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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8437651 | Image forming apparatus and method for displaying reserved jobs on a list Disclosed is an image forming apparatus, which makes it possible to visually recognize a suitable time when an operator should stay at the machine side, even if a reserved job includes a job continuous implementation impeding factor. The image forming apparatus incl... | 05/07/2013 |
| 8391740 | Image forming apparatus having display device A display device and an image forming apparatus capable of reducing discomfort of a worker during maintenance work and improving the work efficiency, are provided. In a copier, an orientation of a display screen of a display device is detected and when the display s... | 03/05/2013 |
| 8369732 | Image forming apparatus which displays a setting screen An operation device of an image forming apparatus, a display method, and an image forming apparatus. A display unit displays a basic screen including a setting information display area to display setting information and a button display area in which an icon is disp... | 02/05/2013 |
| 8355646 | Operations-unit angle adjusting device and image forming apparatus Disclosed is an operations-unit angle adjusting device having an operations unit supported so as to freely move in a vertical direction and an adjusting mechanism that changes the vertical angle of the operations unit. The adjusting mechanism has a shaft part that s... | 01/15/2013 |
| 8355647 | Electronic device and image forming apparatus An electronic device includes: a display that displays at least a status of the device; a controller that is provided on a back surface of the display and controls a display on the display; a heat source; a shield that shields the controller from the heat source; an... | 01/15/2013 |
| 8351812 | Printing control system and printing system A printing control system includes: operation means configured to enter a first printing condition including information on the number of page images to be printed on one printing sheet and the total number of page images to be printed; display means; and control me... | 01/08/2013 |
| 8320787 | Image forming apparatus with plural sheet supplying sections An image forming apparatus including: plural sheet supplying sections which accommodate a recording sheet and feed out the recording sheet; an image forming section which forms an image on the recording sheet, fed out from the sheet supplying section, based on a pri... | 11/27/2012 |
| RE43779 | Image forming apparatus An operation device displays, in a display unit, an input screen to input setting information on an insertion sheet designated by a user, and sets the insertion sheet based on contents input in the input screen of an insertion sheet setting displayed in the display ... | 10/30/2012 |
| RE43763 | Image forming apparatus An operation device displays, in a display unit, an input screen to input setting information on an insertion sheet designated by a user, and sets the insertion sheet based on contents input in the input screen of an insertion sheet setting displayed in the display ... | 10/23/2012 |
| 8285168 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus including plural sheet-feeding trays, and a control section that displays a schedule image to show an execution schedule of a job on a display section, wherein the control section displays a job execution schedule displaying column, and an... | 10/09/2012 |
| 8275282 | Image forming apparatus, control method, and control program An image forming apparatus having a display unit for displaying a program which can be executed in the apparatus so as to be identified is disclosed. The apparatus has: an input unit for inputting a program into the image forming apparatus; a display control unit fo... | 09/25/2012 |
| 8270865 | Image forming apparatus for specifying a paper feeding tray Disclosed is an image forming apparatus including an image forming section to perform image formation based on a plurality of jobs, including: a control section to allow a display section to display switching information showing that a paper feeding tray to be used ... | 09/18/2012 |
| 8265510 | Multi-function apparatus A multi-function apparatus having a plurality of functions relating to an image processing and configured to selectively realize one of the plurality of functions, including: a plurality of operation keys which are operated by a user so as to control the multi-funct... | 09/11/2012 |
| 8233815 | Image forming apparatus reserving a plurality of jobs Disclosed is an image forming apparatus comprising a control section to display a job scheduling screen in a display section and a storage section to store tray-paper information relating to a paper of each of trays, and the control section specifies a tray or a pap... | 07/31/2012 |
| 8204398 | Image forming apparatus with controller for automatically switching displays of operation procedure in rotation An image forming apparatus is provided with a display device for displaying an operation guide to an operator, and a display controller for causing the display device to display an operation procedure comprised of a plurality of operations as the operation guide whi... | 06/19/2012 |
| RE43448 | Multifunction peripheral with template registration and template registration method In a display unit, a setting check key for checking present set contents is displayed together with a setting screen such as a basic screen for performing various basic settings. In a case where a user indicates a setting check key displayed in the setting screen, t... | 06/05/2012 |
| 8195060 | Electronic device, method for forming error information of electronic device, and image forming apparatus An electronic device includes a touch panel that includes an operation plane displaying various operation screens, and detects a press position on the operation screen as detection signal; a first storage portion that stores press information of the touch panel; a s... | 06/05/2012 |
| 8190048 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of functions including a function of executing an operation involving use of a consumable, a selecting unit that selects one function from the plurality of functions, a detector that detects a remaining level of the co... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8180244 | Image forming apparatus and operation accepting method A disclosed image forming apparatus accepts a selecting operation of selecting a button displayed on a touch panel and performs a process corresponding to the selected button. The image forming apparatus includes a moving region display unit displaying a region mark... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180243 | Image forming system and maintenance execution program There is provided an image forming system that are capable of preventing a user or operator from forgetting to carry out a maintenance operation based on required sub-maintenance items after execution of a maintenance operation based on an associated maintenance ite... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8170437 | Operation display device and image forming apparatus equipped therewith When displaying in the energy saving mode, an operation screen having operation buttons related to functions that can be used in the energy saving mode, control is carried out so that the operation buttons related to the functions that can be used in the energy savi... