JP2009239461A - Image forming apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enhance usability of an operation manual. <P>SOLUTION: The image forming apparatus 1 includes; an image read part or a printer controller 1b for acquiring image data; a nonvolatile memory 120 for storing a plurality of pieces of image data configuring the operation manual; an LCD 31 for displaying images based on the respective image data of the operation manual stored in the nonvolatile memory; an operation display part 30 for receiving the selection instruction of one of the two or more pieces of image data of the operation manual and the instruction of relating the other image data to the selection-instructed image data; and a control part 110 for relating the obtained image data with the image data of the operation manual selection-instructed by the operation display part 30 and storing them in the nonvolatile memory. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an image forming apparatus.

  2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, multifunctional image forming apparatuses such as a facsimile, a printer, and a copy function have operation manuals with different contents for each function because of the multifunction. For this reason, maintenance service personnel must always carry and reference many operation manuals.

  In view of this, an image processing apparatus including a storage unit that stores image data of an operation manual and a unit that displays image data of the operation manual is disclosed (see Patent Document 1).

In addition, since it is necessary to update the operation manual due to the addition of functions or specification changes of the image processing apparatus, means for inputting image data, storage means for storing image data of the operation manual, and images of the operation manual There has been disclosed an image processing apparatus including means for displaying data and update means for updating image data of an operation manual stored in a storage means to input image data (see Patent Document 2).
JP 2004-226950 A JP 2005-2663 A

However, in the conventional technique as described above, the update of the image data of the operation manual stored in the storage means is limited to service personnel, and the user-specific image data is associated with the desired image data of the operation manual. Cannot be added. Therefore, it is impossible to add or display image data of user-specific know-how and operation procedures.
In addition, since the area for displaying the image data of the operation manual (for example, the display screen on the LCD) is limited in size, it can display only the minimum content and understand the operation procedure required by the user. May be insufficient.

  The subject of this invention is improving the usability of an operation manual in view of the said problem.

  The invention according to claim 1 is an image acquisition unit that acquires image data, a storage unit that stores a plurality of image data constituting an operation manual, and each image data of the operation manual stored in the storage unit An input unit that receives a display unit that displays an image based on the image, an instruction to select any one of the plurality of image data of the operation manual, and an instruction to associate other image data with the selected image data And a control unit that associates the image data acquired by the image acquisition unit with the image data of the operation manual instructed to be selected by the input unit and stores the image data in the storage unit.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the image forming apparatus according to the first aspect, when the control unit displays an image based on the image data of the operation manual on the display unit, the image data of the operation manual is displayed. An image based on the image data associated with is displayed on the display unit.

  According to the first aspect of the invention, user-specific image data can be added in association with desired image data of the operation manual, and user-specific know-how and operation procedure image data can be added. The usability of the operation manual can be improved.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, it is possible to display the image data of the user's own know-how and operation procedure as well as to obtain the same effect as in the first aspect, and the image data of the operation manual can be displayed. Regardless of the size of the display area, it is possible to easily understand the operation procedure required by the user.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
First, the configuration will be described.
FIG. 1 is a schematic cross-sectional configuration diagram of an image forming apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the image forming apparatus 1 reads an image from a document, forms an image of the read image on a sheet P, page data including image data from an external device or the like, image forming conditions of each image data, and the like. The main body 1a that receives job information including the setting information and forms an image on the paper P based on the received job information, and the post-processing unit 50 that performs post-processing on the paper on which the image is formed It is a digital multi-function machine equipped with the above. The main body 1a includes an image reading unit 20, an operation display unit 30, a printing unit 40, and the like.

  The image reading unit 20 includes an automatic document feeder 21 called an ADF (Auto Document Feeder) and a reading unit 22, and has a function of reading images of a plurality of documents based on setting information received by the operation display unit 30. Is realized. The document d placed on the document tray T1 of the automatic document feeder 21 is conveyed to a contact glass as a reading location, and an image on one or both sides of the document d is read by an optical system, and a CCD (Charge Coupled Device) 22a. As a result, the image of the document d is read. Here, the image means not only image data such as graphics and photographs but also text data such as characters and symbols.

  Image data (analog image signal) of an image read by the image reading unit 20 is output to a reading processing unit 140 of an image control board described later, and A / D converted and various image processings are performed in the reading processing unit 140. Thereafter, the data is output to the print unit 40.

