Abstract: A method in a computer system for communicating the present status of a job queue that contains a plurality of jobs. The method may include controlling a display device to display a plurality of images. Each image may be a print preview image of a different one of the plurality of jobs in the job queue.

Abstract: The use of an icon-based input cue or cues to facilitate the operation and user-friendliness of a device such as a printer, copier, scanner, facsimile machine, and the like. The icon-based input cue or cues which correspond to active device operations available to the user are displayed on the device display to visually inform a user of the device operations available to the user. The icon-based input cues may include graphics, icons, text, or any combination thereof.

Abstract: The use of icons to represent the physical keys of a device such as a facsimile machine, copier, scanner, printer, and the like, displayed as visual cues to enhance the user-friendliness of such a device. Icons corresponding to active physical keys of the device are displayed on a display to visually inform a user of the device operations available to the user. Only those icons corresponding to active physical keys are displayed.