JP2013122608A - Image forming apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image forming apparatus capable of easily and speedily changing a processing condition which is once entered without having to read an original again.SOLUTION: An image forming apparatus comprises; display means for displaying a plurality of processing items corresponding to a plurality of the processing conditions regarding image acquiring processing and a plurality of processing items corresponding to the plurality of the processing conditions regarding image outputting processing; input receiving means for receiving input of the processing item and the processing condition corresponding to the processing items, by a user; change input receiving means for receiving input for change of the processing condition set for a job by the user; determining means for determining whether the image acquiring processing is started when the input for the change of the processing condition is received; and change control means for displaying only the processing items corresponding to the processing condition for the image outputting processing among the plurality of the processing items when it is determined that the image acquiring processing has already been started.

Description

  The present invention relates to an image forming apparatus, and more particularly, to an image forming apparatus capable of easily and quickly changing processing conditions that have been input once without reading a document again.

In recent image forming apparatuses, when executing printing processing, image data of a document is once stored in a memory, and a plurality of printed materials are output based on the data of the document, and post-processing such as punching and stapling is performed. Or sort printing. When the user inputs processing conditions related to a process of acquiring image data from the document to the image forming apparatus (image acquisition process) and a process of outputting the acquired image data (image output process), the image forming apparatus is input Image data is acquired from the document according to the image acquisition process, and printed matter or the like is output according to the input image output process.
Examples of the image acquisition process include a process of acquiring image data of a predetermined resolution from a document, a process of acquiring color or monochrome image data from a document, and the like. Examples of the image output process include a process of outputting a predetermined number of image data, a process of printing the image data on both sides or one side of a sheet, and the like. Here, the printed matter includes not only a printed matter in which image data is printed on a recording sheet, but also a book in which the printed matter is bound and facsimile transmission of image data.

  By the way, the fact that the processing conditions related to the image acquisition processing and image output processing input by the user are the processing conditions expected by the user is recognized for the first time by confirming the printed matter subjected to all the processing conditions. Become. That is, when it is recognized that the processing condition input by the user is incorrect or not the processing condition expected by the user, it is during or after the output of the printed matter. If the user feels that he / she wants to change his / her input processing conditions during output, he / she immediately presses the stop key to stop the output. There was a problem of being wasted.

Therefore, in order to solve the above problem, for example, in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 11-212401 (Patent Document 1), a plurality of print copies are specified in a printing apparatus that can perform a plurality of sort prints using the same print data. In this case, there is disclosed a printing apparatus having means for storing a part of print data and a print control means for temporarily stopping printing when the part of printing is finished. With the above configuration, the user always confirms the quality of the first printed matter. For this reason, even if the user inputs wrong processing conditions, it is possible to minimize the waste of the printed matter that has been output.
JP-A-11-212401.

However, in the technique described in Patent Document 1, the image forming apparatus is stopped every time a processing condition is newly input and a first part of a printed matter or the like is printed. Therefore, in order to resume printing of the second copy, the user must be in the vicinity of the image forming apparatus. When the user is not in the vicinity of the image forming apparatus, the image forming apparatus continues to stop as it is, and there is a problem that printing efficiency is remarkably lowered.
In addition, when the processing condition is newly input from the processing conditions already input by the user and the setting is changed, all the processing items of the processing conditions are displayed on the touch panel. It was difficult to recognize only the items. Therefore, since the user has selected a process item and confirmed the possibility of changing the process item, there is a problem that it takes time to change the process condition.
Further, when the user changes the processing condition, the change of the processing condition related to the image acquisition process requires the image data to be read again, but the change of the processing condition related to the image output process does not require the image data to be read. . Nevertheless, the image forming apparatus needs to read the image data again, which is a troublesome operation for the user and causes a problem that the reading member of the image forming apparatus is consumed.
The present invention has been made to solve the above problem, and provides an image forming apparatus capable of easily and quickly changing processing conditions once inputted without reading a document again.

