JP2015226310A - Electronic apparatus and display program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electronic apparatus and a display program, capable of reducing the input burden of display information on a plurality of apparatuses.SOLUTION: An MFP having a display part includes: information reception means for receiving the input of display information obtained by combining a character string and a status as the condition of displaying the character string in a display part; information display means for displaying the character string of display information in which the status of the MFP itself satisfies a display condition on the display part; and information distribution means for distributing (YES in S122 and S123) display information to the apparatus having a specific attribute of the MFP itself and the same attribute out of the apparatuses except the MFP itself.

Description

  The present invention relates to an electronic device and a display program that display a specific character string when a specific status is reached.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an electronic device having a display unit, information receiving means for receiving input of display information that combines a character string and a status as a display condition of the character string on the display unit, and the status of the electronic device itself An apparatus including information display means for displaying a character string of display information that satisfies display conditions on a display unit is known (for example, see Patent Document 1). The status described in Patent Document 1 is a status in which an electronic sticky note displayed on an icon of a function whose use is restricted is selected by the user. In the electronic device described in Patent Document 1, an arbitrary explanation for a function whose use is restricted can be added as a character string by an administrator or the like, and thus the use of a specific function is restricted. This makes it possible for the user to recognize the reason why use is restricted.

JP 2013-254290 A

  However, in the conventional technique, when the same display information is input to a plurality of electronic devices, the display information needs to be input to each of the plurality of electronic devices. There is a problem that the burden of input is large.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an electronic device and a display program that can reduce the burden of inputting display information for a plurality of devices.

  An electronic device according to the present invention is an electronic device including a display unit, and an information receiving unit that receives an input of display information that combines a character string and a status as a display condition of the character string on the display unit; An information display means for displaying the character string of the display information on the display unit, wherein the status of the electronic device itself satisfies the display condition, and a specific attribute of the electronic device itself among devices other than the electronic device itself And an information distribution means for distributing the display information to a device having the same attribute.

  With this configuration, when the display information for displaying a specific character string on the display unit is input, the electronic device of the present invention has the same attribute as the specific attribute of the electronic device itself among devices other than the electronic device itself. Since the display information is distributed to the devices having the above attributes, it is possible to reduce the burden of inputting the display information for a plurality of devices including the electronic device itself.

  In the electronic device of the present invention, the information receiving unit may receive at least one attribute of the electronic device itself as the specific attribute.

  With this configuration, the electronic device of the present invention can specify the attribute for determining the device to which the display information is to be distributed by the user, thereby improving the appropriateness of the display information distribution destination. be able to.

  In the electronic device of the present invention, the information receiving unit receives whether or not the display information needs to be distributed to a device other than the electronic device itself, and the information distributing unit includes the electronic device itself. Only the display information accepted by the information accepting unit as being required to be delivered to other devices may be delivered to devices other than the electronic device itself.

  With this configuration, the electronic device of the present invention can be designated by the user as to whether or not the input display information needs to be distributed to other devices. The appropriateness of information can be improved.

  The display program of the present invention is a display program executed by an electronic device including a display unit, and inputs display information combining a character string and a status as a display condition of the character string on the display unit Information receiving means for receiving the information, display means for displaying the character string of the display information in which the status of the electronic device itself satisfies the display condition, and the electronic device among devices other than the electronic device itself The electronic device is caused to function as information distribution means for distributing the display information to a device having the same attribute as a specific attribute of the device itself.

  With this configuration, the display program of the present invention is the display program itself among devices other than electronic devices that execute the display program itself when display information for displaying a specific character string on the display unit is input. Display information is distributed to a device having the same attribute as the specific attribute of the electronic device that executes the display program. Therefore, the burden of inputting display information for a plurality of devices including the electronic device that executes the display program itself is loaded. Can be reduced.

  The electronic device and the display program of the present invention can reduce the burden of inputting display information for a plurality of devices.

