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A remote control terminal for a printing machine has a single central display for indicating all machine functions and accepting operator input of all the control information and which is easily used by a machine operator of ordinary skill. The control terminal has a transparent matrix switch and a

A remote control terminal for a printing machine has a single central display for indicating all machine functions and accepting operator input of all the control information and which is easily used by a machine operator of ordinary skill. The control terminal has a transparent matrix switch and a machine diagram template overlayed on a color monitor under computer control. Control of the printing machine is a hierarchal process starting from the selection of a machine status area indicated on the machine diagram. Fault signals, however, are indicated directly and automatically for immediate operator attention. Selected correction possibilities are offered so that the operator does not need to investigate the possible location or cause of the defect. Machine functions and subsystems are color coded on the machine diagram. Similarly, machine data is color coded to distinguish input areas, set points, measured values, adjustments, and legends and messages. Thus, it is not necessary for the machine operator to observe all of the machine parameters, and instructions or inputs cannot be fed unchecked or accidentally to the control system.

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A control terminal for the remote computer control of a printing machine, the control terminal having a video display for computer-generated output and a transparent pressure-sensitive sensor having a plurality of pressure-sensitive points overlaid on the video display for input from a machine opera

A control terminal for the remote computer control of a printing machine, the control terminal having a video display for computer-generated output and a transparent pressure-sensitive sensor having a plurality of pressure-sensitive points overlaid on the video display for input from a machine operator to a remote control computer, wherein the improvement comprises a graphics template having at least part of a machine diagram providing a pictorial representation of the printing machine, said template also being overlaid on the video display, the video display having means for selectively generating visually perceptible symbols aligned with certain respective machine status areas on the part of the machine diagram on the graphics template, said machine status areas pictorially representing specific respective components of the printing machine, and the pressure-sensitive sensor having pressure-sensitive points aligned with the machine status areas; and means for initiating and conducting a respective interactive input-output procedure between the control terminal and the machine operator corresponding to a selected machine status area but using a common portion of the video display and pressure-sensitive sensor separate from the machine diagram after the operator presses a pressure-sensitive point aligned with the selected machine status area.