Background Monitoring Icon and Status Alert

When you click and select the Monitor this printer check box

in the Monitoring Preferences dialog box, EPSON Status Monitor 2 monitors the selected printer. The background monitoring icon changes its color according to the printer’s status, and the Status Alert window opens according to the conditions you select in the Monitoring Preferences dialog box.

Background monitoring icon

A printer-shaped background monitoring icon appears on the taskbar after you install EPSON Status Monitor 2.

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 something that may become a

 

problem if it isn’t fixed.

Red

Cannot print because of a problem.

Gray

Cannot monitor the printer.

 

 

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