A customizable indicator light system for a printing device includes at least one printing device configured to detect at least one machine state corresponding to the operation of the at least one printing device. An indicator light is operably coupled to the at least one printing device. The indicator light is adapted to operate in at least one of an off state, a blink state, and a steady state to indicate the detected machine state. A computing device is in operative communication with the at least one printing device and is adapted to provide at least one user setting to the at least one printing device. The at least one user setting includes at least one behavior setting configured to selectively set the indicator light to one of the off state, the blink state, and the steady state based on the detected machine state. The at least one user setting further includes a skip setting configured to cause the indicator light to remain set in at least one of the off state, the blink state, and the steady state based on the detected machine state.