US 7,320,552 B2
Image forming apparatus
Tomio Tanaka, Fukushima-ken (Japan)
Assigned to Oki Data Corporation, Tokyo (Japan)
Filed on Jun. 25, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/875,957.
Claims priority of application No. 2003-186049 (JP), filed on Jun. 30, 2003.
Prior Publication US 2004/0263893 A1, Dec. 30, 2004
Int. Cl. B41J 11/44 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 400—76  [400/70] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image forming apparatus, which is able to output menu items and set values respectively corresponding to the menu items, comprising:
a first memory unit for storing a first one of the set values selectable through the menu items;
a second memory unit for storing a second one of the set values selected by a user;
a comparison unit for generating a first result when the first one is same as the second one and a second result when the first one is different from the second one; and
an output unit for outputting a third result so that the first result is distinguished from the second result.