Note: Background monitoring must be turned on to change the Background Monitoring and Status Alert preferences. See Enabling Background Monitoring for instructions.

Enabling Background Monitoring

To turn on background monitoring, follow these steps:

1Click Start, point to Programs, click the Epson folder, and click EPSON Status Monitor 2.

2Click EPSON Stylus COLOR 740 in the Printer Name list. The name is highlighted.

3Open the Settings menu and select Background Monitoring.

4Select either Monitor from restart (to begin background monitoring after your next system restart) or Monitor now (to begin background monitoring right away).

5Now set your monitoring preferences for the printer as described in Setting Up Monitoring Preferences.

Setting Up Monitoring Preferences

You can select the way you want Status Monitor 2 to monitor your printer using the Monitoring Preferences window. There are several ways to open the window:

Click the printer name in the Installed Printers list to highlight it

and click the icon or select Monitoring Preferences from the Settings menu.

Right-click the printer name in the Installed Printers list and select Monitoring Preferences from the drop-down menu.

Managing Print Jobs

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