Patent ID: 8347229

Claim:
A multifunction peripheral which performs at least one of faxing, scanning, copying, emailing, and printing as a single system, comprising: an input providing an input window comprising: a single item display area to display an item selected from a plurality of data input items necessary to execute one of the plurality of operations; an input area having a plurality of keys provided in a keyboard type screen to allow a user to input data regarding the selected item; and an item change button to select an item from the plurality of data input items to be displayed in the single item display area; and a controller to control the input such that the data input on the input area is applied to the selected item, and whenever the item change button is input, an item is selected from the plurality of items, wherein the controller controls the input such that even when an item in the single item display area is changed according to an input of the item change button, the input area remains.