1 is a block diagram of a system according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the MFP shown in FIG. 1. It is a figure which shows an example of the table shown in FIG. 3 is a flowchart of the operation of the MFP shown in FIG. 2 when data is registered in a table. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen for status selection displayed on the display part shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen for delivery condition input displayed on the display part shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen for character string input displayed on the display part shown in FIG. 3 is a flowchart of the operation of the MFP shown in FIG. 2 in the case of distributing display information. 3 is a flowchart of the operation of the MFP shown in FIG. 2 when displaying a character string based on display information. It is a figure which shows an example of the warning screen displayed on the display part shown in FIG. 2 at the time of Toner low.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  First, the configuration of the system according to the present embodiment will be described.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a system 10 according to the present embodiment.

  As illustrated in FIG. 1, the system 10 includes a plurality of MFPs including an MFP (Multifunction Peripheral) 20, an MFP 30, and an MFP 40 as electronic devices. All the MFPs included in the system 10 are connected to be communicable with each other via a network 11 such as a LAN (Local Area Network).

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the MFP 20.

  As illustrated in FIG. 2, the MFP 20 includes an operation unit 21 that is an input device such as buttons for inputting various operations, and a display unit 22 that is a display device such as an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) that displays various information. A scanner 23 that is a reading device that reads image data from a document, a printer 24 that is a printing device that performs printing on a recording medium such as paper, an external facsimile apparatus (not shown), and a communication line such as a public telephone line A fax communication unit 25 that is a fax device that performs fax communication via the network, a network communication unit 26 that is a network communication device that communicates with an external device via the network 11 (see FIG. 1), and various data are stored. EEPROM (Electrically Era able Programmable Read Only Memory), an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) storage unit 27 is a storage device such as, and a control unit 28 which controls the entire MFP 20.

  The storage unit 27 stores a display program 27a for causing the display unit 22 to display a character string. The display program 27a may be installed in the MFP 20 at the manufacturing stage of the MFP 20, or may be additionally installed in the MFP 20 from a storage medium such as an SD card or a USB (Universal Serial Bus) memory, or from the network 11. It may be additionally installed in the MFP 20.

  Moreover, the memory | storage part 27 can memorize | store the table 27b which memorize | stores a character string.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of the table 27b.

  In the table 27b shown in FIG. 3, a “character string” column 27c indicating a character string to be displayed on the display unit 22 (see FIG. 2) and a status as a display condition of the character string on the display unit 22 are displayed. A “status” column 27d, a “sharing” column 27e indicating whether or not it is necessary to distribute display information combining the character string and the status to a device other than the MFP 20 (see FIG. 2); An “attribute 1” column 27f indicating one of the attributes of the MFP 20 itself, an “attribute 2” column 27g indicating one of the attributes of the MFP 20 itself, and a number for identifying data obtained by combining the values of the columns. "No" column 27h is included.

  The “character string” column 27c stores an arbitrary character string input by the user, such as “Cassette 2 is out of order”.

  In the “status” column 27d, “when ready” indicating a state in which the printer 24 (see FIG. 2) can execute printing, a sheet is placed in a cassette (not shown) as a paper feeding unit of the printer 24. “When there is no paper” indicating a state of not being set, “scanner selection” indicating a state in which a specific operation is input to the operation unit 21 (see FIG. 2) because the scanner 23 (see FIG. 2) is used. Various statuses designated by the user, such as “hour” and “toner low” indicating that the toner of the printer 24 is low, are stored.

  In the “share” column 27e, “◯” indicating that it is necessary to distribute the display information to a device other than the MFP 20 itself, and it is not necessary to distribute the display information to a device other than the MFP 20 itself. One of "x" indicating that is stored.

  The attribute indicated by the “attribute 1” column 27f includes “monochrome machine” that can execute only monochrome printing among monochrome printing and color printing, and “color machine” that can execute both monochrome printing and color printing. It is an attribute of which. That is, the attribute indicated by the “attribute 1” column 27f is “corresponding color”. In FIG. 3, “-” as the value of the “attribute 1” column 27f indicates that “corresponding color” is not designated by the user as an attribute for distributing the display information. . On the other hand, “color machine” as the value of the “attribute 1” column 27f indicates that “available color” is designated by the user as an attribute for distributing display information. The reason that “color machine” is displayed as the value of the “attribute 1” column 27f is that the MFP 20 is “color machine”. Therefore, if the MFP 20 is a “monochrome machine” and the “compatible color” is designated by the user as an attribute for distributing display information, the value in the “attribute 1” column 27 f is “monochrome”. Machine.

