Patent ID: 8422105

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: a display apparatus configured to display an information screen and an operation screen concerning the image forming apparatus; and a control apparatus configured to control the image forming apparatus, the control apparatus including, a display request data generating part configured to generate display request data, the display request data including display component indication information, and a screen display request part configured to send the display request data to the display apparatus, and to send a screen display request of a screen to the display apparatus, and the display apparatus including, a memory configured to store display component setting information, the display component setting information configured to provide the display apparatus with information used to generate a plurality of components that form a display component; a screen display request receiving part configured to receive the screen display request from the screen display request part, a display component creating part configured to, determine a component of the plurality of components to generate based on the display component indication information received from the control apparatus, determine setting values for the determined component based on the display component setting information retained in the memory, generate the determined component, the generated component having setting items set based on the determined setting values, and create a display component to display at the screen, based on the component and the display component indication information in the screen display request received by the screen display request receiving part from the control apparatus; a setting change receiving part configured to receive a setting change request received via the display apparatus, and send a instruction to the display component creating part instructing the display component creating part to create the display component based on the setting change request; and a display component drawing part configured to draw the display component created by the display component creating part.