Automatic determination of operator training level for displaying appropriate operator prompts

In a reproduction machine having a control including a user interface with display for providing a hierarchy of operator prompts for programming the operation of the machine, each level of the hierarchy of prompts providing either a corresponding first sequence of prompts for a first category of prompts or a second sequence of prompts for a second category of prompts, the method of automatically altering the prompting of the operator comprising the machine implemented steps of:

• programming the machine by the operator at a first level,
• automatically recognizing the programming of the machine by the control at the first level to be either first category or second category operator programming,
• responding to the recognition of either first category or second category operator programming at the first level for providing either first category operator prompt or second category operator prompt,
• programming the machine by the operator at a second level after completion of the programming at the first level,
• automatically recognizing the programming of the machine by the control at the second level to be either first category or second category operator programming, and
• responding to the recognition of either first category or second category operator programming at the second level for providing either a first category operator prompt or a second category operator prompt whereby the relative training of the operator determines the type of prompt provided.