IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image forming apparatus capable of changing an operation mode to be optimum without allowing an operator to change the operation mode, thereby improving the operability of the operator. SOLUTION: This image forming apparatus comprises an operation display means 3 having a display section and an input section, a communication means 4 for performing communication with an operator information memory medium 6 stored with operator information including complete blindness, amblyopia, color blindness, and color amblyopia as body information of an operator, an operator information storage means 5 for storing information received by the communication means 4, an operation function changing means 21 for changing a function of the operation display means 3 according to the operator information stored in the operator information storage means 5, and a control means 2 that automatically changes the function of the operation display means 3 according to the received operator information when the communication means 4 receives the operator information. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI