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Monitoring Your Printer (EPSON Status Monitor 3)

About EPSON Status Monitor 3 utility
Accessing the EPSON Status Monitor 3
Getting printer status details
Setting Monitoring Preferences
Status Alert window

About EPSON Status Monitor 3 utility

The EPSON Status Monitor 3 is a utility program that monitors your printer and gives you information about its current status. For example, you can find out the amount of remaining toner or the remaining functional life of the photoconductor unit and fuser oil roll through this utility. If a print error occurs, the utility provides you with a message describing the error. The Status Monitor 3 utility is accessed from the Apple menu. See the following section for more information.

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Accessing the EPSON Status Monitor 3

EPSON Status Monitor 3 monitors the printer during printing and while the EPSON Status Monitor 3 dialog box is open.

You can access the EPSON Status Monitor 3 utility by selecting the EPSON Status Monitor 3 alias from the Apple menu.

Note:

The appropriate printer port must already be selected in the Chooser so that necessary information can be received from the selected printer driver when the EPSON Status Monitor 3 starts. If the printer port is not correct, an error will occur.

If you change the printer driver in the Chooser while the spool file is printing in the background, output to the printer may be disrupted.

Printer and consumable products status information appears in the status window only if the Chooser is acquiring status normally.

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Getting printer status details

You can monitor printer status and get information on consumable products using the EPSON Status Monitor 3 dialog box.

1.	Icon/Message:	The icon and message shows the printer status.
2.	Printer image:	The image at the upper left shows the printer status graphically.
3.	Text box:	The text box next to the printer image displays the current status of the printer. When a problem occurs, the most probable solution is displayed.
4.	Close button:	Clicking this button closes the dialog box.
5	How to button:	Clicking this button indicates the solutions of problems. This button appears when some errors have occurred.
6.	Paper:	Displays the paper size and the approximate amount of paper remaining in the paper source. Information for the optional cassettes are displayed only if this option is installed.
7.	Toner:	Indicates the amount of remaining toner. The toner icon flashes if toner is low (20 percent or less).
8.	Photoconductor Unit Life:	Indicates the remaining functional life of the photoconductor unit.
9.	Fuser Oil Roll:	Indicates the remaining life of the fuser roll.
10.	Cancel Printing button:	Clicking this button cancels your computer's current print job that the printer is printing.

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Setting Monitoring Preferences

To make specific monitoring settings, select Monitor Setup from the File menu. The Monitor Setup dialog box appears.

The following settings and buttons appear in the dialog box:

1.	Error Notification Selection:	Select the types of error that you wish to be notified about.
2.	Default button:	Restores default settings.
3.	Cancel button:	Cancels any changes.
4.	OK button:	Saves new changes.

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Status Alert window

This window indicates what type of error has occurred and offers you a possible solution. When How to appears in the window, click it and follow the on-screen instructions. The window closes automatically once the problem is cleared.

The Status Alert window will appear whenever an error occurs with your printer. This window will also appear according to the selected notification in the Monitoring Preferences dialog box.

If you wish to see information about printer consumables, click Show Details. If you click this button, the Status Alert Window will not disappear even after the problem is cleared. To close the window you need to click Close.

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