Using the Printer Utilities

The Epson printer utilities let you check the current printer status and perform printer maintenance from your screen.

Nozzle Check

This utility checks the print head nozzles to see if they are clogged and need to be cleaned. Check the nozzles when you notice the print quality has declined and after cleaning to confirm that the print head nozzles have been cleaned. If the print head nozzles are clogged, perform head cleaning.

Head Cleaning

This utility cleans the color and black print heads. You may need to clean the print head if you notice the print quality has declined.

Print Head Alignment

This utility can be used to improve the print quality of your printed data. The alignment of the print head may need to be adjusted if vertical lines appear out of alignment or if white or black banding noise appear in your printed data. Use this utility to realign the print head.

EPSON Status Monitor 3

This utility provides you with printer status information, such as the ink cartridge status, the free space of the maintenance cartridge, and it also checks for printer error. See Using EPSON Status Monitor 3.

Monitoring Preferences

This function lets you specify the monitoring feature of EPSON Status Monitor 3. See Using Monitoring Preferences.

Print Queue

This function displays the job waiting list.
You can check the list of all jobs waiting and their information, and also cancel or restart print jobs.

Speed and Progress

You can make settings related to print speed and progress.

Menu Arrangement

You can arrange the Select Setting, Media Type, and Paper Size list items. Arrange the items as you prefer, or classify the items into groups. You can also hide the items you are not using.

Export or Import

You can export or import the printer driver settings. It is convenient to use this function when you want to make the same printer driver settings to multiple computers.

EPSON LFP Remote Panel

This utility lets you optimize your printer. You can start this utility only if it is installed. See the EPSON LFP Remote Panel online help for detailed information.

Printer Firmware Update

EPSON LFP Remote Panel is started and updates the printer firmware.
To use this function, you need to download the latest firmware from the Epson Web site beforehand.

EPSON Status Monitor 3 provides you with detailed printer status information, a graphic display of the ink cartridge status and the free space of the maintenance cartridge, and status messages. To know the detailed status of the printer, open the printer detailed window. EPSON Status Monitor 3 starts to monitor the printer status when the printing begins, and if there are any problems, it shows an error message and its solutions. You can also access EPSON Status Monitor 3 from the printer driver or the shortcut icon by double-clicking the printer-shaped icon on the Windows taskbar to check the status of the printer.

Open the printer driver window, and click the Utility tab, and then click EPSON Status Monitor 3.

EPSON Status Monitor 3 provides you with detailed printer status information, a graphic display of the ink cartridge status and the free space of the maintenance cartridge, and status messages. If a problem occurs during printing, an error message appears. Check the message and solve the problem accordingly.

This function lets you specify the monitoring feature of EPSON Status Monitor 3.

Open the printer driver window, click the Utility tab, and then click Monitoring Preferences.

In the Monitoring Preferences dialog box, you can select error types for which you wish to receive notification, and you can make the shortcut icon setting and monitoring of shared printers setting.