Epson AcuLaser 2600DTN User Manual

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To display the Job Information menu, select the Show job 
information check box on the Monitor Setup dialog box, then 
click the Job Information menu on the EPSON Status Monitor 3 
dialog box.
a. Status: Waiting: The print job which is waiting to be 
printed.
Spooling: The print job which is being spooled on 
your computer.
Note:
This function is only available with Mac 
OS 9.
Deleting: The print job which is being deleted.
Printing:...

192Using the Printer Software with Macintosh Note:
The job spooling on the shared printer cannot be displayed on the Job 
Information tab.
Setting Up the USB Connection
Note:
If you are connecting the USB cable to your Macintosh through a USB 
hub, be sure to connect using the first hub in the chain. The USB interface 
may be unstable depending on the hub used. If you experience problems 
with this type of setup, connect the USB cable directly to your computer’s 
USB connector.
For Mac OS X users
1. Open...

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3. Select EPSON USB from the pop-up menu. Select your printer 
icon in the Product list, then click Add.
4. Close Printer Setup Utility (for Mac OS X 10.3) or Print Center 
(for Mac OS X 10.2 or below).
For Mac OS 9 users
1. Select Chooser from the Apple menu. Click your printer’s 
icon, then click the USB port your printer is connected to.
 

194Using the Printer Software with Macintosh 2. Select Background Printing to turn background printing on 
or off.
Note:
❏Background printing must be turned on for the EPSON Status 
Monitor 3 to manage print jobs.
❏When background printing is on, you can use your Macintosh 
while it is preparing a document for printing.
3. Close Chooser.
Canceling Printing
If the printouts are not what you expected and display incorrect 
or garbled characters or images, you may need to cancel printing. 
When a print job...

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❏During background printing, open EPSON Status Monitor 3 
from the Application menu. Then stop printing from EPSON 
Status Monitor 3, or delete the file that is in sleep mode.
After the last page is output, the Ready (green) light on the 
printer turns on.
Note:
You can also cancel the current print job that is sent from your computer, 
by pressing the +Cancel Job button on the printer’s control panel. 
When canceling the print job, be...

196Using the Printer Software with Macintosh 6. When the software license agreement screen appears, read the 
statement, then click Accept.
7. Select Uninstall from the menu at the upper left, then click 
Uninstall.
Follow the on-screen instructions.
For Mac OS 9 users
1. Quit all applications, and restart your Macintosh.
2. Insert the EPSON printer software CD-ROM in your 
Macintosh.
3. Double-click the English folder, then double-click Disk 1 
folder inside the Printer Driver folder.
4. Double-click...

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Sharing the Printer on a Network
Sharing the printer
This section describes how to share the printer on an AppleTalk 
network.
The computers on the network can share the printer that is 
directly connected to one of them. The computer that is directly 
connected to the printer is the print server, and the other 
computers are the clients which need permission to share the 
printer with the print server. The clients share the printer via...

198Using the Printer Software with Macintosh 2. Select Chooser from the Apple menu, then click your 
printer’s icon. Select USB port or FireWire port in the “Select 
a printer port” box on the right, then click Setup. The Printer 
Setup dialog box appears.
Note:
Make sure On is selected under Background Printing.
3. Under Printer Sharing Set Up, click Printer Sharing Setup.
4. The Printer Sharing dialog box appears. Select the Share this 
Printer check box, then type the printer name and password...

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6. Close Chooser.
Accessing the shared printer
Follow the steps below to access your printer from another 
computer on the network.
1. Turn on your printer.
2. On each computer from which you want to access the printer, 
select Chooser from the Apple menu. Click your printer’s 
icon, then select the name of the shared printer in the “Select 
a printer port” box on the right. You can only select from the 
printers connected to your...

200Using the Printer Software with Macintosh 4. The following type of message appears if the client has fonts 
that are unavailable on the print server.
5. Click OK to close the message.
6. Close Chooser.