In order to solve the above-described problems and achieve the object, an image forming apparatus according to the present invention includes an image acquisition process for acquiring image data from a document, and a plurality of image data output by the image acquisition process. Among image output processes, in an image forming apparatus that executes one image output process as a series of jobs, a plurality of process items corresponding to a plurality of processing conditions related to the image acquisition process, and a plurality of processes for each image output process Display means for displaying a plurality of processing items corresponding to the processing conditions, input accepting means for accepting input of processing conditions related to the image acquisition process and one image output process by the user, and processing according to the accepted processing conditions Is started, change input receiving means for receiving a press of a predetermined processing condition change key for changing the input of the processing condition by the user, When the processing condition change key is pressed, determination means for determining whether or not the image acquisition process has been started, and when it is determined that the image acquisition process has already been started, the image acquisition process is performed. The one image output process is stopped, and the display means displays the plurality of image output process keys in a depressible manner, and displays only the process items corresponding to the processing conditions for each image output process. The change control means for causing the accepting means to accept the input of the processing conditions relating to the new image output processing, and the one image when the display means displays only the processing items corresponding to the processing conditions for each image output processing. The process item corresponding to the process condition related to the output process is made pressable and the process item related to the other image output process is made non-pressable. And a pressing prohibiting unit that, when a predetermined image output processing key is pressed, sets a processing item corresponding to the processing condition related to the pressed image output processing to a pressable state. The processing items corresponding to the processing conditions relating to the image output processing other than the image output processing that has been performed are rendered incapable of being pressed.

  Furthermore, when a processing condition related to the new image output process is input, a change output unit is provided that outputs the image data acquired by the image acquisition process in accordance with the processing condition related to the new image output process.

According to the image forming apparatus of the present invention, when it is determined that the image acquisition process has already been started when an input for changing the processing condition is received, the processing condition of the image output process among a plurality of processing items is handled. Only process items are displayed.
Thereby, the user can immediately grasp a changeable process item in a state where the image acquisition process is started, and select the process item. Therefore, it is not necessary to select a processing item related to an image acquisition process in which the read image data cannot be effectively used, and it is not necessary to check whether or not the processing can be changed while selecting a plurality of processing items. As a result, troublesome confirmation work is eliminated, and the processing conditions of the image output process can be changed easily and quickly.
Further, when the processing condition of the image output process is changed, the image data acquired according to the changed processing condition is output.
As a result, the acquired image data is used as it is, and a printed matter or the like according to the changed processing conditions is output. Therefore, the acquired image data is not wasted, troublesome work is eliminated, and the reading member of the image forming apparatus is not wasted.

