Double-clicking the background monitoring icon opens the EPSON Status Monitor 2 window. Right-clicking this icon opens a pop-up menu where you can choose to have the Status Alert displayed in front of other windows on the desktop. This pop-up menu also allows you to turn off the background monitoring feature.

The background monitoring icon changes its color according to the printer status:

Printer Icon:

Meaning:

Green

Ready to print.

Yellow

Ready to print; however the printer has

 

detected someting that may become a problem

 

if it isn’t fixed.

Red

Cannot print because of a problem.

Gray

Cannot monitor the printer.

Note:

If you turn off the monitoring feature, the background monitoring icon disappearsfrom the taskbar and the Status Alert window will not open. You can restart background monitoring by clicking Monitor now on the Settings menu (as shown below) and by selecting Monitor this printer in the Monitoring Preferences dialog box as explained on page 2-16.

2-18Using EPSON Status Monitor 2