Patent ID: 7440880

Claim:
A computer-readable medium storing a design support computer program, which when executed on a computer, causes the computer to inspect a processing operation of software that controls a sheet conveyance mechanism by displaying the behavior of feeding a virtual sheet from a virtual sheet stock portion on a display portion, the computer program comprising: a sheets number setting instruction for setting the sheets number of virtual sheets stored in said virtual sheet stock portion; a sheet feed display instruction for displaying the behavior of feeding the virtual sheet from said virtual sheet stock portion on said display portion; a stored sheets number subtraction instruction for subtracting the stored sheets number of virtual sheets corresponding to said virtual sheet stock portion to which the virtual sheet is supplied in said sheet feed display instruction; a judgment instruction for judging whether or not the virtual sheet is used up in said virtual sheet stock portion where the stored sheets number of virtual sheets is subtracted in said stored sheets number subtraction instruction; and a paper out display instruction for displaying on said display portion the paper out on said virtual sheet stock portion for which it is judged that the virtual sheet is used up in said judgment instruction.