An instrument panel image forming apparatus (1) for forming an instrument panel image that is displayed on an instrument panel mounted (2) on a machine includes: an identification information assignment section (18) that, in accordance with image data encoding instrument images that provide a user with information about the inside and outside of the machine, assigns, to image data encoding the instrument panel image, user identification information for identifying a user who operates the machine; and an image data changing section (11) that stores, in a user-by-user image data storage section (7), the image data assigned the user identification information by the identification information assignment section (18), thereby forming individual instrument panel images that, in cases where a plurality of users use a particular machine, can be surely and easily displayed for each separate user.
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