Hereinafter, an image forming apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings for understanding of the present invention. In addition, the following embodiment is an example which actualized this invention, Comprising: The thing of the character which limits the technical scope of this invention is not. In addition, the alphabet “S” added in front of the numbers in the flowcharts means steps.
FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram illustrating an overall configuration of an image forming apparatus 100 in which a folding device 123 and a bookbinding device 124 are connected. First, when a user executes a copy function using the image forming apparatus 100, a document is placed on a document table, and an image acquisition process and an image output process are performed on the operation unit 101 provided near the document table. Enter the processing conditions for and press the start key. When the start key is pressed, driving units (each driving unit described below) provided in the image forming apparatus start driving and image acquisition processing is executed. Here, a series of operations in which the image forming apparatus acquires image data under the input processing conditions and finishes outputting a printed matter or the like is referred to as a job.
When the image acquisition process is started, the light emitted from the light source 104 is reflected by the image reading unit 102 on the document placed on the document table. The reflected light is guided to the image sensor 108 by the mirrors 105, 106, and 107. The guided light is photoelectrically converted by the image sensor 108, and the image enlargement of the original is read. The read image of the document is processed according to the processing conditions of the image acquisition processing input by the user, and becomes image data. As a result, the image data is acquired from the document.
Here, the processing includes, for example, processing that converts the image data of the original document to black and white, processing that sets the data to color, processing that sets the print density of the data to the density input by the user, and the magnification of the data Examples include a process for changing to a magnification input by the user, a process for changing the resolution of the data to the resolution input by the user, and the like.
Further, the image data may be received by the image forming apparatus 100 from another apparatus via a cable 109 connected to the side wall of the image forming apparatus 100.
The acquired image data is transmitted to the image forming unit 103 that transfers the image data as a toner image. The image forming unit 103 includes a photoconductive drum 110. The photoconductive drum 110 rotates in a predetermined direction at a constant speed, and around the charger 111 in order from the upstream side in the rotation direction. An exposure unit 112, a development unit 113, a transfer unit 114, a cleaning unit 115, and the like are arranged. The charger 111 uniformly charges the surface of the photosensitive drum 110. The exposure device 112 irradiates light according to the transmitted image data, and forms an electrostatic latent image on the photosensitive drum 110. The developing unit 113 attaches toner to the electrostatic latent image formed by the exposure unit 112 to form a toner image on the photosensitive drum 110. The transfer device 114 transfers the toner image on the photosensitive drum 110 to a sheet. The cleaning unit 115 removes excess toner left on the surface of the photosensitive drum 110. A series of these processes is performed in the image forming unit 103 by rotating the photosensitive drum 110.
The image forming apparatus 100 includes a plurality of paper feed cassettes 116. When performing image output processing, one sheet is pulled out from any one of the paper feed cassettes 116 to the conveyance path using a pickup roller 117. Each sheet cassette 116 stores sheets of different paper types, and the sheets of paper types input by the user are fed. The sheet pulled out to the conveyance path is fed between the photosensitive drum 110 and the transfer device 114 by the conveyance roller 118 and the registration roller 119. The sheet on which the electrostatic latent image has been transferred by the transfer device 114 is conveyed to the fixing device 120.
In the fixing device 120, when the sheet passes between the heating roller 121 and the pressure roller 122, the visible image is fixed to the sheet by heat and pressing force on the sheet. In order to perform the fixing appropriately, the heat amount of the heating roller 121 is optimally set according to the paper type. The sheet on which the image is formed is conveyed to the folding device 123 through the fixing device 120.
The conveyed sheet is folded by the folding device 123 according to the processing conditions input by the user. When the folding process is not input, the sheet only passes through the folding device 123. When the user inputs a bookbinding process, the passed sheet is conveyed to the bookbinding apparatus 124 and subjected to the bookbinding process, and is stacked and stored in the paper discharge tray 125.
Here, although the processing until the acquired image data is output as a printed matter or the like is not described above, for example, processing for outputting a predetermined number of image data, processing for printing image data on both sides or one side of a sheet , A process for printing the number of pages on a sheet on which image data has been output, a process for transmitting image data to a predetermined transmission destination, a process for storing image data in a memory provided in the image forming apparatus, and a sheet on which image data has been output. This includes processing for stapling, processing for punching a sheet on which image data is output, and the like.
By the above procedure, the image forming apparatus 100 executes an image acquisition process and an image output process, and provides a copy function to the user. Further, when the image forming apparatus 100 provides other functions, the image reading unit 102 and the image forming unit 103 are driven and provided. Here, the image reading unit 102 is referred to as an image acquisition unit, and a driving unit that is driven until the sheet is output from the image forming unit 103 is referred to as an image output unit. In addition, a drive unit that realizes communication with another device via the communication cable 109 is referred to as a communication unit. The communication means exchanging information with other devices other than the image forming apparatus operated by the user, and corresponds to, for example, facsimile transmission / reception, e-mail transmission / reception, PC transmission / reception and the like. In particular, transmission means that the image forming apparatus transmits image data to an input destination, and corresponds to, for example, facsimile transmission, e-mail transmission, and PC transmission.

