Managing Print Jobs

Spool Manager (Windows 98 and 95), which appears in the Taskbar at the bottom of the screen each time you print, as described on page 4-11.

Additional monitoring features for Windows NT 4.0, which are discussed briefly on page 4-12.

Using Status Monitor 2

Note:

To control network traffic, you may need to limit the number of systems that monitor the printer.

The Status Monitor 2 icon appears on the taskbar only when background monitoring is enabled. See page 4-7to enable background monitoring.

menu bar

button bar

Printer icon and name

Status Monitor 2 lets you view detailed information about your print jobs and control how you want printing monitored.

There are three ways to access Status Monitor 2:

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

Double-click the icon (when background monitoring is enabled) on the taskbar in the bottom right corner of your screen.

Access the printer software from your application or the Printers utility (see page 1-2 and page 1-4), click the Utility tab, and click the EPSON Status Monitor 2 icon. (This method accesses the Printer Status window only; see page 4-5for details.)

When you start Status Monitor 2, you see the main window:

Printer Name,

Status, and Job

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The number of print jobs waiting to print appears here

Brief status messages appear here

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