Printing assembly and an operator control panel user interface for the printing assembly
First Claim
1. An operator control panel for a printing assembly, the operator control panel comprising:
- a touch-screen interface which comprises a media supply section, a printer center section and a media take-up section;
wherein;
said media supply section comprises a plurality of supply magazine graphical displays which represent supply magazines of the printing assembly;
said media take-up section comprises a plurality of take-up magazine graphical displays which represent take-up magazines of the printing assembly;
said printer center section comprises at least one paper path graphical display, said at least one paper path graphical display represents a state of media threading in a printing area of said printing assembly between an active supply magazine of said supply magazines and an active take-up magazine of said take-up magazines; and
each of said supply magazine graphical displays, said at least one paper path graphical display and said take-up magazine graphical displays are spatially displayed on said touch-screen interface in an overhead view in a manner which simulates a location of the supply magazines, the printing area and the takeup magazines of the printing assembly.
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Abstract
A touch-screen interface of an operator control panel is provided on an imaging assembly, such as a printing assembly, and communicates the state of the printing assembly and its primary components to an operator, even when the operator is standing beyond a normal reading distance from the printing assembly. The touch-screen interface provides for a graphical representation in the form of icons or displays that show those components that are of interest to the operator during printing. This would include but is not limited to paper supply and paper take-up magazines, the center portion or printing area of the printer, and the current paper or media path. The icons or displays are laid out spatially on the operator control panel in an overhead view to match the layout of the printing assembly. Further, each of the displays or icons are sized large enough to be easily viewed and understood from well beyond a normal reading distance.
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17 Claims
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1. An operator control panel for a printing assembly, the operator control panel comprising:
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a touch-screen interface which comprises a media supply section, a printer center section and a media take-up section;
wherein;
said media supply section comprises a plurality of supply magazine graphical displays which represent supply magazines of the printing assembly;
said media take-up section comprises a plurality of take-up magazine graphical displays which represent take-up magazines of the printing assembly;
said printer center section comprises at least one paper path graphical display, said at least one paper path graphical display represents a state of media threading in a printing area of said printing assembly between an active supply magazine of said supply magazines and an active take-up magazine of said take-up magazines; and
each of said supply magazine graphical displays, said at least one paper path graphical display and said take-up magazine graphical displays are spatially displayed on said touch-screen interface in an overhead view in a manner which simulates a location of the supply magazines, the printing area and the takeup magazines of the printing assembly. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A printing assembly comprising:
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a plurality of media supply magazines;
a printing area which is adapted to receive media for printing thereon from each of the media supply magazines;
a plurality of take-up magazines which are each adapted to receive media from the printing area; and
an operator control panel having a touch-screen interface, said touch-screen interface comprising a plurality of first icons which correspond to said plurality of media supply magazines, a plurality of second icons which correspond to said plurality of take-up magazines, and a center section positioned between said first icons and said second icons which corresponds to said printing area, wherein each of said first icons, said second icons and said center section are graphically displayed on said touch-screen interface in a manner which spatially simulates a location of said media supply magazines, said take-up magazines and said printing area of said printing assembly. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 17)
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14. An operator control panel for an imaging assembly, the operator control panel comprising:
a touch-screen interface having at least one icon which represents a media component of the imaging assembly and a media path section which graphically represents a media path in the imaging assembly.
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16. A printing assembly comprising:
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at least one media magazine;
a printing area operationally associated with the at least one magazine; and
an operator control panel having a touch-screen interface, said touch-screen interface having at least one icon which represents the at least one media magazine, and a paper path section which graphically represents a paper path in said printing area.
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