel information acquiring portion that acquires operation panel information stored in the first memory portion of the display device, a peripheral control portion that correlates the image data for operation buttons stored in the second memory portion with the array information depending on the operation panel information acquired by the operation panel information acquiring portion from the display device, and an image data sending portion that sends to the display device the image data for operation buttons which is correlated with the array information by the peripheral control portion; the display device comprises a display device control portion that controls to dispose and display the image data for operation buttons sent from the image data sending portion of the peripheral at a position corresponding to the array information when displaying the operation panel of the peripheral; and wherein when one of the image data for operation buttons is selectively specified by a user, the display device control portion of the display device controls to send the array information of the selectively specified image data for operation buttons from the sending portion buttons from the sending portion to the peripheral.