Patent attributes
An image forming apparatus includes: an error detector detecting an error occurring in the image forming apparatus; a storage storing pieces of error handling information and test modes in association with each other, each of the pieces of error handling information indicating a method of error handling for each of errors occurring in the image forming apparatus, the test modes to be executed during the error handling; and an error controller reads, from the storage, the piece of error handling information and one or more of the test modes corresponding to an error detected by the error detector, generates an error handling screen including the read piece of error handling information and a transition button for transition to a test mode list screen for displaying a list of the read one or more of the test modes, and displays the generated error handling screen on a display.