Image Forming Setting History Registration With Fewer User Steps
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing image forming apparatuses require redundant operations and unclear registration processes when storing job settings, leading to inefficient and troublesome user interactions, especially when registering settings from a setting history.
Innovation Solution
The image forming apparatus includes a display that shows a setting history screen with a registration button to collectively register settings, allowing users to easily transition to registration processing and reduce operation steps.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If settings are registered from setting history through selection, then permanent reference is enabled, but redundant operations occur and the process becomes troublesome
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically determines and executes the appropriate registration process based on whether the current screen is the setting history screen or not. This preliminary determination eliminates the need for users to manually choose registration methods, thereby reducing redundant operations while ensuring settings are properly registered for permanent reference.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs self-determination of the registration process by automatically detecting the current screen context. Instead of requiring user intervention to select the registration method, the system autonomously chooses the appropriate path (setting history registration or general registration), reducing operational complexity while maintaining reliability.
2Stability of the object's composition
If the same operation procedure is used for both setting history registration and general registration, then consistency is maintained, but redundant operations occur
Solution Approach 1:
The operation procedure dynamically adapts based on the current screen context. The system automatically selects between two registration pathways: one for setting history screens and another for general screens. This dynamic adjustment maintains operational consistency within each context while optimizing registration efficiency by avoiding redundant steps.
Solution Approach 2:
Different registration procedures are applied to different screen contexts. The system identifies whether the current screen is a setting history screen and applies the appropriate registration method locally. This ensures operational consistency within each screen type while improving overall registration efficiency by eliminating redundant operations specific to each context.
3Adaptability or versatility
If users manually set registration names, then customization is enabled, but various names are created and it becomes unclear that registration is from setting history
Solution Approach 1:
The system preliminarily determines the registration source by detecting whether the current screen is the setting history screen. Based on this determination, it automatically applies appropriate naming conventions that clearly indicate the registration source. This preliminary action prevents confusion about the registration origin while still allowing user customization when needed.
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides feedback about the registration source through automated naming conventions. When a setting is registered from the setting history screen, the system automatically incorporates indicators in the registration name that clearly show the source. This feedback mechanism maintains adaptability for user customization while preventing loss of information regarding the registration origin.
4Reliability
If registration processing is performed from setting history, then permanent reference is achieved, but the operation may end up in vain if settings are already registered
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs a preliminary check to determine whether the current screen is the setting history screen before initiating registration processing. This preliminary determination prevents unnecessary registration operations by identifying the appropriate context, thereby avoiding wasted time while ensuring permanent reference is achieved when needed.
Solution Approach 2:
The system autonomously determines whether registration processing is necessary by detecting the current screen context. It self-regulates the registration process by only executing it when appropriate (on setting history screens), preventing wasted operations while ensuring permanent reference is achieved. This self-service mechanism eliminates redundant time-consuming operations.
Data Source
AI summary
According to an embodiment, an image forming apparatus which stores settings for use in performing job processing includes: a display; and a storage which stores a setting history related to settings of past job processing, and a collective setting in which settings related to job processing are registered collectively. The image forming apparatus further includes: a setting controller which displays a setting history screen including the setting history on the display, displays on the display, in response to selection of the setting history, a setting screen reflecting setting contents based on the selected setting history, and displays a registration button to perform processing to register the collective setting on the setting screen; and a registration controller which performs the processing to register the collective setting in response to an operation on the registration button.