Abstract: A printing method, including offering a choice to create special pages in a print job; simultaneously displaying a plurality of selectable features, each feature corresponding to a category of special pages; receiving a selection of a first selectable feature; displaying a child window including selectable options of the first selectable feature; receiving a selection of at least one option corresponding to a first range of pages; and displaying a summary view window, wherein the summary window includes the first range of pages and the at least one selected option that the user has selected for the first range of pages.

Abstract: A printing method, including offering a choice to create special pages in a print job; simultaneously displaying a plurality of selectable features, each feature corresponding to a category of special pages; receiving a selection of a first selectable feature; displaying a child window including selectable options of the first selectable feature; receiving a selection of at least one option corresponding to a first range of pages; and displaying a summary view window, wherein the summary window includes the first range of pages and the at least one selected option that the user has selected for the first range of pages.

Abstract: Disclosed is a copying machine operator console having a keyboard (17), a copying number display (23), a message display (13,15) and a control means (19) operating the copy number and message displays. The control means causes the message display to prompt an operator to enter a number of desired copies using predetermined keys of the keyboard and also causes the message display to sequentially display selected messages instructing an operator to enter with said predetermined keys machine function selection information. The control means also causes the copy number display to display the operator selected number of copies.