  The operation display unit 30 includes an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) 31, a touch panel 32 provided so as to cover the LCD 31, a help button, and other operation key groups (not shown). The operation display unit 30 receives an instruction from the user and controls the operation signal. In addition, in accordance with a display signal input from the control unit 110, various setting screens for inputting various operation instructions and setting information, various processing results, and the like are displayed.

  The LCD 31 is an operation screen having a plurality of buttons indicating various operation instructions, or a help screen that displays an image based on image data for each item of the operation manual stored in the nonvolatile memory 120 when the help button is pressed (for example, , Refer to FIG. 5), and outputs an operation signal indicating an instruction received by each screen to the control unit 110 described later.

  The touch panel 32 functions as an input unit that receives a button selection instruction on the operation screen based on a pressing signal on the operation screen.

  The print unit 40 performs electrophotographic image forming processing based on input print data, and includes a paper feed unit 41, a paper feed conveyance unit 42, an image formation unit 43, and a carry-out unit 44. Is done.

  The paper feed unit 41 includes a plurality of paper feed trays 41a, paper feed means 41b, a manual feed tray T2, and the like. The paper feed tray 41a stores paper P identified in advance for each paper type for each paper feed tray 41a. The paper feed means 41b directs the paper P from the top to the paper feed / conveyance section 42 one by one. Transport. The manual feed tray T2 can stack various types of paper P according to the user's needs, and transports the paper P stacked by the paper feed rollers one by one from the top to the paper feed transport unit 42. To do.

The sheet feeding / conveying section 42 conveys the sheet P conveyed from the sheet feeding tray 41a or the manual feed tray T2 to the transfer device 43a via a plurality of intermediate rollers, registration rollers 42a, and the like.
Further, the sheet feeding / conveying section 42 conveys the sheet P on which the single-sided image formation processing has been performed to the duplex conveying path by the conveyance path switching plate, and again conveys it to the transfer device 43a via the intermediate roller and the registration roller 42a.

  The image forming unit 43 includes an exposure device, a developing device, a transfer device 43a, a photosensitive drum, a charging device, a laser output unit that outputs laser light based on image data, and a polygon mirror that scans the laser light in the main scanning direction. A cleaning unit and a fixing device 43b are provided to realize a function of forming an image on a sheet based on job information stored in a RAM 130 described later. Specifically, an electrostatic latent image is formed by irradiating a photosensitive drum charged by a charging device with laser light using an exposure device. The developing device develops the electrostatic latent image by attaching charged toner to the surface of the photosensitive drum on which the electrostatic latent image is formed. The toner image formed on the photosensitive drum by the developing device is transferred to the paper P by the transfer device 43a. Further, after the toner image is transferred to the paper P, residual toner on the surface of the photosensitive drum is removed by the cleaning unit.

  The fixing device 43 b thermally fixes the toner image transferred to the paper P conveyed by the paper feed conveyance unit 42. The fixed sheet P is sandwiched between the discharge rollers of the carry-out unit 44 and conveyed from the carry-out port to the post-processing unit 50.

  The post-processing unit 50 includes a sorting unit that performs sorting processing of image-formed sheets, a punch unit that performs punching processing, a stapling unit that performs stapling processing to bind a bundle of sheets at a set binding position, and a folding unit that performs folding processing. , Various post-processing units such as a cutting unit for performing a cutting process, a paper discharge tray T3 on which a sheet on which an image is formed by the main body unit 1a and a sheet on which various types of post-processing are performed are discharged and stacked.

FIG. 2 shows a control block diagram of the image forming apparatus 1.
As shown in FIG. 2, the image forming apparatus 1 includes a main body 1a, a printer controller 1b, and a post-processing unit 50 connected to the main body 1a. The image forming apparatus 1 is connected to an external apparatus 2 on the network 3 through a LANIF (Local Area Network InterFace) 14 of the printer controller 1b so as to be able to send and receive information to and from each other.

  The main body unit 1a includes an image reading unit 20, an operation display unit 30, a printing unit 40, and an image control board 100. In addition, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the structure same as each part demonstrated in FIG. 1, and the description is abbreviate | omitted.

  The image control board 100 includes a control unit 110, a nonvolatile memory 120, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 130, a reading processing unit 140, a compression IC 150, a DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory) control IC 160, an image memory 170, a decompression IC 180, and a writing process. Part 190.