Next, FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of the appearance of the operation unit 101 provided in the image forming apparatus 100. Using the operation unit 101, the user inputs processing conditions regarding the image acquisition processing and the image output processing, requests to change the processing conditions, and deletes image data. When the user performs the input or the like, the touch panel 200, the operation button 201, and the function switching button 202 provided in the operation unit 101 are used.
On the touch panel 200, a processing condition setting screen and a processing condition change screen are displayed. The processing condition setting screen is a screen on which processing items relating to image acquisition processing and image output processing are displayed. The processing condition change screen is a screen on which processing items relating to image output processing are displayed when a processing condition change key 203 described later is pressed. The functions of the displayed screen will be described later.
The operation button 201 includes a start key, a numeric keypad, a clear key, a reset key, a stop key, and a processing condition change key 203. By pressing each key, it is possible to input a signal related to the key to the image forming apparatus or start processing of the image forming apparatus. For example, when the start key is pressed, a signal for starting the image acquisition process is transmitted to the image acquisition unit, and a signal for starting the image output process is transmitted to the image output unit. When the processing condition change key 203 is pressed, the processing condition change screen is displayed on the touch panel 200.
The function switching button 202 includes a plurality of buttons corresponding to a plurality of functions such as “Copy”, “Fax”, “Document Box”, “Scan”, “Print”, “Status”, and the like. When the button is pressed, a screen corresponding to the button is displayed on the touch panel 200. Here, “Document Box” is also referred to as a document BOX, and means that image data once read is stored and stored in a memory such as a hard disk.
Next, the configuration of the control system hardware of the image forming apparatus 100 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a schematic configuration diagram of control system hardware in the image forming apparatus 100. However, details of each part not directly related to the present invention are omitted.
The control circuit 300 of the image forming apparatus 100 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 301, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 302, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 303, an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) 304, and a driver 305 corresponding to each driving unit. The operation unit 101 and the communication interface 306 are connected by an internal bus 307. The CPU 301 uses, for example, the RAM 303 as a work area, executes a program stored in the ROM 302, the HDD 304, etc., and exchanges data and instructions with the driver 305 based on the execution result. The operation of each driving unit shown in FIG. In addition, the respective means (shown in FIG. 4) other than the above-described drive unit are realized by the CPU 301 executing a program and exchanging data and instructions. The ROM 302 and the HDD 304 store programs and data for realizing each means described below. The operation unit 101 receives data and instructions to be transmitted to the CPU 301 from the user. The communication interface 306 connects the facsimile 308, the PC 309, and the image forming apparatus 310 via the communication cable 109. The CPU 301 exchanges data with the facsimile 308, the PC 309, and the image forming apparatus 310 via the communication interface 306.

