AN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THAT DISPLAYS A PREVIEW OF A DISPLAY IMAGE SHOWING A STATE WHERE AN IMAGE IS FORMED ON A SHEET OF PAPER

摘要

a In an image forming apparatus provided with an image output portion, paper supply portions, a display image generating portion, a display panel, and an operation unit including an operation unit side control portion having a preview display function, a specified display image generating function and a paper display image generating function are included as the display image generating portion and a specified paper supply portion displaying function and an output state displaying function are included as the operation unit side control portion, for displaying a preview of a situation of a paper supply portion and sheets of paper on the display panel.

主权项

1. An image forming apparatus, comprising:
paper supply portions provided at a plurality of places for supplying a sheet of paper; an image output portion for forming and outputting an image based on image data which is input on a sheet of paper supplied from a first paper supply portion which is specified from among the plurality of paper supply portions; and an image display operation device, wherein the image display operation device includes a display image generating portion for generating a display image based on the image data before outputting the image to the sheet of paper supplied from the first paper supply portion, a display portion, and a display control portion for displaying the display image on the display portion, the display image generating portion includes a function for generating a first display image showing the first paper supply portion, and a function for generating a second display image showing a state where the image is formed on the sheet of paper supplied from the first paper supply portion when the image data is input as a preview image or a state where a sample image is formed on the sheet of paper before the image data is input as a confirmation image, and the display control portion includes a function for displaying a preview of the first display image on the display portion, and a function for displaying a preview of the second display image.