The control unit 110 is configured by a CPU (Central Processing Unit) or the like, reads a system program stored in the non-volatile memory 120 and a specified program from various application programs, expands the RAM 130, and expands the RAM 130. Various processes are executed in cooperation with the program, and each part of the image forming apparatus 1 is centrally controlled.
For example, in accordance with an instruction signal input from the operation display unit 30 or the external device 2, the copy mode, printer mode, and scanner mode are switched, and control such as copying, printing, and reading of image data is performed.

  The control unit 110 displays an operation manual display processing program according to the present embodiment from the non-volatile memory 120, image data for a plurality of items constituting the operation manual, and various types of data on a help screen displayed on the LCD 31. When an instruction to select one of a plurality of items constituting the operation manual and an instruction to associate other image data with the image data of the selected item are input from the touch panel 32, the nonvolatile memory 120 The image data acquired by the image reading unit 20 or the printer controller 1b is associated with the image data of the selected item among the plurality of items of the operation manual stored in the non-volatile memory 120 and stored in the nonvolatile memory 120.

  In addition, when displaying an image based on the image data of each item of the operation manual stored in the nonvolatile memory 120 on the LCD 31, the control unit 110 causes the LCD 31 to display an image based on the image data associated with the image data. .

  In addition to various processing programs and data relating to image formation, the nonvolatile memory 120 includes an operation manual display processing program according to the present embodiment, image data of each item of the operation manual, and image data associated with the image data of each item ( Hereinafter, it is also referred to as registered image data), a management table for managing image data of an operation manual and image data associated with the image data, data processed by various programs, initial data of each unit, and the like.

FIG. 3 shows an example of the management table.
As shown in FIG. 3, the management table includes a plurality of management tables TB1, TB2, and TB3 in which items of the operation manual are classified for each hierarchy.

  The management table TB1 is a table for managing the top item (large item) of the operation manual, and is a management table indicated by the management table pointer P0 that is referred to when the user presses the help button. The management table TB1 has a registered image list pointer P1a and a middle item management table pointer P1b for each item. The registered image list pointer P1a is a pointer indicating the storage destination of the first record of the registered image data list for the item, and the middle item management table pointer P1b is a storage location of a management table for managing lower items (middle items). Pointer to indicate. If there is no lower item (middle item), the image data of the operation manual for the item is stored instead of the middle item management table pointer P1b.

  The management table TB2 is a table for managing the middle items of the operation manual, and is a management table indicated by the middle item management table pointer P1b referred to when the user selects a large item button. This management table TB2 has a registered image list pointer P2a and a small item management table pointer P2b for each item. The registered image list pointer P2a is a pointer indicating the storage location of the first record of the registered image data list for the item, and the small item management table pointer P2b is a storage location of a management table for managing lower items (small items). Pointer to indicate. When there is no lower item (small item), the image data of the operation manual for the item is stored instead of the small item management table pointer P2b.

  The management table TB3 is a table for managing the lowest level (small item) of the operation manual, and is a management table indicated by the small item management table pointer P2b referred to when the user selects the middle item button. The management table TB3 has a registered image list pointer P3a and image data D3 for each item. The registered image list pointer P3a is a pointer indicating the storage destination of the first record of the registered image data list for the item, and the image data D3 is image data of an operation manual for the item. If there is a lower item, a pointer indicating the storage destination of the management table for managing the lower item is provided instead of the image data D3.

  The registered image data list R indicated by each of the registered image list pointers P1a, P2a, and P3a includes image data (registered image data) acquired in association with the selected item and image data (registered image data) to be added next. ) Is managed by the list structure including the next element pointer indicating the storage destination.

  The RAM 130 forms a work area for temporarily storing various programs executed by the control unit 110 and various data related to these programs.

  The reading processing unit 140 performs various processing such as analog processing, A / D conversion processing, and shading processing on the analog image signal input from the image reading control unit 200 of the image reading unit 20, and then generates digital image data. To do. The generated image data is output to the compression IC 150.

  The compression IC 150 performs compression processing on the input digital image data and outputs it to the DRAM control IC 160.

The DRAM control IC 160 controls the image data compression processing by the compression IC 150 and the decompression processing of the compressed image data by the decompression IC 180 in accordance with an instruction from the control unit 110, and performs input / output control of image data to the image memory 170.
For example, when an instruction to store the image signal read by the image reading unit 20 is given, the compression processing of the image data input from the reading processing unit 140 is executed by the compression IC 150, and the compressed image data is compressed in the image memory 170. It is stored in the memory 171. When the print output of the compressed image data stored in the compression memory 171 is instructed, the compressed image data is read from the compression memory 171, decompressed by the decompression IC 180, and stored in the page memory 172. Further, when an instruction to print out the image data stored in the page memory 172 is issued, the image data is read from the page memory 172 and output to the writing processing unit 190.

