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How To / Using the Printer Software with Macintosh

Monitoring Your Printer by using EPSON Status Monitor 3

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

The EPSON Status Monitor 3 monitors your printer and gives you information about its current status.

Accessing the EPSON Status Monitor 3

You can access the EPSON Status Monitor 3 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.

Note:

The screen shot may vary depending on your printer.

1.	Printer image:	The image at the upper left shows the printer status graphically.
2.	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.
3.	Cancel Printing button:	Click this button to cancel your current print job that the printer is printing.
4.	Close button:	Click this button to close the dialog box.
5.	Toner:	Indicates the amount of remaining toner. The toner icon flashes if toner is low.
6.	Waste toner collector life:	Blinks when the waste toner collector is not installed correctly or is near full.
7.	Photoconductor Unit Life:	Indicates the remaining functional life of the photoconductor unit.
8.	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.
9.	How to button:	Click this button to indicate the solutions of problems. This button appears when errors have occurred.

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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

The Status Alert window indicates what type of error has occurred and offers you a possible solution. The window closes automatically once the problem is cleared.

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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