Image forming apparatus and image forming method

摘要

An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming unit which forms an image based on a JOB; a display operation unit which enables a display and an operation for the JOB; and a control unit which manages the JOB and controls the image forming unit and the display operation unit, wherein the control unit arranges a predetermined number of JOBs on one screen according to a reservation order to be output in the display operation unit, displays a list switched of a page or scrolled by an instructing operation of a user, updates the display of the displayed list, selects the JOB in the displayed list by the instructing operation of the user, executes the instructing operation for the selected JOB, and maintains at least the selected JOB displayed on the screen to be displayed on the screen.

主权项

1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
an image forming unit which forms an image based on a JOB; a display operation unit which enables display of the JOB and an input of an operation for the JOB; and a control unit which manages the JOB and controls the image forming unit and the display operation unit, wherein the control unit (i) arranges a predetermined number of JOBs on one screen displayed on the display operation unit according to a reservation order to be output, (ii) displays a list of the JOBS which is switchable by a page or scrollable by an operation of a user when a number of JOBs becomes more than the predetermined number, (iii) updates the display of the displayed list when there is a change in a status of one of the JOBs, (iv) selects a JOB in the displayed list according to an instructing operation of the user, (v) executes the instructing operation for the selected JOB, and (vi) maintains at least the selected JOB displayed on the screen to be displayed on the screen when the display needs to be updated by the switching or the scrolling in a case where the display of the displayed list is updated, and wherein the control unit defines a display position of the selected JOB so that the selected JOB is displayed at a position where the selected JOB is not hidden by a display of a pop-up screen for the instructing operation when the instructing operation for the selected JOB is input, the pop-up screen being displayed so as to be superimposed on the list.