Patent ID: 7715736

Claim:
An image forming apparatus, which can display processes relating to exchanged components on a display unit according to a determined order of execution comprising: a searching unit for searching a plurality of kinds of exchanged components; a determination unit adapted to determine process items needed to be executed based on instruction by the operator as components are exchanged and an order of executing the process items needed for the plurality of kinds of exchanged components searched by the searching unit based on priority order information of the process items; a display control unit adapted to cause said display unit to control a display for ordering to execute process items needed for the components according to the order of execution determined by said determination unit; and a storing unit adapted to store process items needed for each component and information relating to priority order for each of the process items; wherein said determination unit compares process items needed for the plurality of kinds of components based on information on process items stored in said storing unit and makes duplicate process items a single process item which is common among the plurality of kinds of exchanged components.