IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM

An image forming apparatus (1) includes a main body (10) and an operation unit (20). The main body (10) includes: a first storage (110) storing device information of the apparatus (1); and a notifying unit (112) notifying the operation unit (20) of the device information when the apparatus (1) starts up. The operation unit (20) includes: a second storage (220) storing placement information of display information associated with an instruction to process an application for the apparatus, and correspondence information of the device information and the placement information; an acquiring unit (212) acquiring the device information; a selecting unit (2131) selecting placement information corresponding to the device information from the placement information; a checking unit (211) checking whether an application of placement display information placed based on the placement information, has been installed on the apparatus (1); a placing unit (2132) placing the placement display information on a display information screen (271); and a display control unit (214) displaying the display information screen (271) with the placement display information.