  The attribute indicated by the “attribute 2” column 27g is “corresponding to“ A4 machine ”in which the maximum compatible paper size is A4 size,“ A3 machine ”in which the maximum compatible paper size is A3 size, etc. The maximum possible paper size. In FIG. 3, “-” as the value of the “attribute 2” column 27g means that “maximum paper size that can be supported” is not specified by the user as an attribute for distributing the display information. Is shown. On the other hand, “A3 machine” as the value of the “attribute 2” column 27g indicates that “maximum paper size that can be supported” is designated by the user as an attribute for distributing the display information. ing. The reason that “A3 machine” is displayed as the value of the “attribute 2” column 27g is that the MFP 20 is “A3 machine”. Therefore, if the MFP 20 is “A4 machine”, when “maximum paper size that can be supported” is designated by the user as an attribute for distributing display information, the “attribute 2” column 27g The value is “A4 aircraft”.

  In the “No” column 27h, a number for identifying data obtained by combining the values of each column is stored. That is, in the table 27b, data is configured for each combination of values in the same row.

  2 includes, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a ROM (Read Only Memory) storing programs and various data, and a RAM (Random Access Memory) used as a work area of the CPU. And. The CPU executes a program stored in the ROM or the storage unit 27.

  The control unit 28 executes a display program 27a stored in the storage unit 27, thereby receiving information input means 28a that receives input of display information, and a character string of display information that satisfies the display status of the MFP 20 itself. It functions as an information display unit 28b to be displayed on the display unit 22 and an information distribution unit 28c that distributes display information to devices other than the MFP 20 itself that have the same attribute as the specific attribute of the MFP 20 itself.

  The configuration of the MFPs other than the MFP 20 among all the MFPs included in the system 10 illustrated in FIG. 1 is substantially the same as the configuration of the MFP 20. However, the MFP 30 is a “monochrome machine” and an “A4 machine”. The MFP 40 is a “color machine” and an “A3 machine”.

  Next, the operation of the MFP 20 will be described.

  First, the operation of the MFP 20 when data is registered in the table 27b will be described.

  When the user instructs the MFP 20 to start the data registration process via the operation unit 21, the information receiving unit 28a of the control unit 28 performs the operation shown in FIG.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart of the operation of the MFP 20 when data is registered in the table 27b.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the information receiving unit 28 a displays a status selection screen 50 (see FIG. 5) on the display unit 22 for allowing the user to select a status as a display condition of the character string on the display unit 22. It is displayed (S101).

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of the status selection screen 50 displayed on the display unit 22.

  A status selection screen 50 shown in FIG. 5 includes a radio button 51a for selecting “when ready”, a radio button 51b for selecting “when paper is not present”, and “when scanner is selected”. A radio button 51c, a radio button 51d for selecting “at the time of Toner low”, an OK button 52 for determining selection by the radio buttons 51a to 51d, and a Cancel button 53 for ending the operation shown in FIG. Including. The radio buttons 51a to 51d are groups in which only one is selected.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the information receiving unit 28a determines which of the OK button 52 and the Cancel button 53 is pressed after the process of S101 (S102).

  If the information reception means 28a determines in S102 that the Cancel button 53 has been pressed, the operation shown in FIG.

  If the information receiving means 28a determines in S102 that the OK button 52 has been pressed, a distribution condition input screen 60 for allowing the user to input distribution conditions for display information to devices other than the MFP 20 (see FIG. 6). Is displayed on the display unit 22 (S103).

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of the distribution condition input screen 60 displayed on the display unit 22.

