Epson LQ-300+ manual Monitoring settings are shown below

Settings	Explanations
Resolution/	Select the printing resolution you want. The higher the resolution
Graphics Resolution	you select, the more detailed your printout will be; however,
	increasing the resolution slows printing. If you are using
	Windows 3.1, this option is only available from the Control Panel.
Dithering	You can leave this option set to Fine, which is the default setting,
	or select another dithering pattern depending on the kind of
	printout you want.
Intensity/ Intensity	Move the slider to make your printout lighter or darker.
Control
Print quality	Select a print quality option from the Print quality list.
	If you turn on Hi-speed, you will enter bi-directional printing
	mode and printing speed will increase. Turning Hi-speed off will
	return the printer to uni-directional printing mode. Printing speed
	will decrease, but printing precision will improve. Printing with
	the default settings uses the settings stored in the printer.
EPSON Status	You can access the EPSON Status Monitor 3 utility when you
Monitor 3	click this button. To monitor the printer, make sure the Monitor
	the printing status check box is selected.
Monitoring	Click this button to open the Monitoring Preferences dialog box
Preferences	where you can make settings for the EPSON Status Monitor 3
	utility.
Paper/Output	Check the Paper Size, Orientation, and Paper Source settings you
	made on the Page Setup menu and change them if necessary.
	Select the setting and then choose an option from the Change
	Setting list box.
Halftone	Click this button to set the brightness and contrast, input the RGB
	gamma, or make other settings. The Halftone Color Adjustment
	dialog box appears. For details, click the Help button in this dialog
	box.
The monitoring settings are shown below.

Settings	Explanations
EPSON Status	You can access the EPSON Status Monitor 3 utility when you
Monitor 3	click this button. To monitor the printer, make sure the Monitor
	the printing status check box is selected.

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