Patent ID: 6977753

Claim:
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 take-up magazines of the printing assembly.