1. A system for generating an informational media display on a document processing device comprising: means adapted for receiving a document processing signal representative of the status of a document processing operation on an associated document processing device; means adapted for receiving media content data; means adapted for receiving preference data corresponding to user-specified media content data; means adapted for generating a display of pre-selected media content data on an associated user interface of the document processing device when the document processing signal indicates that the associated document processing device is idle; means adapted for suspending display of the pre-selected media content data on the user interface when the document processing signal indicates that the associated document processing device is active; and means adapted for generating a display of user-specified media content data when the document processing signal indicates that the associated document processing device is active.