IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY SYSTEM AND DISPLAY METHOD

• Main Author: KIMURA SHOHEI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 22.08.2023
• Subjects: CINEMATOGRAPHY; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY; i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; LINING MACHINES; MAGNETOGRAPHY; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICS; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION; PRINTING; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS; STAMPS; TRANSPORTING; TYPEWRITERS

To provide an image formation apparatus in which the convenience of a user is improved.SOLUTION: An image formation apparatus comprises: an image reading unit 30 which reads an image of a first document; a printing unit 40 which prints the image read by the image reading unit 30 on a recording medium; a touch panel 20; and a first control unit 60 which calculates a first required time required for image formation of the first document on the basis of the image read by the image reading unit 30 and the set printing setting, calculates a second required time required for formation of the image of the second document being the image of the second document read by the image reading unit 30 and added to the first document on the basis of the first required time, calculates the printing termination time at which the printing of the printing unit 40 is terminated on the basis of the first required time and the second required time, and displays the calculated printing termination time on the touch panel 20.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】ユーザーの利便性を向上させた画像形成装置を提供する。【解決手段】第１原稿の画像を読み取る画像読取部３０と、画像読取部３０が読み取った画像を記録媒体に印刷する印刷部４０と、タッチパネル２０と、画像読取部３０が読み取った画像と、設定された印刷設定とに基づいて第１原稿の画像形成に要する第１所要時間を算出し、画像読取部３０が読み取った第２原稿の画像であって、第１原稿に追加された第２原稿の画像の形成に要する第２所要時間を第１所要時間に基づいて算出し、第１所要時間と、第２所要時間とに基づき印刷部４０の印刷が終了する印刷終了時間を算出し、算出した印刷終了時間をタッチパネル２０に表示させる第１制御部６０と、を備える。【選択図】図１