Image forming system and setting screen manipulating method for allowing terminal apparatus to manipulate setting screen

摘要

Provided is an image forming system that allows a user to quickly reach a desired setting item so as to resume alteration of the setting of the image forming apparatus and a job manipulation between a mobile terminal and an image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus starts an operation of changing the setting when an operation panel part is operated. Then, a terminal apparatus displays setting items of the image forming apparatus on a display panel in the form of a menu map. When an operation for determining a setting item is performed on a menu-map screen on the terminal apparatus, the image forming apparatus changes a setting screen to be displayed on the display panel to a setting screen for the setting item indicated by transmitted information.

主权项

1. An image forming system for allowing a terminal apparatus to manipulate a setting screen of an image forming apparatus, wherein:
the terminal apparatus includes a CPU and a display panel, the CPU of the terminal apparatus:
displays, on the display panel, a screen on which setting items for the image forming apparatus are displayed in a form of a menu map ('menu-map screen'),determines a setting item selected among the setting items on the menu map screen based on an operation of the terminal apparatus while highlighting the determined setting item, andtransmits a result of an operation on the determined setting item to the image forming apparatus, the image forming apparatus includes a CPU and an operation panel, the CPU of the image forming apparatus:
transmits, to terminal apparatus, data necessary to display setting items on the menu map screen when a setting change of the image forming apparatus is started by operation of the operation panel, andreflects the result of the operation transmitted from the terminal apparatus on a setting of the image forming apparatus and the setting screen, and the CPU of the terminal apparatus highlights the setting item selected among the setting items on the menu map screen based on the data transmitted from the image forming apparatus.