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Printing with Macintosh / Checking Printer Status and Managing Print Jobs

Using EPSON Monitor3

Accessing EPSON Monitor3
Managing print jobs with EPSON Monitor3
Changing the priority of print jobs

After you send a print job to the printer, you can use the EPSON Monitor3 utility to check, cancel, or change the priority of print jobs that are queued for printing. This utility also shows the status of the job currently being printed.

Accessing EPSON Monitor3

To access EPSON Monitor3, follow these steps.

First, turn on Background Printing in the Chooser or in the Background Printing dialog box.

Send a print job to the printer.

Select EPSON Monitor3 from the Application menu at the right end of the menu bar. A dialog box similar to one below opens.

Note:

You can also open EPSON Monitor3 by double-clicking the EPSON Monitor3 icon in the Extensions folder.

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Managing print jobs with EPSON Monitor3

With EPSON Monitor3, you can manage print jobs as follows:

• Use the buttons below to hold, resume, and delete print jobs for documents selected in the dialog box. First, select the appropriate print job, then click the applicable button.

	Hold	Stops printing and holds the current print job in the print queue
	Resume	Resumes printing
	Delete	Stops printing and deletes the print job from the print queue

• Click Stop Print Queue to stop printing. Click Start Print Queue to resume printing.

• Use the buttons below to start the printer utilities.

	Print head cleaning	Starts the Print Head Cleaning utility
	Status Monitor	Starts the EPSON StatusMonitor, which displays the amount of ink remaining

• Double-click a file in the list to preview it (this function is disabled when you are printing the ESC/P command file).

• Double-click Copies to change the number of copies to print out.

• Click the Show details arrow to open an extension at the bottom of the EPSON Monitor3 dialog box, similar to the one below. The extended dialog box displays detailed information on the selected document's printer driver settings.

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Changing the priority of print jobs

To change the priority of print jobs in a print queue, follow the steps below.

Note:

You can also change the priority of print jobs whose print times were previously set in the printer driver's Background Printing dialog box.

Click the Show details arrow at the bottom of the EPSON Monitor3 dialog box. You will see an extended dialog box similar to the one below.

Click the name of the document whose priority you wish to change in the Document Name column.

From the Priority list, select Urgent, Normal, Hold, or Print Time.

Note:

If you select Print Time, a dialog box appears where you can specify the date and time that the document will print. Make sure that your printer and computer are turned on at the time you specify.

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