Patent ID: 7039867
Filing Date: 2006-05-02
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for controlling an operator interface of a computer-controlled printing system, comprising the steps of: processing a control panel program by a computer, said control panel program defining the operator interface for a printer on a screen; providing a plurality of display fields displayed simultaneously on the operator interface, said plurality of display fields including display fields containing both graphics elements and text displayed together in each of said display fields, each of said graphics elements corresponding to a printer function, said text that is displayed with corresponding ones of said graphics elements corresponding to the same printer functions as said graphic elements; storing graphics files which contain pixels corresponding to the graphics element to be represented for each of said display fields containing both graphics elements and text, said graphics files including only one instance of each different graphics element; storing a plurality of language versions in text files for the text of each of said display fields containing both graphics elements and text, said text that is to be displayed with corresponding ones of said graphics elements including multiple instances of the text associated with each graphics element wherein each instance of the text is in a different language, said text files being stored separated from said graphics files; selecting one single language from said plurality of language versions for the texts of all of said display fields containing both graphics elements and text depending on an input instruction; loading the graphics files that belong to every one of said display fields containing both graphics elements and text that are displayed simultaneously into a main memory of the computer; accessing text files of the language selected in said selecting step to retrieve text of the selected one of said plurality of language versions; and simultaneously displaying the display fields containing both graphics elements and text by representing text pixels of the text files of the selected language together with the pixels of the corresponding graphics files for each display field, both said graphics elements and said text of each display field relating to corresponding function.