Patent ID: 8368642

Claim:
An image forming apparatus having a printing mode, a copying mode and a scanning mode, the image forming apparatus comprising: a command input portion having a command key to receive a command input; a numeric input portion having a numeric key to receive a numeric input; a navigation input portion having a rotational unit and a pressing unit to receive a rotational input and a pressing input, respectively; and a display portion to display one or more menu items in response to one of the rotational input and the pressing input, the one or more menu items associated with a function mode selected among the printing mode, the copying mode and the scanning mode and each being designed to select an operation to be executed under the selected function mode; one or more mode buttons provided adjacent to the display portion in order to select the copying mode or the scanning mode, the one or more mode buttons including a copy function button operable to cause a copy user interface screen to be displayed in the display portion, the copy user interface screen showing a menu item relating to the copying mode, and a scan function button operable to cause a scan user interface screen to be displayed in the display portion, the scan user interface screen showing a menu item relating to the scanning mode, wherein the command input portion, the numeric input portion, the navigation input portion, and the display portion are arranged in sequence such that the navigation input portion is located between the numeric input portion and the display portion and such that the numeric input portion is located between the command input portion and the navigation input portion located in a front region of the image forming apparatus.