Abstract: A display device includes a display section and a control unit. The display section is capable of displaying an image. The control unit includes a processor and, based on operation of the processor in accordance with an operation program, performs a display control of the display section and allows the display section, upon acceptance of a user's instruction to provide a scrolling display of display contents of the display section, to provide a scrolling display of the display contents of the display section in accordance with the instruction. When the image to be displayed is a scroll image displayable by scrolling on the display section, the control unit allows the display section to display, on a display area of the display section, a predetermined portion of the scroll image as a range displayable within the display area.

Abstract: A display device includes a display section and a control unit including a processor. The control unit displays, upon deciding that an image to be displayed in the display section is a scrollable image larger than a predetermined display region of the display section, and an entirety of which can be displayed in the display region by scrolling the image in a vertical or horizontal direction in a display screen of the display section, a portion of the scrollable image in the display region, the portion being shifted in the vertical direction or horizontal direction to a predetermined position away from a head position, and then displays, in the display region, the scrollable image scrolled until the head position thereof appears at an end of the display region in a direction of the shifting.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a display portion that displays a setting screen, a communication portion that receives, from an information processing apparatus, an information package including a setting history and configuration information of another image forming apparatus chosen in advance, a storage portion that stores the received information package, and a control portion that extracts, based on information included in the information package, a recommended value of a setting value settable based on a setting screen currently displayed at the display portion, and that makes the display portion display one or a plurality of extracted recommended values within a recommended-value display area.

Abstract: A display control apparatus includes; a display unit; a web display control unit which causes a web page to be displayed; an instruction acceptance image display control unit which causes a download instruction acceptance image to be displayed in a web page; a download instruction acceptance unit which accepts a download instruction in accordance with an operation based on the download instruction acceptance image; a processing acceptance image display control unit which displays a processing acceptance image for accepting an instruction for carrying out printing, saving or transmission in respect of the data to be downloaded, when the download instruction is accepted; and a processing acceptance unit which accepts the selection of any one of the aforementioned processes in accordance with an user's operation based on the processing acceptance image.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus and a user terminal apparatus are connected to a network. In the image forming apparatus, an input device receives an input of an identification code unique to the user terminal apparatus on the basis of a user operation, and an apparatus information transmitting unit searches for a user terminal apparatus on the network using the identification code and transmit apparatus information on this image forming apparatus to the found user terminal apparatus. In the user terminal apparatus, an identification code managing unit displays an identification code unique to this user terminal apparatus on the display device, an apparatus information acquiring unit receives the apparatus information transmitted from the image forming apparatus to which the identification code was inputted, a driver setup unit sets up the driver program on the basis of the received apparatus information.

Abstract: A multi function peripheral is provided with a display controller for causing a display section to display reception screens for respective settings on functions executable in the electrical apparatus, an instruction receiver for receiving an instruction to designate a content of each setting from the user, a display format receiver for receiving an instruction to select any one of a wizard display format, a list display format and a menu display format from the user, and a storage for storing the display format received by the display format receiver while relating it to the contents of the respective settings received by the instruction receiver.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a display portion that displays a setting screen, a communication portion that receives, from an information processing apparatus, an information package including a setting history and configuration information of another image forming apparatus chosen in advance, a storage portion that stores the received information package, and a control portion that extracts, based on information included in the information package, a recommended value of a setting value settable based on a setting screen currently displayed at the display portion, and that makes the display portion display one or a plurality of extracted recommended values within a recommended-value display area.

Abstract: In a remote support system, an image forming apparatus, a staff terminal, and a management apparatus are connected to one another for communication. The management apparatus accumulates a conversation pattern communicated in a conversation form between the image forming apparatus and the staff terminal, and when the management apparatus receives a guidance request from the image forming apparatus, the management apparatus forces the staff terminal to display a selection screen that displays, as choices, the conversation patterns, and forces a request sending apparatus to display a selected conversation pattern as a guidance.

Abstract: A display processing unit causes a display device to display a screen on the basis of screen image data. A screen change detecting unit watches the screen image data and detects a change of the screen image data. A transmission processing unit transmits the screen image data to a monitoring apparatus if the screen change detecting unit detected a change of the screen image data. A storage device stores excluding condition data. The transmission processing unit does not transmit the screen image data if the detected change of the screen image data satisfies the excluding condition specified by the excluding condition data and transmits the screen image data if the detected change of the screen image data does not satisfy the excluding condition specified by the excluding condition data.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus and a user terminal apparatus are connected to a network. In the image forming apparatus, an input device receives an input of an identification code unique to the user terminal apparatus on the basis of a user operation, and an apparatus information transmitting unit searches for a user terminal apparatus on the network using the identification code and transmit apparatus information on this image forming apparatus to the found user terminal apparatus. In the user terminal apparatus, an identification code managing unit displays an identification code unique to this user terminal apparatus on the display device, an apparatus information acquiring unit receives the apparatus information transmitted from the image forming apparatus to which the identification code was inputted, a driver setup unit sets up the driver program on the basis of the received apparatus information.

