About the EPSON Status Monitor 3 utility
EPSON Status Monitor 3 is a utility program that monitors your printer and gives you information about its current status. For example, you can find out the amount of remaining toner or the remaining functional life of the photoconductor unit through this utility. If a print error occurs, the utility provides you with a message describing the error. The Status Monitor 3 utility is accessed from within the printer driver. See “Accessing EPSON Status Monitor 3” on page 36 for more information.
Before using Status Monitor 3, be sure to read the printer driver’s README file. This file contains the latest information on the printer driver and Status Monitor 3.
Environment for the EPSON Status Monitor 3
Protocols
The protocols that must be installed to run EPSON Status Monitor 3 vary depending on your operating system and printer type. The following table divides printers into two categories: local printers and Windows shared printers.
Use this table to determine what protocols you need to install according to your operating system and printer type, then see the corresponding section for your operating system.
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Windows Me/98/2000 | LPT/USB | LPT/USB |
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Windows 95 | LPT | LPT |
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Windows NT 4.0 | LPT | LPT |
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Macintosh | USB | |
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