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Improving Print Quality
For Windows
For Macintosh
When you send a print job to the printer, the progress meter appears, as shown in the illustration below.
The progress meter indicates the progress of the current print job and provides printer status information when bidirectional communication between the printer and the computer is established. This meter also displays error messages as well as helpful tips for better printing. Refer to the appropriate section below.
Tips for getting the most out of your Epson Printer Driver appear in the text box at the bottom of the progress meter window. A new tip appears every 30 seconds. For more details on the tip displayed in the window, click the Details button.
If a problem occurs during printing, an error message appears in the text box at the top of the progress meter window. For more detailed information, click Technical Support to access the online Reference Guide.
When the ink runs low or out, a How to button appears below the text box. Click How to, and EPSON Status Monitor 3 will lead you step-by-step through the cartridge replacement procedure.
EPSON Spool Manager is similar to Windows Print Manager. If it receives two or more print jobs at one time, it holds them in the order that they were received (with printers on a network, this may be called a print queue). When a print job reaches the top of the line, EPSON Spool Manager sends the job to the printer. From the spool manager, you can view print status information about the print jobs that have been sent to your printer. You can also cancel, pause, and resume selected print jobs.
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After you send a print job, an EPSON PictureMate 2005 button appears on the taskbar. Click this button to open EPSON Spool Manager.
EPSON Status Monitor 3 displays detailed information on the printer status.
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There are two ways to access EPSON Status Monitor 3:
When you access EPSON Status Monitor 3, the following window appears.
EPSON Status Monitor 3 provides the following information:
EPSON StatusMonitor monitors the printer. If it detects a printer error, it will inform you with an error message.
When the ink runs low or out, a How to button appears. Click How to, and EPSON StatusMonitor will lead you step by step through the photo cartridge replacement procedure.
You can also use this utility to check ink level before printing. When open, EPSON StatusMonitor displays the amount of ink remaining at the time it was opened.
Follow the steps below to access EPSON StatusMonitor.
Access the EPSON Printer Utility dialog box. |
Accessing the Printer Driver for Mac OS X |
Select your printer, then click OK. The EPSON Printer Utility dialog box appears. |
Click the EPSON StatusMonitor button. The EPSON StatusMonitor dialog box appears. |
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