Patent ID: 7415399

Claim:
A computer-readable medium containing computer-executable instructions for performing a design support program capable of verifying correct processing operation of software for controlling a paper transport mechanism, the medium comprising: computer-executable instructions for a displaying step of displaying a simulation screen relating to transport of virtual paper on a display unit of a computer; computer-executable instructions for a jam setting step of presetting a condition for causing a paper jam with respect to the virtual paper; computer-executable instructions for a jam causing step of causing the paper jam in accordance with the condition preset in the jam setting step; computer-executable instructions for a selecting step of, when the paper jam is caused by the jam causing step, selecting a sheet of virtual paper, the sheet being subjected to the paper jam, by an instruction from a user computer-executable instructions for a deleting step of deleting the sheet of virtual paper selected by the selecting step from the simulation screen; and computer-executable instructions for a changing step of, when the sheet of virtual paper is selected in the selecting step, changing a virtual sensor that senses the selected sheet of virtual paper to a status of sensing no virtual paper.