  The image memory 170 includes a compression memory 171 and a page memory 172 configured from DRAM (Dynamic RAM). The compression memory 171 is a memory for storing compressed image data, and the page memory 172 is a memory for temporarily storing image data (print data) for print output.

  The decompression IC 180 performs decompression processing on the compressed image data.

  The write processing unit 190 generates print data for image formation based on the image data input from the DRAM control IC 160 and outputs the print data to the print unit 40.

  The image reading unit 20 includes a CCD 22a, an image reading control unit 200, and other automatic document feeding unit 21 and reading unit 22 shown in FIG. The image reading control unit 200 controls the automatic document feeding unit 21, the reading unit 22, and the like to execute exposure scanning of the document surface, and performs photoelectric conversion on the reflected light of the light by the CCD 22a to read the image. The read analog image signal is output to the reading processing unit 140.

  The operation display unit 30 includes an LCD 31, a touch panel 32, an operation display control unit 300, and other operation key groups such as a numeric keypad. The operation display control unit 300 causes the LCD 31 to display various screens for inputting various setting conditions, various processing results, and the like in accordance with a display signal input from the control unit 110. The operation display control unit 300 outputs operation signals input from various switches, buttons, numeric keys, operation key groups, the touch panel 32, and the like to the control unit 110.

  The print unit 40 includes various units related to print output, such as the image forming unit 43 shown in FIG. The print control unit 400 controls the operation of each unit of the print unit 40 such as the image forming unit 43 according to an instruction from the control unit 110, and forms an image on the paper P based on the print data input from the writing processing unit 190. In addition, an instruction signal for operating each part of the post-processing unit 50 according to an instruction from the control unit 110 is output to the post-processing control unit 500.

  The post-processing unit 50 is provided with various post-processing units, transport means such as transport rollers for transporting paper to the various post-processing units, and a paper discharge tray T3 for discharging paper transported from the various post-processing units. The various post-processing units are comprehensively controlled by the post-processing control unit 500. The post-processing control unit 500 transports the paper P to a predetermined post-processing unit along the transport path in response to a post-processing instruction signal input from the control unit 110 via the print control unit 400, and drives each unit. Control is performed so that the paper P is subjected to predetermined post-processing, and discharged to the paper discharge tray T3.

  Next, each part of the printer controller 1b will be described. The printer controller 1b manages and controls image data and jobs input to the image forming apparatus 1 from the external apparatus 2 connected to the network 3 when the image forming apparatus 1 is used as a network printer. Data is received from the external device 2, and the data is transmitted to the main unit 1a as image data or a job associated with the operation manual.

  The printer controller 1b includes a controller control unit 11, a DRAM control IC 12, an image memory 13, and a LANIF 14.

  The controller control unit 11 comprehensively controls the operation of each unit of the printer controller 1b, and transmits data input from the external device 2 to the main body unit 1a via the LANIF 14 as a job.

  The DRAM control IC 12 controls storage of data received by the LANIF 14 in the image memory 13 and reading of data from the image memory 13. The DRAM control IC 12 is connected to the DRAM control IC 160 of the image control board 100 via a PCI (Peripheral Components Interconnect) bus, and reads data to be printed from the image memory 13 in accordance with instructions from the controller control unit 11. Output to the control IC 160.

  The image memory 13 is composed of a DRAM and temporarily stores input output data.

  The LANIF 14 is a communication interface for connecting to a network 3 such as a NIC (Network Interface Card) or a LAN such as a modem, and receives data from the external device 2. The received data is output to the DRAM control IC 12.

Next, the operation of the present embodiment will be described.
FIG. 4 shows a flowchart of the operation manual display process in the present embodiment. The flowchart shown in FIG. 4 is a process executed by the control unit 110.

  When an operation signal indicating that the help button has been pressed is input from the operation display unit 30 (step S1), the control unit 110 displays a help screen based on the management table TB1 indicated by the management table pointer P0 on the LCD 31 (step S1). S2).

