IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, OPERATION GUIDE METHOD, AND PROGRAM

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image forming apparatus that can display operation to be performed by a user according to the operation by the user without the need for the user to perform button operation to switch the details of the display.SOLUTION: An image forming apparatus includes: guide information display means 13 for displaying operation guide information stored in operation guide information storage means; equipment state information creation means 401 for acquiring sensor information from sensors arranged at respective places to create equipment state information for specifying the equipment state of the apparatus; a state screen specification table 403 on which the equipment state information and the operation guide information displayed in the respective equipment states are associated with each other; and screen information determination means 402 for comparing the equipment state information created by the equipment state information creation means with the equipment state information registered to the state screen specification table to determine the operation guide information to be displayed on the guide information display means. When the equipment state information creation means updates the equipment state information, the screen information determination means switches the operation guide information to be displayed in real time on the guide information display means.