There are provided a screensaver displaying method and an information processing system in which characters arbitrarily selected or input by a user can be displayed with a simple operation during starting of a screensaver in the screensaver started at a time when an IC card or the like is pulled out. The image forming sections each include a developing device and a cleaning device arranged around an image carrier. The movement detection unit in one version detects operating system directives to find out whether the user is scrolling etc through the page. 4, more desirably in the range of from 0.