IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
First Claim
1. An image forming apparatus that finishes recording mediums with images formed thereon as a hard copy, comprising:
- an input unit for acquiring image data;
an image forming portion that forms images on recording mediums based on the image data input through the input unit; and
,an image display operating device including a display portion that displays a preview image based on the image data and a display controller that has a function of presenting plural pages of document images in preview representation on the display portion, characterized in thatthe image forming portion includes;
a one-sided image forming mode for forming images on one side of the recording mediums only; and
a dual-sided image forming mode for forming images on both sides of the recording mediums,the display controller includes;
a finished state preview display controller that displays on the display portion, as a preview image, the finished state of the hard copy that the image forming apparatus can form, and,a confirmatory display controller that turns and displays the preview image displayed on the display portion for each page for confirmation, and,the display portion includes;
as a preview display region for displaying the preview image,a first display area for displaying the finished state of the hard copies;
a second display area for displaying an image for each pages associated with the finished states that has been displayed in the first display area, while turning the page in turn; and
,a third display area for three-dimensionally displaying images of the pages that have been turned in the second display area with the pages stacked in turned order, and,the second display area displays an image of a next page once the next page is turned, and,the display portion further includes a display position switching controller that switches, between the one-sided image forming mode and the dual-sided image forming mode, the positions of the images displayed in the third display area after being turned in the second display area.
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Abstract
In an image forming apparatus including a control unit made of a display panel and a touch panel display and having one-sided image forming mode and dual-sided image forming mode, the touch panel display includes: a finished state preview controller for displaying the finished state of a hard copy; and a confirmatory display controller. The display panel includes a first display area, a second display area and a third display area. The image forming apparatus includes a display position switching controller that switches the position of the image of the page to be turned to be displayed in the third display area, depending on the image forming mode.
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12 Claims
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1. An image forming apparatus that finishes recording mediums with images formed thereon as a hard copy, comprising:
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an input unit for acquiring image data; an image forming portion that forms images on recording mediums based on the image data input through the input unit; and
,an image display operating device including a display portion that displays a preview image based on the image data and a display controller that has a function of presenting plural pages of document images in preview representation on the display portion, characterized in that the image forming portion includes; a one-sided image forming mode for forming images on one side of the recording mediums only; and a dual-sided image forming mode for forming images on both sides of the recording mediums, the display controller includes; a finished state preview display controller that displays on the display portion, as a preview image, the finished state of the hard copy that the image forming apparatus can form, and, a confirmatory display controller that turns and displays the preview image displayed on the display portion for each page for confirmation, and, the display portion includes;
as a preview display region for displaying the preview image,a first display area for displaying the finished state of the hard copies; a second display area for displaying an image for each pages associated with the finished states that has been displayed in the first display area, while turning the page in turn; and
,a third display area for three-dimensionally displaying images of the pages that have been turned in the second display area with the pages stacked in turned order, and, the second display area displays an image of a next page once the next page is turned, and, the display portion further includes a display position switching controller that switches, between the one-sided image forming mode and the dual-sided image forming mode, the positions of the images displayed in the third display area after being turned in the second display area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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