  The distribution condition input screen 60 shown in FIG. 6 includes a radio button 61a to be selected when the user desires not to distribute the character string, and a case where the user desires to distribute the character string. A radio button 61b for selection, a check box 62a for selecting “corresponding color” as a criterion for character string distribution, and “maximum size of compatible paper” as a criterion for character string distribution "Is selected, a" return "button 63 for returning to the status selection screen 50 (see FIG. 5), and input by the radio buttons 61a and 61b and the check boxes 62a and 62b are determined. An OK button 64 for canceling the operation and a Cancel button 65 for ending the operation shown in FIG. 4 are included. The radio buttons 61a and 61b are groups in which only one is selected. The check box 62a and the check box 62b can be selected only when the radio button 61b is selected.

  In the distribution condition input screen 60 shown in FIG. 6, in order to facilitate the determination of attribute selection by the user, the characters “color machine” indicating colors that the MFP 20 can handle are checked as reference information. It is displayed on the right side of the box 62a. Similarly, the characters “A3 machine” indicating the maximum paper size that can be handled by the MFP 20 are displayed on the right side of the check box 62b as reference information.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the information receiving unit 28a determines which of the “Return” button 63, the OK button 64, and the Cancel button 65 has been pressed after the process of S103 (S104).

  If the information receiving means 28a determines in S104 that the “return” button 63 has been pressed, it executes the processing of S101.

  If the information receiving means 28a determines in S104 that the Cancel button 65 has been pressed, it ends the operation shown in FIG.

  When the information receiving means 28a determines in S104 that the OK button 64 has been pressed, it displays a character string input screen 70 (see FIG. 7) for allowing the user to input a character string to be displayed on the display unit 22. The information is displayed on the unit 22 (S105).

  FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a character string input screen 70 displayed on the display unit 22.

  A character string input screen 70 shown in FIG. 7 includes a text box 71 for inputting a character string, a “return” button 72 for returning to the distribution condition input screen 60 (see FIG. 6), and a text box. 71 includes an OK button 73 for determining the character string input to 71 and a Cancel button 74 for ending the operation shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the information receiving unit 28a determines which of the “return” button 72, the OK button 73, and the Cancel button 74 has been pressed after the process of S105 (S106).

  If the information receiving means 28a determines in S106 that the “return” button 72 has been pressed, it executes the processing in S103.

  If the information receiving means 28a determines in S106 that the Cancel button 74 has been pressed, it ends the operation shown in FIG.

  If the information receiving means 28a determines in S106 that the OK button 73 has been pressed, it registers data in the table 27b on the storage unit 27 (S107).

  Specifically, the information accepting unit 28a determines the data “I” to be registered in S107 according to the radio buttons 51a to 51d selected in S102 when it is determined in S102 that the OK button 52 of the status selection screen 50 has been pressed. The value of the “status” column 27d is determined. That is, when the radio buttons 51a, 51b, 51c, and 51d are selected, the information receiving unit 28a sets the values in the “status” column 27d to “when ready”, “when no paper”, and “scanner”, respectively. Register “When selected” and “Toner low”.

  In addition, the information receiving unit 28a “shares” the data to be registered in S107 according to the radio buttons 61a and 61b selected in S104 when the OK button 64 on the distribution condition input screen 60 is pressed in S104. Determine the value in column 27e. That is, when the radio buttons 61a and 61b are selected, the information receiving unit 28a registers “x” and “◯” as the values of the “shared” column 27e, respectively.

  Further, the information receiving means 28a determines whether or not the “attribute” of the data to be registered in S107 depends on whether or not the check box 62a has been selected when it is determined in S104 that the OK button 64 of the distribution condition input screen 60 has been pressed. 1 ”column 27f is determined. That is, the information receiving means 28a registers “color machine” as the value of the “attribute 1” column 27f when the check box 62a is selected, and “attribute” when the check box 62a is not selected. “-” Is registered as the value of the “1” column 27f.

