Brother HL-1020, HL-820, HL-1040 manual Using the Printer Status Monitor Program

Using the Printer Status Monitor Program

Type C:\RPCX>STMX and press the Enter key to make the Printer Status Monitor Program stay resident in your computer memory. If there are any changes to the printer status, it displays a message on your computer screen.

If the printer status monitor program stays resident in your computer, you can monitor the printer status on your computer screen immediately using the hot-key sequence (Ctrl+Alt+R).

To remove the Printer Status Monitor program from your computer memory, type C:\RPCX>STMX/R and press the Enter key.

❏The RPC works in the environment where your printer is directly connected to your computer. If you are using any printer buffer switches which do not support bi-directional communication between the printer and computer, the program works only in the PC to printer direction and cannot receive printer status information.

❏The program does not work with printers on a network.

❏If the RPC conflicts with some application software, exit your application software and then run the RPC.

❏The RPC may work in the DOS-compatible box screen mode of Windows, however, it is recommended that you completely exit from Windows to the DOS prompt before using the RPC.

❏The Printer Status Monitor and some other Terminate-and-Stay programs cannot coexist in the computer’s memory. If they do not work properly together, use them one at a time. You can suspend the Printer Status monitor with any of the following methods or commands.

￿￿Type C:\RPCX>STMX/R and press the Enter key.

￿￿Hold the space bar down while executing the AUTOEXEC.BAT file at DOS startup to prevent the status monitor being loaded as a TSR program.

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