Patent 7424236 was granted and assigned to Konica Minolta on September, 2008 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A controlling method for controlling an image forming apparatus has a step of displaying a printing paper illustration representing printing paper on an operating screen and a step of displaying at least one icon related to a process function of the image forming apparatus. The controlling method further has a step of selecting a process function that corresponds to the specified icon and a step of determining the location to which the selected process function is applied upon receiving an instruction for a position on the printing paper illustration.