Next, the procedure when the image forming apparatus 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention receives a change in processing conditions will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram of the image forming apparatus according to the embodiment. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a processing condition setting screen displayed on the touch panel. FIG. 6 is a first diagram illustrating an example of a processing condition change screen displayed on the touch panel. FIG. 7 is a second diagram illustrating an example of a processing condition change screen displayed on the touch panel. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a processing condition changeable table. FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure according to the embodiment of the present invention.
First, the display unit 401 displays a processing condition setting screen on the touch panel 200 (FIG. 5A). On the processing condition setting screen, as shown in FIG. 5A, a processing item 501 regarding a copy function, a processing item 502 regarding transmission, and a processing item 503 regarding a document BOX are displayed. By pressing the displayed processing item, the user can input processing conditions regarding image acquisition processing and image output processing. The processing items 501 related to the copy function include “number of copies”, “double-sided / single-sided”, “reduction / enlargement”, “color / monochrome”, “density”, “back / left sky”, “original size”, “ “Output sheet selection”, “folding process”, “bookbinding process”, “page pagination”, “setting list”, and the like are displayed. In the processing item 502 relating to transmission, “destination”, “resolution”, “color / monochrome”, “back / left sky”, “transmission method”, “setting list”, and the like are displayed. In the processing item 503 relating to the document box, “BOX”, “resolution”, “color / monochrome”, “back / left sky”, “delete”, “setting list”, and the like are displayed.
Now, the user places a document, and selects “color / monochrome” by pressing “color / monochrome” which is an image acquisition process among the processing items related to the copy function. Further, the user selects “folding process” by pressing “folding process” that is an image output process among the process items related to the copy function. Then, the input receiving unit 402 receives the selected processing condition, and displays the background color of the “color / monochrome” and the “folding process” in a color different from the background color of other processing items. For example, as shown in FIG. 5B, the background color of the “color / monochrome” and the “folding process” is displayed in black. Subsequently, the processing conditions received by the input receiving unit 402 are transmitted to the image acquisition unit 403 and the image output unit 404. For example, the “color / monochrome” processing condition is transmitted to the image acquisition unit 403, and the “folding processing” processing condition is transmitted to the image output unit 404. As a result, the processing conditions selected by the user are set in the image forming apparatus (FIG. 9: S101).
Subsequently, when the user presses the start key, the image forming apparatus starts processing according to the selected processing condition (FIG. 9: S102). First, the image acquisition unit 403 acquires image data of a document and stores the image data in the storage unit 405 once. Next, the image output unit 404 executes output of a printed matter or the like based on the image data. Here, when the printed matter output by the image output unit 404 is a printed matter as expected for the user, the processing condition change key 203 is not pressed, so that the output does not stop and the image output processing is performed. Will end (FIG. 9: S103NO → S104).
On the other hand, if the output printed matter is a printed matter that is not as expected by the user, or if the user feels that the processing conditions already input are incorrect, the user may change the processing conditions already input. The processing condition change key 203 is pressed (FIG. 9: S103 YES). Then, the change input receiving unit 406 first detects that the processing condition change key 203 has been pressed, and determines a signal indicating that the image acquisition unit 403 has already started the image acquisition process. Transmit to means 407. Examples of the method for determining whether or not the image acquisition process has already started include a method for detecting that power has been supplied to the image reading unit 102 and a method for detecting that the light source 104 has been irradiated with light. It is. Further, the change input receiving unit 406 stops the processing of the image forming apparatus.
When the determination unit 407 receives the signal and determines that the image acquisition process has already started, the determination unit 407 transmits a signal to the change control unit 408 to display the processing item. (FIG. 9: S105 YES). The change control unit 408 refers to the processing condition changeable table 800 stored in the storage unit 405 and extracts only the processing items corresponding to the processing conditions of the image output processing. If the determination unit 407 determines that the image acquisition process has not been started, the signal is transmitted to the change control unit 408 after the image acquisition process has started. Therefore, when the user changes the processing condition, the image acquisition unit 403 is in a state of acquiring the image data of the document (FIG. 9: S106).
In the process condition changeable table 800, as shown in FIG. 8, an item 801, a process item 802, and information 803 indicating whether or not change is possible are stored in association with each other. The item 801 stores “copy”, “send”, and “document BOX”. The processing item 802 stores the processing item displayed on the processing condition setting screen. Further, “◯” 804 and “×” 805 are stored in the information 803 indicating whether or not the change is possible. The “◯” 804 is information indicating that change is possible, and the “x” 805 is information indicating that change is not possible. The “◯” 804 is stored in association with a processing item related to image output processing. Further, the “x” 805 is stored in association with a processing item related to the image acquisition processing. By referring to the processing condition changeable table 800, the change control unit 408 can distinguish between image acquisition processing and image output processing and extract only processing items corresponding to the processing conditions of the image output processing. It becomes.
When the change control unit 408 extracts processing items corresponding to the processing conditions of the image output processing, the extracted processing items are transmitted to the press inhibition unit 409 (FIG. 9: S107). Then, the pressing prohibition unit 409 causes the display unit 401 to display the received processing item in a predetermined state. The predetermined state means the following two types of states. One state means a state in which a process item can be pressed (A state), and the other state means a state in which a signal related to the process item is not accepted even if the process item is pressed (B state). The B state is realized by blocking or invalidating a signal related to a target process item. Here, among the received processing items, the processing items related to the copy function being processed are set to the A state, and the processing items other than the copy function are set to the B state. Then, the display unit 401 displays a processing condition change screen reflecting the predetermined state (FIG. 9: S108).
FIG. 6C specifically shows the processing condition change screen. The processing condition change screen includes a display 601 of items whose processing conditions can be changed, a processing item 602 related to image output processing among processing items related to the copy function, a processing item 603 related to image output processing among processing items related to transmission, and a document BOX. Among the processing items, a processing item 604 related to image output processing, a “read image deletion” 605, a “resume” 606, and a “stop” 607 are displayed. In the display 601 of the item that can change the processing condition, “On” is displayed in the item “Copy” that is being processed when the processing condition change key 203 is pressed, and the other items “Send” and “Document” are displayed. “Off” is displayed in “BOX”. The “On” means that the processing item of the item “Copy” is in the A state, and the “Off” means that the other items “Send” and “Document BOX” are in the B state. . Among the processing items related to the copy function, the processing item 602 related to the image output processing is displayed in the A state. Further, among the processing items 602, the background color of the processing item relating to the image output processing already input is displayed in a color different from the background color of the processing item not input. The different color is, for example, black. Therefore, the user can immediately grasp the process items that can be changed and check the process items that have already been input.
Among the processing items related to transmission and document BOX, processing items 603 and 604 related to image output processing are displayed in the B state. Specifically, only the background color of the processing items 603 and 604 is displayed in a color different from the background color of the processing item 602 displayed in the A state. The different color is, for example, a gray color. When the “read image deletion” 605 is pressed, the image data acquired by the image acquisition unit 403 is deleted. When the “Resume” 606 is pressed, the image output unit 404 starts output in accordance with the process item relating to the image output process that is input again. When the “Cancel” 607 is pressed, the processing that has been performed so far is canceled and a processing condition setting screen that is an initial screen is displayed.
Now, while viewing the processing condition change screen, the user presses “folding process” again to cancel the folding process, and presses and selects “bookbinding process”. Then, the “bookbinding process” (image output process) selected by the input receiving unit 402 is received again, the background color of the “folding process” is changed to white as the initial background color, and the “bookbinding process” is changed. Is changed to black (FIG. 6D, FIG. 9: S109). Subsequently, when the user presses “Resume” 606, output is executed in accordance with the processing conditions accepted by the image output unit 404 (FIG. 9: S110). Thereby, it is possible to output the printed matter desired by the user by using the already stored image data as it is.
Further, when the user executes the facsimile transmission function using the already stored image data, the user presses “Send” in the display 601 of items that can be changed in the processing conditions displayed on the processing condition change screen. . Then, the input receiving unit 402 detects that the “transmission” has been pressed, and a signal indicating that the processing item 603 related to image output processing among the processing items related to the “transmission” is set to the A state is described above. Send to. Upon receiving the signal, the pressing prohibition unit 409 sets the processing item 603 related to “transmission” to the A state, and sets the processing items 602 and 604 related to image output processing to the B state among the processing items related to “copy” and “document BOX”. (FIG. 7E). Specifically, as shown in FIG. 7E, the background color of the processing item 603 is changed to white, and only the background color of the processing items 602 and 604 is changed to gray. In the item display 601 that can change the processing conditions, “On” is displayed in the item “Send”, and “Off” is displayed in the other items “Copy” and “Document BOX”.
When the user inputs the facsimile transmission destination “01234456789” using the numeric keypad and presses “Resume” 606, the image output unit 404 reads the image data stored in the storage unit 405 and communicates the image data. Transmit to means 410. The communication means 410 that has received the image data executes a facsimile transmission function to the input facsimile transmission destination (FIG. 9: S111). Therefore, the facsimile transmission function is executed without causing the image data to be read from the original again.
Finally, when the user finishes the job, when “Delete read image” 605 is pressed, the background color of the “Delete read image” is changed to gray, and the image data stored in the storage unit 405 is deleted. All jobs are completed (FIG. 7F, FIG. 9: S112).
As described above, when the determination unit 407 determines that the image acquisition processing has already been started when the input of the change of the processing condition is received, the change control unit 408 includes the image among the plurality of processing items. Only the processing items corresponding to the processing conditions of the output processing are displayed.