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8160469 | Information processing apparatus, method for controlling the information processing apparatus, and storage medium An apparatus includes a setting unit configured to set binding processing for binding a part of the document data including data of plurality of pages as a partial binding set for the document data, and a display control unit configured to display a setting verifica... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8135299 | Computer generated imagery (CGI) fault clearance instructions A method of providing instructions to a user of an imaging device includes generating a three-dimensional (3D) model of the imaging device in a 3D computer generated environment. At least one computer generated imagery (CGI) instruction sequence is then rendered fro... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8126349 | Image forming apparatus, control method, and control program An image forming apparatus having a display unit for displaying a program which can be executed in the apparatus so as to be identified is disclosed. The apparatus has: an input unit for inputting a program into the image forming apparatus; a display control unit fo... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8107844 | Methods and systems for image forming apparatus control and setting The subject innovation relates to an image forming apparatus that includes a control panel capable of displaying a menu screen, and enabling users to set a plurality of image forming conditions. Furthermore, an image forming unit can execute image forming processing... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8081896 | Image forming method and apparatus for convenient replacement of developer container An image forming apparatus includes an image forming mechanism for forming an image, at least one developer container replaceably provided in the image forming apparatus for containing developer, a housing for housing the image forming mechanism and the at least one... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8050586 | Image forming apparatus and display unit of an image forming apparatus In a case where a display unit displays a setting screen having a first display area to display a draft graphical image in accordance with draft setting and a second display area to display a finished graphical image in accordance with sheet setting, and a user desi... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8045877 | History information management device of image forming apparatus A history information management device 100 includes an operation panel 5 having a touch panel 5a, first storage unit 44a, storage operation control unit 45d, and display operation control unit 45e | 10/25/2011 |
| 8036562 | Image forming apparatus and method of the same An image forming apparatus 1 to form a panel sheet 100 placed at sections 111 to 113, 115 to 117 and 119 to 121 where operation buttons to be operated by a user are located, having a display 24b to displ... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8023853 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of functions including a function of executing an operation involving use of a consumable, a selecting unit that selects one function from the plurality of functions, a detector that detects a remaining level of the co... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8014693 | Image forming apparatus having improved serviceability An image forming apparatus including maintenance function for maintaining the image forming apparatus at a given operating condition includes an operation screen unit. The operation screen unit is useable for conducting maintenance on the image forming apparatus. Th... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8010009 | Image forming apparatus with controller for automatically switching displays of operation procedure in rotation An image forming apparatus is provided with a display device for displaying an operation guide to an operator, and a display controller for causing the display device to display an operation procedure comprised of a plurality of operations as the operation guide whi... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7995945 | Image forming apparatus which displays a setting screen There is displayed, in a display section, a photocopy processing setting screen having a setting information display area to display information indicating various setting particulars of photocopy processing, a button display area to display various icons indicating... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7991317 | Automatic job template generating apparatus and automatic job template generation method In order to provide an automatic job template generating apparatus capable of making operations simpler by reducing the steps in the user interface operation to match a frequently used capability of an MFP, an automatic job template generating apparatus of the inven... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7983583 | Image forming apparatus, image forming method, and computer program product An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit that forms an image on a sheet of recording medium, a sheet feed tray selecting unit, a medium size selecting unit that selects a first medium size, a medium type selecting unit that selects a medium type. A ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7949277 | Reprographic device providing collated and uncollated subset finishing selections at the local graphical user interface to allow reprographic device users to program different document finishing types within a single printed job to construct a mixed subset finished output Reprographic device provides collated and uncollated subset finishing selections at the local Graphical User Interface to allow the user to program different types of finishing within a single job to construct mixed subset finished output. Subset finishing provides ... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7937012 | Angle adjusting device and image forming apparatus An angle adjusting device configured to support an operations panel so that up and down rotation of the operations panel against an apparatus main body can be made in a designated angle range and configured to adjust a rotational angle of the operations panel in up ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7894738 | Image recording apparatus An image recording apparatus, including: a main body; a display device including an image-display screen and pivotably provided in an outer surface of the main body so as to selectively take a closed posture in which the image-display screen is opposed to the main b... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7890011 | Image forming apparatus including information display for consumables An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of functions including a function of executing an operation involving use of a consumable, a selecting unit that selects one function from the plurality of functions, a detector that detects a remaining level of the co... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7877034 | Image forming apparatus, sheet finisher and image forming system Disclosed is an image forming apparatus, a sheet finisher and an image forming system; each of them including: a display for displaying a work item for a maintenance in the form of a guidance display; a detection section for detecting whether the work item is execut... | 01/25/2011 |
