Patent ID: 8760674
Filing Date: 2014-06-24
Classification: G06F,G06K,H04N,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A printing apparatus comprising: at least one graphic user interface, said graphic user interface comprising at least one display and at least one user input device, said display providing at least one menu comprising at least one user selectable parameter, said display providing at least one linear scale representing a range of values to which said selectable parameter can be set, said display providing at least two different graphic icons along said linear scale, and said graphic icons conceptually representing different performance characteristics that said printing apparatus will have when said selectable parameter is set to different values along said range of values represented on said linear scale, and said graphic icons comprising: different forms of light bulbs conceptually represent different amounts of power consumption for different warm-up speeds; different forms of a printed sheet conceptually representing different print qualities for different marking material usage quantities; and different forms of human ears conceptually representing different sound volume levels for different printing speeds.