Epson AcuLaser C9100 User Manual

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Using the Job Management function
You can obtain information on the print jobs on the Job 
Information menu on the EPSON Status Monitor 3 dialog box.
To display the Job Information menu, select the Show job 
information check box on the Monitoring Preferences dialog box, 
then click the Job Information menu on the EPSON Status 
Monitor 3 dialog box.
a. Status: Waiting: The print job which waiting to be 
printed.
Spooling: The print job...

162Using the Printer Software with Macintosh Note:
The job spooling on the shared printer cannot be displayed on the Job 
Information tab.Deleting: The print job which is being deleted.
Printing: The print job which is printed 
currently.
Completed: Displays only your jobs that have 
finished printing.
Canceled: Displays only your jobs that have 
been canceled printing.
Held: Job is on hold.
b. Job Name: Displays the user’s print job file names. Other 
users print jobs are displayed as --------.
c. User:...

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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 the Applications folder on your hard drive, then open 
the Utilities...

164Using the Printer Software with Macintosh 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.
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.
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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 continues on the computer, follow the 
instruction below to cancel the printing:
For Mac OS X users
❏Open Printer Setup Utility (for Mac OS X 10.3) or Print Center 
(for Mac OS X 10.2 or below) and double-click your printer 
from the print queue. Then, select Delete Job...

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Uninstalling the Printer Software
When you wish to reinstall or upgrade the printer driver, be sure 
to uninstall the current printer software beforehand.
For Mac OS X
1. Quit all applications, and restart your Macintosh.
2. Insert the EPSON printer software CD-ROM in your 
Macintosh.
3. Double-click the Mac OS X folder
4. Double-click the Printer Driver folder.
5. Double-click your printer’s icon.
Note:
If the Authorization dialog box appears, enter the...

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For Mac OS 9
1. Quit all applications, and restart your Macintosh.
2. Insert the EPSON printer software CD-ROM in your 
Macintosh.
3. Double-click the Language folder, then double-click Disk 1 
folder inside the Printer Driver folder.
4. Double-click the Installer icon.
5. Click Continue. When the software license agreement screen 
appears, read the statement, then click Accept.
6. Select Uninstall from the menu at the upper left, then...

168Setting Up Your Printer on a Network
Chapter 5
Setting Up Your Printer on a Network
For Windows
Sharing the printer
This section describes how to share the printer on a standard 
Windows network.
The computers on a network can share a 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...

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❏For Windows NT 4.0, see “With Windows NT 4.0” on page 
183.
Note:
❏When sharing the printer, be sure to set EPSON Status Monitor 3 
so that the shared printer can be monitored on the print server. See 
“Setting Monitoring Preferences” on page 101.
❏When you are Windows shared printer user in a Windows Me, 98, 
or 95 environment, on the server, double-click the Network icon in 
Control panel and make sure that the “File and printer sharing...

170Setting Up Your Printer on a NetworkNote:
❏When “Insert the Disk” appears, insert the Windows Me, 98, 
or 95 CD-ROM in the computer. Click OK, then follow the 
on-screen instructions.
❏When the prompt to restart the computer appears, restart the 
computer, then continue with the settings.
6. Double-click the Printers icon on the control panel.
7. Right-click your printer’s icon, then click Sharing in the menu 
that appears.
8. Select Shared As, type the name in the Share Name box, then 
click OK. Type...