Printing and Faxing

Status Monitor

The Status Monitor utility is a configurable software tool for monitoring the status of the machine, letting you see error messages such as paper empty or paper jam at pre-set update intervals. You can also access the web based management. Before you can use the tool you must choose your machine in the Model pop-up menu in ControlCenter2. You can check the device status by clicking the Status Monitor icon in the DEVICE SETTINGS tab of ControlCenter2 or by launching Brother Status Monitor follow these steps:

For Mac OS X 10.4.11

a Run the Printer Setup Utility (from the Go menu, choose Applications, Utilities), then choose the machine.

b Click the Utility, then Status Monitor will start up.

For Mac OS X 10.5.x

a b

Run the System Preferences, select Print & Fax, then choose the machine. Click the Open Print Queue..., then click Utility. Status Monitor will start up.

For Mac OS X 10.6.x

a Run the System Preferences, select Print & Fax, then choose the machine.

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b Click the Open Print Queue..., then click Printer Setup. Select the Utility tab then click

Open Printer Utility. Status Monitor will start up.

 

 

Updating the machine’s status

 

 

If you want the latest machine status while the Status Monitor window is open, click the

icon. You can

set what interval the software will update the machine status information. Go to the menu bar, Brother Status Monitor and choose Preferences.

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