Managing Print Jobs
Managing Print Jobs on a
Macintosh
Your Macintosh printer software includes two print job management utilities: Monitor3 and Status Monitor. It also includes a Configuration utility for setting up print monitoring options.
◗If you’re using background printing, Monitor3 starts automatically when you send a job to the printer. It handles printing while you continue to work on your Macintosh, lets you track documents that are waiting to be printed, and lets you set printing priorities for waiting print jobs.
◗The Status Monitor alerts you to any problems that occur during printing. You can also use it at any time to see how much ink you have left.
◗The Configuration utility lets you select how you want to be notified of printer errors and where you want print job files stored.
Using Monitor3
The Monitor3 utility lets you continue to work on your Macintosh while your document is printing (however, background printing is slower and may also slow down your system). You can then open the Monitor3 dialog box to check on your print jobs and cancel, pause, or restart them.
To use this utility, you need to turn on background printing and increase the memory allocation for Monitor3, as described in the next section.