FIG. 5 shows an example of the help screen G1 displayed in step S2.
The help screen G1 shown in FIG. 5 has a plurality of item buttons B1a to B1e that can select each item at the top (large item) of the operation manual based on the management table TB1.
When any of the item buttons B1a to B1e is pressed, the pointers (registered screen list pointer P1a, middle item management table pointer P1b) set to the item corresponding to the pressed item button are referred to and pressed. A plurality of item buttons that can select items below the item button (middle item) are further displayed, and when any of the middle item button is pressed, the item is set to the item corresponding to the pressed item button. The pointers (registration screen list pointer P2a, small item management table pointer P2b) are referred to, and a plurality of item buttons that can select items (small items) subordinate to the pressed item button are further displayed.

  The control unit 110 refers to a management table that manages an item (selected item) corresponding to the selected item button when any item button on the help screen is selected. It is determined whether there is no lower item and there is operation manual image data for the selected item (step S3).

  When the selected item has a lower item and there is no pre-stored operation manual image data, that is, the control unit 110 has a pointer indicating the storage location of the management table for managing the lower item (step S3; No), the item button of the item below the selected item is displayed, and the process returns to step S3.

  When there is no lower item in the selected item and there is operation manual image data for the selected item (step S3; Yes), the control unit 110 refers to the registered image list pointer set in the selected item, and the pointer is It is determined whether it is set, that is, whether there is a registered image data list (step S4).

  When the registered image list pointer for the selected item is NULL, that is, when there is no registered image data list associated with the image data of the selected item (step S4; none), the control unit 110 displays the operation manual image of the selected item. A help screen on which an image based on the data is displayed is displayed on the LCD 31 (step S5).

FIG. 6 shows an example of the help screen G2a displayed in step S5.
The help screen G2a shown in FIG. 6 includes a plurality of item buttons B1a to B1e capable of selecting each item of the large item of the operation manual, and an item button B2a capable of selecting the middle item selected from the large item button. The display area E1 for displaying an image based on the image data of the operation manual of the selection item (the item corresponding to the item button B2a in this case), and the image registration button for accepting an instruction to associate other image data with the image data of the selection item B3 is provided.

  When the registered image list pointer for the selected item is set, that is, when there is a registered image data list (step S4; present), the control unit 110, an image based on the image data of the operation manual of the selected item, and the registered image A help screen on which the display button is displayed is displayed on the LCD 31 (step S6).

FIG. 7 shows an example of the help screen G2b displayed in step S6.
The help screen G2b illustrated in FIG. 7 includes a plurality of item buttons B1a to B1e that can select each of the large items included in the help screen G2a illustrated in FIG. 6, an item button B2a that can select a middle item, and a display area E1. In addition to the image registration button B3, a registration image display button B4 for receiving an image display instruction based on the registered image data list associated with the image data of the selection item is provided.

  When an operation signal is input from the operation display unit 30, the control unit 110 selects any one of the image registration button B3, the registered image display button B4, and other buttons as the source of the operation signal. Is determined (step S7).

  When the image registration button B3 is selected (step S7; image registration button), the control unit 110 acquires image data from the image reading unit 20 or the external device 2 connected via the network 3 (step S8). The acquired image data is stored in the nonvolatile memory 120 in association with the image data of the operation manual of the selected item (step S9), and the process returns to step S7.

As processing for acquiring image data in step S8, for example, when acquiring from a sheet (original) on which an image is formed, “Please set the original” on the LCD 31 of the operation display unit 30. “Please press the start button after setting.” A screen for informing the procedure related to the acquisition of image data is displayed.
Similarly, when acquiring image data from the external device 2 via the network 3, a screen for informing a procedure related to acquisition of image data is displayed.

  As a process of associating the acquired image data with the image data of the selection item in step S9, there is no image data associated with the image data of the operation manual of the selection item before the process (the selection item When the registered image list pointer is NULL), a record including the acquired image data and the next element pointer set to NULL is generated, and the registered image data list including the record is stored in the nonvolatile memory 120. The storage destination of the first record of the generated registered image data list is set in the registered image list pointer of the generated selection item.

  If there is image data associated with the image data of the operation manual of the selected item before the processing (the storage location of the first record in the registered image data list is set in the registered image list pointer of the selected item) A record including the acquired image data and the next element pointer set to NULL is generated, and the record of the next element of the last record in the registered image data list of the selected item is generated. Set to the storage location of.

  When the registered image display button B4 is selected (step S7; registered image display button), the control unit 110 refers to the registered image data list indicated by the registered image list pointer of the selection item, and is stored in the registered image data list. A registered image display screen for displaying an image based on the current image data (registered image data) is displayed on the LCD 31 (step S10).

