Managing Print Jobs

4.Click the Speed & Progress button. You see this dialog box:

This section appears only if you have more than one hard drive

Note:

The folder you select in the High Speed Copy Folder box is also the default spool directory. Try changing this folder if you get an error message when trying to print.

Note:

If you see no message, you cannot enable DMA transfers on your system. However, you may be able to speed up printing by setting your parallel port to ECP mode. See your computer documentation for instructions on selecting ECP mode, if your computer supports it.

Select from the following options:

High Speed Copies speeds up printing of multiple copies of the same document by using your hard disk space as a cache.

Show Progress Meter lets you control whether or not the Progress Meter is displayed when you send a print job. See page 1-5for information on the Progress Meter.

EPSON Printer Port lets you optimize the transfer rate of your printer port for EPSON printers instead of using the Windows default printer port. You may see one of these messages beneath the EPSON Printer Port option:

High speed (DMA) transfer enabled tells you that you’re already using fast DMA transfer mode.

For higher data transfer rates, use DMA transfer lets you know that you can speed up printing by enabling DMA transfers on your system. See your computer documentation for instructions.

5.Click OK to close the dialog box and return to the Utility menu. Then click OK again to close the printer software dialog box.

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