Abstract: A display processing unit causes a display device to display a screen on the basis of screen image data. A screen change detecting unit watches the screen image data and detects a change of the screen image data. A transmission processing unit transmits the screen image data to a monitoring apparatus if the screen change detecting unit detected a change of the screen image data. A storage device stores excluding condition data. The transmission processing unit does not transmit the screen image data if the detected change of the screen image data satisfies the excluding condition specified by the excluding condition data and transmits the screen image data if the detected change of the screen image data does not satisfy the excluding condition specified by the excluding condition data.

Abstract: The operation device according to the present invention includes a touch panel configured to enable selection of a predetermined key contained in a predetermined screen, a function screen display reception unit for displaying a screen including a screen area and a retreat area being an area that is different from the screen area, an operation unit, a screen switching reception unit for displaying an icon key corresponding to the function of the second function screen on the touch panel in a selectable configuration at a predetermined position of the retreat area, a reduced screen display reception unit that displays a first reduced screen key for reducing the first function screen on the touch panel in a selectable configuration in the retreat area, and a function screen switching unit for switching the display of the first function screen in the screen area to the display of the second function screen.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a display unit that displays an image; a web browser that causes the display unit to display thereon a web page; and an operation setting unit that receives from a user and stores an input of operation settings relating to the operation of the image forming apparatus, and of web page display settings relating to web page display control by the web browser. Upon launching of the web browser, the operation setting unit outputs the web page display settings to the web browser. The web browser displays the web page on the display unit according to the web page display settings.

Abstract: The operation device according to the present invention includes a touch panel configured to enable selection of a predetermined key contained in a predetermined screen, a function screen display reception unit for displaying a screen including a screen area and a retreat area being an area that is different from the screen area, an operation unit, a screen switching reception unit for displaying an icon key corresponding to the function of the second function screen on the touch panel in a selectable configuration at a predetermined position of the retreat area, a reduced screen display reception unit that displays a first reduced screen key for reducing the first function screen on the touch panel in a selectable configuration in the retreat area, and a function screen switching unit for switching the display of the first function screen in the screen area to the display of the second function screen.

Abstract: A multi function peripheral is provided with a display controller for causing a display section to display reception screens for respective settings on functions executable in the electrical apparatus, an instruction receiver for receiving an instruction to designate a content of each setting from the user, a display format receiver for receiving an instruction to select any one of a wizard display format, a list display format and a menu display format from the user, and a storage for storing the display format received by the display format receiver while relating it to the contents of the respective settings received by the instruction receiver.

Abstract: A display control apparatus includes; a display unit; a web display control unit which causes a web page to be displayed; an instruction acceptance image display control unit which causes a download instruction acceptance image to be displayed in a web page; a download instruction acceptance unit which accepts a download instruction in accordance with an operation based on the download instruction acceptance image; a processing acceptance image display control unit which displays a processing acceptance image for accepting an instruction for carrying out printing, saving or transmission in respect of the data to be downloaded, when the download instruction is accepted; and a processing acceptance unit which accepts the selection of any one of the aforementioned processes in accordance with an user's operation based on the processing acceptance image.

Abstract: A display control apparatus comprises a display unit, and a web browser function unit, the web browser function unit including: a registration instruction acceptance image display control unit which causes the display unit to display a registration instruction acceptance image; a registration unit which registers the URL of a web page being displayed in accordance with an operation based on the registration instruction acceptance image; a position designation acceptance image display control unit which displays a position designation acceptance image showing a candidate for a display position of a bookmark image of the web page of which URL is to be registered; and a position designation acceptance unit which accepts an instruction designating the display position of the bookmark image in accordance with an operation based on the position designation acceptance image.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a display unit that displays an image; a web browser that causes the display unit to display thereon a web page; and an operation setting unit that receives from a user and stores an input of operation settings relating to the operation of the image forming apparatus, and of web page display settings relating to web page display control by the web browser. Upon launching of the web browser, the operation setting unit outputs the web page display settings to the web browser. The web browser displays the web page on the display unit according to the web page display settings.

Abstract: A display control apparatus includes: a display unit that displays an image; a web browser that causes the display unit to display thereon a web page; an operation state detection unit that detects an operation state of an image forming apparatus; and a panel application that causes the display unit to display in a status area thereof an operation state detected by the operation state detection unit. The web browser causes the display unit to display in an area outside the status area thereof the web page.

Abstract: An image forming device having enhanced usability when a resource thereof is being exclusively used is disclosed. The image forming device allows a resource thereof to be exclusively used by a user, and comprises an reservation unit and an interrupt processing unit. The reservation unit is configured to reserve a specific resource for exclusive use if a request having required information attached therewith is received thereby. The interrupt processing unit is configured to send a rejection having certain information about the exclusive usage of a requested resource attached thereto to the user who requested an interrupt request, as a response to the interrupt request, when the specific resource being requested is being exclusively used by another user.