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Improving Print Quality

Checking the Printer Status

Using the progress meter
Using EPSON Spool Manager
Using EPSON Status Monitor 3

Using the progress meter

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.

Epson Printing Tips

Tips for getting the most out of your Epson printer software 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.

Error messages

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.

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Using EPSON Spool Manager

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.

Note:

EPSON Spool Manager is not available with Windows XP and 2000.

After you send a print job, an EPSON Stylus C45 Series button appears on the taskbar. Click this button to open EPSON Spool Manager.

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Using EPSON Status Monitor 3

EPSON Status Monitor 3 displays detailed information on the printer status.

Note:

Before using EPSON Status Monitor 3, be sure to read its README file. To open this file, click Start, point to Programs (for Windows Me, 98, and 2000) or All Programs (for Windows XP), point to EPSON or EPSON Printers, then click EPSON Stylus C45 Series Readme.

Accessing EPSON Status Monitor 3

There are two ways to access EPSON Status Monitor 3:

• Double-click the printer-shaped shortcut icon on the Windows taskbar.
  See Monitoring Preferences

• Open the printer software, click the Maintenance tab, then click the EPSON Status Monitor 3 button.

When you access EPSON Status Monitor 3, the following window appears.

Viewing information in EPSON Status Monitor 3

EPSON Status Monitor 3 provides the following information:

• Current Status:
  EPSON Status Monitor 3 provides you with detailed printer status information, a graphic display, and status messages. If the ink runs low or out, the How to button appears in the EPSON Status Monitor 3 window. Clicking How to displays ink cartridge replacement instructions and moves the print head to the ink cartridge replacement position.

• Ink Levels:
  EPSON Status Monitor 3 provides a graphic display of the amount of ink remaining and an estimate of the number of pages that can be printed before ink runs out. For the color ink cartridge, the chamber with the least amount of ink remaining determines the level that is displayed for all of the colors in the cartridge.

• Ink Cartridge Information:
  You can view information about the installed ink cartridges by clicking Information.

• Technical Support:
  You can access the online Reference Guide from EPSON Status Monitor 3. If you encounter a problem, click Technical Support in the EPSON Status Monitor 3 window.

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