A method of operating a patient table for a medical imaging apparatus, the patient table and medical imaging device

wherein a patient table-side output device (12), in particular a user interface, is used method comprising operating a a movable patient support plate (6) patient table (4) for a medical imaging device (1), wherein upon the occurrence of an error and / or a carried out calibration indicating instruction issue criterion is used to determine a comprehensive least an instruction to an operator, to be output instruction sequence and output to the output device (12).