Brother DCP, MFC Status Monitor

Printing and Faxing
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The Status Monitor utility is a c onfigurable software tool for monitorin g the status of the machine, letting y ou
see error messages such as paper empty, paper jam or ink empty at pre-set update intervals. 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 Ink Level icon in the DEVICE SETTINGS tab of
ControlCenter2 or by choosing BrotherStatus Monitor located in Macintosh HD/Library/Printers/
Brother/Utilities.
Updating the machine’s status
If you want the latest machine status while the Status Monitor window is open, click the update button (1).
You can set at what interval the softwa re will update the machine status information. Go to the menu bar,
Brother Status Monitor and choose Preferences.
Hiding or showing the window
After starting th e Status Monitor , you can hide or show the win dow. To hide the w indow , go to the menu ba r,
Brother Status Monitor and choose Hide Brother Status Monitor . To show the window, click the Status
Monitor
icon in the dock or click the Ink Level button in the DEVICE SETTINGS tab of ControlCenter2.
Quitting the window
Go to the menu bar and choose Quit.
Note
For Network User's, a Status Monitor Widget for Mac OS® X 10.4 or greater is also available as a
download from http://solutions.brother.com.
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