OPERATION MENU DISPLAY METHOD AND COMPOSITE MACHINE

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an operation menu display method and a composite machine, capable of displaying display characters on an operation menu in an language desired by each user and preventing memory capacity of a machine main body from being pressed. SOLUTION: When the user enters authentication data to the composite machine 100, the composite machine 100 inquires a distribution server 200 about the authentication data to authenticate the user. Then the composite machine 100 transmits an acquisition request of the operation menu to the distribution server 200. The distribution server 200 confirms a language, designated by the user using the machine at that time on an authentication table, wherein designated language information of the user is registered and extracts the operation menu in the language designated by the user from the operation menu table, wherein the operation menus expressed in character codes in a plurality of languages is registered. The composite machine 100 displays the operation menu in the designated language transmitted from the distribution server 200 on an LCD 141. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI