Managing Print Jobs and Network Printing

Note:

The Status Monitor doesn’t work if you’re printing over a network.

◗The Status Monitor, which is available only if you’re using Windows 95, also starts automatically when you send a job to the printer. It displays in the lower right corner of your screen to alert you about printer and ink status, as described on page 1-5.

Using the Spool Manager

The Spool Manager works like the Windows Print Manager.

◗To open it while you’re printing, click the Spool Manager icon that appears on the Taskbar (Windows 95) or at the bottom of your desktop (Windows 3.1).

◗To open the Spool Manager at any time, double-click the Spool Manager4 icon in the EPSON program group or folder.

You see the Spool Manager window:

menus

queue

journal file

When you send a job to your printer, your printer software creates a temporary journal file, stores it in the C:\TEMP or C:\WINDOWS\TEMP folder or directory, and assigns it to a print queue. The software then sends the file to your printer at the right time.

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