ELECTRICAL APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND OPERATION PROGRAM THEREOF

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow an operator to instantaneously perform determination by displaying an image representing a growth stage and/or an appearance of a living thing or a virtual living thing character to show the current status of an image forming apparatus main body.

SOLUTION: An operation section 28 of the image forming apparatus body 2 comprises an operation display panel 30 for displaying letters and/or symbols representing various functions with respect to an image forming operation to allow the operator to select arbitrary information among the displayed information; and a status display panel 40 for displaying the image representing the growth stage and/or the appearance of the living thing character such as a fish to show the current status of the body 2.

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