Epson Photo EX, 640 Appendix A: Using Monitor3 with Your iMac, Setting Up Monitor3

Appendix A: Using Monitor3 with Your iMac

The Monitor3 utility lets you continue to work on your iMac while your document is printing (though printing and processing may be slower). The Monitor3 dialog box lets you check on your print jobs and cancel, pause, or restart them.

See the next section to turn on background printing and increase the memory allocation for Monitor3.

Setting Up Monitor3

1Open the Chooser from the Apple menu and select the icon for your printer (SC 600, SC 440, SC 640, or SPEX). Then select the USB Port.

2Under Background Printing, click On and close the Chooser.

3To increase the memory allocation, select EPSON Monitor3 in the Extensions folder in your System folder. Then choose Get Info from the File menu and set the Memory Requirements to 2000 or 3000, depending on your system’s available RAM.

Now see the next section for instructions on using Monitor3.

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