Image forming apparatus, control method therefor, and storage medium

Abstract

An image forming apparatus which is capable of appropriately replaying movies to be displayed to the user. The image forming apparatus stores combinations of a plurality of movies for a plurality of maintenance procedures of the image forming apparatus and orders of replay for the plurality of movies according to each type of the plurality of maintenance procedures, specifies a type of the maintenance procedure to be executed to the image forming apparatus, and acquires a plurality of movies corresponding to the type of the specified maintenance procedure based on the stored information and replays the acquired movies as a series of movies according to the orders of relay.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An image forming apparatus comprising:
 a storage unit configured to store combinations of a plurality of movies for a plurality of maintenance procedures of the image forming apparatus and orders of replay for the plurality of movies according to each type of the plurality of maintenance procedures;   a specifying unit configured to specify a type of the maintenance procedure to be executed to the image forming apparatus; and   a replaying unit configured to acquire a plurality of movies corresponding to the type of the maintenance procedure specified by said specifying unit based on information stored by said storage unit, and replay the acquired movies as a series of movies according to the orders of relay.   
     
     
         2 . The image forming apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein said replaying unit is configured not to replay a movie to be replayed following a movie with a condition which is a specific movie among the movies when a predetermined condition is not satisfied during replay of the movie with the condition. 
     
     
         3 . The image forming apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein said replaying unit is configured to display one frame included in the movie with the condition when the predetermined condition is not satisfied during the replay of the movie with the condition. 
     
     
         4 . The image forming apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein said replaying unit is configured to repeatedly replay the movie with the condition until the predetermined condition is satisfied during the replay of the movie with the condition. 
     
     
         5 . The image forming apparatus according to  claim 2 , further comprising a reception unit adapted to receive a user's replay instruction of replaying a movie from a location thereof different from a location of the movie being replayed then. 
     
     
         6 . The image forming apparatus according to  claim 5 , wherein said reception unit does not receive the user's replay instruction of replaying a movie to be replayed following the movie with the condition when the predetermined condition in the movie with the condition is not satisfied. 
     
     
         7 . A control method for controlling an image forming method, comprising:
 a storage step of storing combinations of a plurality of movies for a plurality of maintenance procedures of the image forming apparatus and orders of replay for the plurality of movies according to each type of the plurality of maintenance procedures;   a specifying step of specifying a type of the maintenance procedure to be executed to the image forming apparatus; and   a replaying step of acquiring a plurality of movies corresponding to the type of the maintenance procedure specified at said specifying step based on information stored at said storage unit, and replaying the acquired movies as a series of movies according to the orders of relay.   
     
     
         8 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to implement a control method for an image forming apparatus,
 the control method for the image forming apparatus, comprising:   a storage step of storing combinations of a plurality of movies for a plurality of maintenance procedures of the image forming apparatus and orders of replay for the plurality of movies according to each type of the plurality of maintenance procedures;   a specifying step of specifying a type of the maintenance procedure to be executed to the image forming apparatus; and   a replaying step of acquiring a plurality of movies corresponding to the type of the maintenance procedure specified at said specifying step based on information stored at said storage unit, and replaying the acquired movies as a series of movies according to the orders of relay.