  Further, the information accepting unit 28a determines whether or not the “attribute” of the data to be registered in S107 depends on whether or not the check box 62b is selected when it is determined in S104 that the OK button 64 of the distribution condition input screen 60 is pressed. 2 ”column 27g is determined. That is, the information receiving means 28a registers “A3 machine” as the value of the “attribute 2” column 27g when the check box 62b is selected, and “attribute” when the check box 62b is not selected. "-" Is registered as the value of the "2" column 27g.

  In addition, the information receiving unit 28a determines that the character string input in the text box 71 when it is determined in S106 that the OK button 73 of the character string input screen 70 has been pressed is the “character string” of the data to be registered in S107. The value is determined as the value in the column 27c.

  The information receiving unit 28a determines a number not included in the value of the “No” column 27h in the table 27b as the value of the “No” column 27h of the data to be registered in S107.

  When the process of S107 ends, the information reception unit 28a ends the operation illustrated in FIG.

  In the above description, the case where the user registers data via the operation unit 21 has been described. However, the data registration is performed from an external device such as a PC (Personal Computer) (not shown) via the network 11. It can also be executed via the communication unit 26. When a user registers data from an external device via the network 11 via the network communication unit 26, the user externally transmits various types of information such as character strings while checking the screen displayed on the display unit of the external device. It is possible to input via the operation unit of the apparatus.

  Next, the operation of the MFP 20 when distributing display information will be described.

  When data is registered in the table 27b by the operation shown in FIG. 4, the information distribution unit 28c of the control unit 28 performs the operation shown in FIG. 8 on the data registered in the table 27b by the operation shown in FIG. To do.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart of the operation of the MFP 20 when distributing display information.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the information distribution unit 28c determines whether or not it is necessary to distribute the display information included in the target data to a device other than the MFP 20 in the “share” column 27e of the target data. A determination is made based on the value (S121). That is, the information distribution unit 28c determines that it is necessary to distribute the display information included in the target data when the value of the “share” column 27e of the target data is “◯”. On the other hand, when the value of the “shared” column 27e of the target data is “x”, the information distribution unit 28c determines that it is not necessary to distribute the display information included in the target data.

  If it is determined in S121 that the information distribution unit 28c does not need to distribute the display information included in the target data, that is, the display information included in the target data is information unique to the MFP 20, in FIG. The operation shown in FIG.

  The information distribution unit 28c needs to distribute the display information included in the target data. That is, the display information included in the target data is any one of the MFPs included in the system 10 other than the MFP 20. If it is determined in S121 that the information is also common to the MFP, the value in the “attribute 1” column 27f of the target data and the “attribute 2” of the target data among all MFPs other than the MFP 20 included in the system 10 are determined. In step S122, it is determined whether there is an MFP having both of the attributes in the column 27g.

  For example, in the table 27b shown in FIG. 3, when the data of “4” in the “No” column 27h is the target data, the value of the “attribute 1” column 27f is “color machine”. Since the value of the “attribute 2” column 27g is “A3 machine”, the MFP 30 that is “monochrome machine” and “A4 machine” and the value of the “attribute 1” column 27f of the target data and the “attribute of the target data” 2 ”is not an MFP having both attributes of the value in the column 27g. On the other hand, the MFP 40 that is the “color machine” and the “A3 machine” has both the attribute of the “attribute 1” column 27f of the target data and the value of the “attribute 2” column 27g of the target data. It is.

  Further, in the table 27b shown in FIG. 3, when the data in the “No” column 27h having the value “2” is the target data, the value in the “attribute 1” column 27f is “−”, and the “attribute” The value in the “2” column 27 g is “−”. Here, “-” means that no attribute is specified. Therefore, both the MFP 30 that is the “monochrome machine” and “A4 machine” and the MFP 40 that is the “color machine” and “A3 machine” both have the value of the “attribute 1” column 27f of the target data and the target This is an MFP having both attributes of the “attribute 2” column 27g of data.

  If the information distribution unit 28c determines in S122 that there is no MFP having both attributes, the operation shown in FIG. 8 ends.