As a result, the user can immediately grasp and select a changeable process item. For this reason, it is possible to easily and quickly change the processing conditions of the image output processing.
In the present embodiment, when it is determined that the image acquisition process is not started, the determination unit 407 is configured to transmit a signal to the change control unit 408 after the image acquisition process is started. You may comprise so that an image acquisition process may be stopped and a process condition setting screen may be displayed, without transmitting the said signal. With the above configuration, the user can newly input not only the image output process but also the processing conditions related to the image acquisition process. For this reason, it is not necessary to read the image data under the already input processing conditions, and it is possible to prevent the reading member from being wasted.
In this embodiment, the image acquisition unit 403 is configured to read image data from a document. However, the image acquisition unit 403 receives image data created in advance from the communication unit 410 and outputs the image data as an image. You may comprise so that it may output in a process. For example, the image data is transmitted to the image acquisition unit 403 by facsimile reception, e-mail reception, or PC reception.
In the present embodiment, the change control unit 408 is configured to display only the processing items corresponding to the processing conditions of the image output processing extracted from the processing changeable table 800. However, the processing items are frequently used. You may comprise so that it may rearrange and display in order.
In the present embodiment, the pressing prohibition unit 409 is configured to set a predetermined processing item to the B state and display the background color of the processing item in gray. However, the processing item is displayed on the processing condition change screen. You may comprise so that it may not be displayed.
In this embodiment, the image data stored in the storage unit 405 is erased when the “deletion of read image” 605 is pressed, but automatically when a predetermined time elapses after the image data is stored. You may comprise so that it may erase | eliminate. Examples of the predetermined time include 12 hours, 1 day, 1 week, 1 month, and 1 year. Further, the image data used in the job may be deleted by selecting the job already processed by the user.

