	US 7,403,730 B2
	Control panel for a printer or copier system with front and/or rear processing units and integrated control panel in a printer server
Ulrich Bardolatzy, Poing (Germany); Albin Stoderschnig, München (Germany); Bernd Sorgenfrei, München (Germany); Michael Flexeder, Poing (Germany); Andreas Gräf, Gröbenzell (Germany); Alexander Kammerlocher, Zorneding (Germany); Andreas Schwarzmüller, München (Germany); Gerhard Schwaiger, Oberhaching (Germany); Thomas Meder, Erding (Germany); and Andreas Hirn, Pliening (Germany)
Assigned to Oce Printing Systems GmbH, Poing (Germany)
Filed on May 23, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/752,344.
Application 11/752344 is a continuation of application No. 10/518179, filed on Dec. 15, 2004, granted, now 7,280,780.
Claims priority of application No. 102 50 181 (DE), filed on Oct. 28, 2002.
Prior Publication US 2007/0217811 A1, Sep. 20, 2007
Int. Cl. G03G 15/00 (2006.01)

U.S. Cl. 399—81

8 Claims

1. A printer or copier system, comprising:

a printing unit that generates a print image on a carrier material;

an operating unit separate from the printing unit and connected via a data line with the printing unit, said operating unit comprising a print server application and displaying on a display at least one graphical user interface created by said print server application for processing and coordination of print jobs to be executed by the printing unit and also displaying a control panel integrated into said graphical user interface for controlling operation of the printing unit; and

said print server application receiving from said printing unit control panel data for said printing unit which the print server application uses to create said printing unit control panel integrated into said graphical user interface.