  If it is determined in S122 that there is an MFP having both attributes, the information distribution unit 28c distributes the display information included in the target data to the MFP having both attributes via the network communication unit 26. (S123), and the operation shown in FIG.

  When the display information distributed from the MFP 20 is received via the network communication unit, the information receiving unit of the MFP to which the display information is distributed from the MFP 20 receives the received display information and “Share” column value “ Data including “×” is registered in the table of the MFP itself.

  Although the case where display information is distributed from the MFP 20 to another MFP has been described above, the same applies to the case where display information is distributed from another MFP to the MFP 20. That is, when the display information is distributed from another MFP, the information receiving unit 28a of the MFP 20 receives the display information distributed from the other MFP via the network communication unit 26, and then receives the received display information. Data including information and “x” as the value of the “shared” column 27e is registered in the table 27b.

  Next, the operation of the MFP 20 when displaying a character string based on the display information will be described.

  The information display unit 28b of the control unit 28 performs the operation shown in FIG. 9 when the status of the MFP 20 changes or when display information is newly registered.

  FIG. 9 is a flowchart of the operation of the MFP 20 when displaying a character string based on the display information.

  As shown in FIG. 9, the information display unit 28 b determines whether there is data in which the current status of the MFP 20 is stored in the “status” column 27 d among the data in the table 27 b (S 141).

  If the information display means 28b determines in S141 that there is no data, the operation shown in FIG. 9 is terminated.

  If the information display unit 28b determines that data exists in S141, the information display unit 28b displays the value of the “character string” field 27c included in the data determined to be present in S141 on the display unit 22 (S142).

  FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a warning screen 80 displayed on the display unit 22 when the toner is low.

  The warning screen 80 shown in FIG. 10 includes a warning display 81 for notifying the user that the toner in the printer 24 is low, and a character string 82 displayed in S142.

  The position where the character string is displayed on the screen may be a fixed position determined in advance, or by the user as position information such as coordinates on the screen when registering data in the table 27b. It may be specified and included in the display information.

  As illustrated in FIG. 9, the information display unit 28 b terminates the operation illustrated in FIG. 9 when the process of S <b> 142 is terminated.

  When the information display unit 28b executes the operation shown in FIG. 9 when the status of the MFP 20 changes, the information display unit 28b may execute the operation shown in FIG. 9 only for the changed status. Similarly, when the information display unit 28b performs the operation shown in FIG. 9 when the display information is newly registered, the information display unit 28b executes the operation shown in FIG. 9 only for the newly registered display information. May be.

  Further, the information display unit 28b may need to display a plurality of data character strings on the display unit 22 depending on the relationship between the current status of the MFP 20 and the value in the “status” column 27d of the data in the table 27b. is there. When the information display means 28b needs to display character strings of a plurality of data on the display unit 22, for example, all the character strings that need to be displayed on the display unit 22 are displayed on the display unit 22 at the same time. All the character strings that need to be displayed on the portion 22 can be displayed on the display portion 22 in order, at least one by one.

  As described above, when the display information for displaying a specific character string on the display unit 22 is input to the MFP 20 (S107), among the MFPs other than the MFP 20 itself, the MFP 20 itself has a specific attribute. Since display information is automatically distributed to MFPs having the same attribute (YES in S122 and S123), the burden of inputting display information for a plurality of MFPs including the MFP 20 itself can be reduced. Therefore, for example, the administrator of the system 10 can realize common contact with a plurality of users who use different MFPs included in the system 10 with a little effort of inputting display information to the MFP 20. .

  Since the MFP 20 receives at least one of the attributes of the MFP 20 itself as a specific attribute for determining the distribution destination of the display information via the check box 62a and the check box 62b, the MFP serving as the distribution destination of the display information Attributes for the determination of can be specified by the user. Therefore, the MFP 20 can improve the appropriateness of the distribution destination of the display information.

  The MFP 20 distributes only the display information received by the information receiving unit 28a via the radio button 61b to the MFP other than the MFP 20 itself that the distribution to the MFP other than the MFP 20 itself is necessary (YES in S121 and S123). Therefore, the user can specify whether or not the input display information needs to be distributed to another MFP. Therefore, the MFP 20 can improve the appropriateness of the display information distributed to other MFPs.