As described above, the image forming apparatus according to the present invention is useful for a facsimile machine, a printer, a copying machine, a multifunction machine, and the like, and can easily and quickly change processing conditions once input without reading a document again. It is effective as an image forming apparatus capable of

1 is a conceptual diagram illustrating an overall configuration of an image forming apparatus 100 according to an exemplary embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the external appearance of the operation part of this embodiment. FIG. 3 is a schematic configuration diagram of control system hardware in the image forming apparatus of the present embodiment. 1 is a functional block diagram of an image forming apparatus according to an embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the process condition setting screen displayed on the touch panel of this Embodiment. It is a 1st figure which shows an example of the process condition change screen displayed on the touch panel of this Embodiment. It is a 2nd figure which shows an example of the process condition change screen displayed on the touchscreen of this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the process setting changeable table of this Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence of this Embodiment.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Image forming apparatus 101 Operation part 203 Processing condition change key 401 Display means 402 Input reception means 403 Image acquisition means 404 Image output means 405 Storage means 406 Change input reception means 407 Determination means 408 Change control means 409 Press prohibition means 410 Communication means 800 Process setting change table

Claims (2)

In an image forming apparatus that executes an image acquisition process for acquiring image data from a document and one image output process among a plurality of image output processes for outputting the image data acquired by the image acquisition process as a series of jobs. ,
Display means for displaying a plurality of processing items corresponding to a plurality of processing conditions relating to the image acquisition processing, and a plurality of processing items corresponding to a plurality of processing conditions for each image output process;
Input accepting means for accepting input of processing conditions related to the image acquisition process and one image output process by the user;
A change input receiving means for receiving a press of a predetermined processing condition change key for changing an input of the processing condition by a user when processing is started in accordance with the received processing condition;
A determination unit that determines whether or not the image acquisition process is started when the processing condition change key is pressed;
If it is determined that the image acquisition process has already been started, the image acquisition process is performed and the one image output process is stopped, and the display unit displays the plurality of image output process keys so that they can be pressed. Change control means for displaying only processing items corresponding to processing conditions for each image output process and causing the input receiving means to accept input of processing conditions relating to a new image output process;
When the display means displays only the processing items corresponding to the processing conditions for each image output processing, the processing item corresponding to the processing conditions related to the one image output processing is made pressable and another image output is performed. A press-inhibiting means for making a processing item of the processing condition related to the processing in a state where it cannot be pressed, and
When the predetermined image output processing key is pressed, the pressing prohibition unit makes a processing item corresponding to the processing condition related to the pressed image output processing pressable, and other than the pressed image output processing. An image forming apparatus characterized in that a processing item corresponding to a processing condition related to the image output processing is made unpressable. Furthermore, when a processing condition related to the new image output process is input, a change output unit is provided that outputs the image data acquired by the image acquisition process in accordance with the processing condition related to the new image output process. The image forming apparatus according to 1.

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