Patent ID: 8896882

Claim:
An image forming apparatus for printing a displayed image on display media including a portable display terminal set on a platen, comprising: a control unit for determining whether or not electronic information on said displayed image can be received from outside of said image forming apparatus; a conversion unit for generating converted data for printing said displayed image by receiving said electronic information from outside of said image forming apparatus and converting said electronic information into a printable format when it is determined that said electronic information can be received from outside; a scanning unit for generating scanned data for printing by scanning said displayed image when it is determined that said electronic information cannot be received; a printing unit for printing said displayed image based on either said converted data generated by said conversion unit or said scanned data generated by said scanning unit; a selecting unit for selecting between printing by using said converted data and printing using said scanned data; and a display unit: (a) when the display media is not the portable display terminal, or when the display media is the portable display terminal and the electronic information cannot be received: the display unit displaying a first set of items which are permitted to be selected for printing by using said scanned data; and (b) when the display media is the portable display terminal and the electronic information can be received: the display unit displaying both (i) a second set of items which are permitted to be selected for printing by using said converted data and (ii) the first set of items which are permitted to be selected for printing by using said scanned data; wherein the control unit determines whether or not the display media is the portable display terminal.