FIG. 8 shows an example of the registered image display screen G3 displayed in step S10.
The registered image display screen G3 shown in FIG. 8 includes an image display area E2 in which an image based on the image data (registered image data) stored in the registered image data list indicated by the selection item registered image list pointer is displayed. Button B5.
The registered image display screen G3 is a pop-up screen displayed on the top surface of the help screen or a screen displayed in the display area E1 of the help screen, and the display form is not limited.

  The control unit 110 determines whether an operation signal indicating that the end button included in the registered image display screen is pressed is input (step S11). If the end button is not pressed (step S11; No), step S11 is performed. If the end button is pressed (step S11; Yes), the process returns to step S6.

  When another button is selected (step S7; other), the control unit 110 ends this process and proceeds to the process of the selected button.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the image data acquired by the image reading unit 20 or the printer controller 1b can be stored in the nonvolatile memory 120 in association with the image data of the operation manual instructed to be selected. User-specific image data can be added in association with image data of desired items in the operation manual, and user-specific know-how and operation procedure image data can be added, improving the usability of the operation manual be able to.

  Furthermore, since the image based on the image data associated with the image data of the operation manual can be displayed on the LCD 31, the image data of the user's own know-how and operation procedure can be displayed, and the image data of the operation manual can be displayed. Regardless of the size of the area to be operated, the operation procedure required by the user can be easily understood.

In the above description, the example in which the nonvolatile memory 120 is used as the computer-readable medium of the program according to the present invention is disclosed, but the present invention is not limited to this example.
As other computer-readable media, a non-volatile memory such as a flash memory and a portable recording medium such as a CD-ROM can be applied.
Further, a carrier wave (carrier wave) is also applied to the present invention as a medium for providing program data according to the present invention via a communication line.

  Further, the present invention is not limited to the contents of the above embodiment, and can be appropriately changed without departing from the gist of the present invention.

1 is a schematic cross-sectional configuration diagram of an image forming apparatus in the present embodiment. 2 is a control block diagram of the image forming apparatus. FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of a management table. It is a flowchart of the operation manual display process in this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of the help screen on which the top menu was displayed. It is a figure which shows the example of the help screen displayed in step S5. It is a figure which shows the example of the help screen displayed in step S6. It is a figure which shows the example of the registration image display screen displayed in step S10.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Image forming apparatus 1a Main part 1b Printer controller 2 External apparatus 3 Network 11 Controller control part 12 DRAM control IC
13 Image memory 14 LANIF
20 Image Reading Unit 21 Automatic Document Feeding Unit 22 Reading Unit 22a CCD
30 Operation display unit 31 LCD
32 touch panel 40 print unit 41 paper feed unit 41a paper feed tray 41b paper feed means 42 paper feed transport unit 42a registration roller 43 image forming unit 43a transfer device 43b fixing device 44 carry-out unit 50 post-processing unit 100 image control board 110 control unit 120 Nonvolatile memory 130 RAM
140 Reading processing unit 150 Compression IC
160 DRAM control IC
170 Image memory 171 Compression memory 172 Page memory 180 Decompression IC
190 Write processing unit 200 Image reading control unit 300 Operation display control unit 400 Print control unit 500 Post-processing control unit B1a, B1b, B1c, B1d, B1e Item button B2a Item button B3 Image registration button B4 Registered image display button B5 End button d Document D3 Image data E1 Display area E2 Image display areas G1, G2a, G2b Help screen G3 Registered image display screen P Paper P0 Management table pointer P1a, P2a, P3a Registered image list pointer P1b Medium item management table pointer P2b Small item management table Pointer R Registered image data list T1 Document tray T2 Manual feed tray T3 Discharge trays TB1, TB2, TB3 Management table

Claims (2)

An image acquisition unit for acquiring image data;
A storage unit for storing a plurality of image data constituting the operation manual;
A display unit for displaying an image based on each image data of the operation manual stored in the storage unit;
An input unit that receives an instruction to select any one of the plurality of image data of the operation manual and an instruction to associate other image data with the selected image data;
A control unit that associates the image data acquired by the image acquisition unit with the image data of the operation manual instructed to be selected by the input unit, and stores the image data in the storage unit;
An image forming apparatus. The controller is
When displaying an image based on each image data of the operation manual on the display unit,
Displaying an image based on the image data associated with the image data of the operation manual on the display unit;
The image forming apparatus according to claim 1.

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