Image forming apparatus and control method thereof
First Claim
1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a display that displays an information input screen image allowing input of information, and an input panel that is arranged on said display and detects that a designated position on said information input screen image is pressed, anda trial copy function of producing a trial copy or a set of trial copies to allow a user to confirm that the trial copy or the set of trial copies are satisfactory in response to an instruction to produce multiple sets of copies of a one- or multi-page document, the instruction being given in response to a designated position corresponding to one or a plurality of copy start keys displayed on said information input screen image being pressed;
whereinif said trial copy function is set and the designated position corresponding to said one or said plurality of copy start keys displayed on said information input screen image is pressed, the trial copy or the set of trial copies of said document are produced, and thereafter, said display erases said one or said plurality of copy start keys from said information input screen image, and displays on said information input screen image a first key that, when pressed, generates an additional trial copy or an additional set of trial copies of said document and a second key that, when pressed, produces copies of a remaining number of a set number of copies;
the additional trial copy or the additional set of trial copies are generated using settings that are the same as settings used to produce the trial copy or the set of trial copies;
if said trial copy function is not set and the designated position corresponding to said one or said plurality of copy start keys displayed on said information input screen image is pressed, all of said multiple sets of copies are produced; and
said one or said plurality of copy start keys function as one or a plurality of keys that produce the trial copy or the set of trial copies of said document if said trial copy function is set, and function as said one or said plurality of keys that produce all of said multiple sets of copies if said trial copy function is not set.
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a display device that displays an input screen image and a touch-panel arranged on the display device, and has a trial copy function of producing, when instructed to produce multiple copies of a document, a copy or copies to allow the user to confirm that the copy or copies are well. When the trial copy function is designated and a copy start key displayed on the input screen image is pressed, the image forming apparatus produces one copy or copies of the document, erases the copy start key from the input screen image, and displays a trial copy key, a trial end key and a balloon including help information. Since keys related to the trial copy are displayed in place of normally displayed keys, operation errors can be reduced and the user can easily execute the trial copy function.
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20 Claims
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1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
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a display that displays an information input screen image allowing input of information, and an input panel that is arranged on said display and detects that a designated position on said information input screen image is pressed, and a trial copy function of producing a trial copy or a set of trial copies to allow a user to confirm that the trial copy or the set of trial copies are satisfactory in response to an instruction to produce multiple sets of copies of a one- or multi-page document, the instruction being given in response to a designated position corresponding to one or a plurality of copy start keys displayed on said information input screen image being pressed;
whereinif said trial copy function is set and the designated position corresponding to said one or said plurality of copy start keys displayed on said information input screen image is pressed, the trial copy or the set of trial copies of said document are produced, and thereafter, said display erases said one or said plurality of copy start keys from said information input screen image, and displays on said information input screen image a first key that, when pressed, generates an additional trial copy or an additional set of trial copies of said document and a second key that, when pressed, produces copies of a remaining number of a set number of copies; the additional trial copy or the additional set of trial copies are generated using settings that are the same as settings used to produce the trial copy or the set of trial copies; if said trial copy function is not set and the designated position corresponding to said one or said plurality of copy start keys displayed on said information input screen image is pressed, all of said multiple sets of copies are produced; and said one or said plurality of copy start keys function as one or a plurality of keys that produce the trial copy or the set of trial copies of said document if said trial copy function is set, and function as said one or said plurality of keys that produce all of said multiple sets of copies if said trial copy function is not set. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of controlling an image forming apparatus that includes a display that displays an information input screen image allowing input of information, and an input panel that is arranged on said display and detects that a designated position on said information input screen image is pressed, and includes a trial copy function that produces a trial copy or a set of trial copies to allow a user to confirm that the trial copy or the set of trial copies are satisfactory in response to an instruction to produce multiple sets of copies of a one- or multi-page document, the instruction being given in response to a designated position corresponding to one or a plurality of copy start keys displayed on said information input screen image being pressed;
- said method comprising the steps of;
determining whether or not said trial copy function is set; determining whether or not the designated position corresponding to said one or said plurality of copy start keys displayed on said information input screen image is pressed; if it is determined that said trial copy function is set and the designated position corresponding to said one or said plurality of copy start keys displayed on said information input screen is pressed, producing the trial copy or the set of trial copies of said document, and thereafter, erasing said one or said plurality of copy start keys from said information input screen image, and displaying on said information input screen image a first key that, when pressed, generates an additional trial copy or an additional set of trial copies of said document and a second key that, when pressed, produces copies of a remaining number of a set number of copies, on said information input screen image; and if said trial copy function is not set and the designated position corresponding to said one or said plurality of copy start keys displayed on said information input screen image is pressed, producing all of said multiple sets of copies;
whereinthe additional trial copy or the additional set of trial copies are generated using settings that are the same as settings used to produce the trial copy or the set of trial copies; and said one or said plurality of copy start keys function as one or a plurality of keys that produce the trial copy or the set of trial copies of said document if said trial copy function is set, and function as said one or said plurality of keys that produce all of said multiple sets of copies if said trial copy function is not set. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
- said method comprising the steps of;
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