Patent ID: 6970266

Claim:
A graphical user interface system for providing fault notes associated with a related printing system, comprising: a view selection window on a display screen and including a fault button; a system window spaced from said view selection window on said display screen, wherein said system window provides an overall system view of said printing system, said system window including: a plurality of system component icons, each system component icon representing an individual component of said printing system, including supply unit and output unit devices; and a fault icon corresponding to each individual component of said printing system having a fault condition, wherein each fault icon is displayed in the proximity of a corresponding system component icon; a fault screen window spaced from said view selection window and said system window on said display screen and displaying recent faults that have occurred in said printing system, wherein said fault screen window is opened by selecting at least one of said fault button and any said fault icon; a fault notes window spaced from said view selection window, said system window, and said fault screen window on said display screen and including a text box for accepting and displaying user editable text, said fault notes window being linked to said fault screen window; multiple device fault buttons, each device fault button associated with a corresponding fault icon and individual component of said printing system; and at least one of a notes button and a fault notes icon, wherein said fault notes window is linked to said at least one of said notes button and said fault notes icon.