  For example, the administrator of the system 10 inputs a character string indicating a message specific to the MFP 20 such as “JAM is always generated when A3 size paper is set in the second cassette” to the MFP 20. can do. In addition, the administrator of the system 10 adds a character string indicating a shared message to all MFPs that use A4 size paper, not just the MFP 20, such as “A4 size paper is in the warehouse B”. The same character string can be distributed from the MFP 20 to other MFPs by inputting to the MFP 20.

  In this embodiment, the MFP 20 exemplifies “Ready”, “No paper”, “Scanner selected”, and “Toner low” as statuses included in the display information. However, in addition to at least one of “when ready”, “when paper is not present”, “when scanner is selected”, and “when toner is low”, the MFP 20 also performs “when ready”, “when no paper”, and “scanner”. Instead of all of “when selected” and “when toner is low”, other statuses may be included in the display information.

  In the present embodiment, the MFP 20 uses “compatible color” and “maximum compatible paper size” as attributes for determining a distribution destination of display information. However, the MFP 20 has, in addition to at least one of “compatible color” and “maximum compatible paper size” as an attribute for determining the distribution destination of the display information, or “compatible” Other attributes may be used in place of both “color” and “maximum paper size that can be supported”. The attribute for determining the distribution destination of the display information may be, for example, a device type such as an MFP or a printer dedicated machine, or a scanner that can automatically read image data from both sides of a document. Whether or not a printer capable of automatically performing double-sided printing on the recording medium may be used.

  In this embodiment, the MFP 20 determines an MFP having all of a plurality of attributes specified in the data of the table 27b as a distribution destination of display information. However, other methods may be adopted as a method for determining the distribution destination of display information using a plurality of attributes specified in the data of the table 27b. For example, the MFP 20 may determine an MFP having any of a plurality of attributes specified in the data of the table 27b as a display information distribution destination.

  The electronic device and device of the present invention is an MFP in the present embodiment. However, as long as the electronic device includes an operation unit and a display unit, a printer-only machine, a copy-only machine, a fax-only machine, or the like can be used. The image forming apparatus may be an electronic device other than the image forming apparatus, such as a PC. For example, the electronic device of the present invention may be an MFP, and the device of the present invention may be a printer dedicated machine.

20 MFP (electronic equipment)
22 Display unit 27a Display program 27c “Character string” field (field for character string)
27d “Status” field (status field)
27e “Shared” field (a field for information on whether or not display information needs to be distributed to devices other than the electronic device itself)
27f “Attribute 1” field (attribute field)
27g “Attribute 2” field (attribute field)
28a Information reception means 28b Information display means 28c Information distribution means 30, 40 MFP (device)
82 character string

Claims (4)

An electronic device including a display unit,
Information receiving means for receiving input of display information that combines a character string and a status as a display condition of the character string on the display unit;
Information display means for causing the display section to display the character string of the display information in which the status of the electronic device itself satisfies the display condition;
An electronic device comprising: information distribution means for distributing the display information to a device having an attribute identical to a specific attribute of the electronic device itself among devices other than the electronic device itself.   The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the information receiving unit receives at least one of the attributes of the electronic device itself as the specific attribute. The information receiving means receives whether the display information needs to be distributed to a device other than the electronic device itself;
The information distribution unit distributes only the display information received by the information reception unit to the device other than the electronic device itself when the distribution to the device other than the electronic device itself is necessary. The electronic device according to claim 1 or 2. A display program executed by an electronic device including a display unit,
Information receiving means for receiving input of display information that combines a character string and a status as a display condition of the character string on the display unit;
Information display means for causing the display unit to display the character string of the display information in which the status of the electronic device itself satisfies the display condition; and
A display program for causing the electronic device to function as information distribution means for distributing the display information to a device other than the electronic device itself that has the same attribute as the specific attribute of the electronic device itself .

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