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 which is being spooled 
on your computer. 
Note:
This function is not available with Mac 
OS X.
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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: Displays the user name.
d. Computer: Displays the name of the computer connected to 
the printer.
e. Job Type: Displays the job type. When the Reserve job 
function is used, the jobs are displayed as 
Re-Print, Verify, Stored, and Confidential 
respectively. About the Reserve Job function, 
see “Using the Reserve Job Function” on page 
144.
f.Cancel 
Job button:Selecting a print job and clicking this button, 
cancels the selected print job.
g.Print 
button:Displays the dialog box to print the spooled and 
Held status job.
h.Refresh 
button:Clicking this button refreshes the information on 
this menu.
 
						

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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 folder and double-click the Printer Setup Utility 
(for Mac OS X 10.3) or Print Center (for Mac OS X 10.2 or 
below) icon. 
2. Click Add Printer in the Printer List dialog box.
3. Select EPSON USB from the pop-up menu. Select AL-C9100 
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).
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							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 from the jobs 
menu.
For Mac OS 9 users
❏Press the Period (.) key while pressing the Command key to 
cancel printing. Depending on applications, the message 
shows the procedure to cancel printing during printing. If this 
appears, follow instructions in the message.
❏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 careful not to cancel print sent by other users.
 
						

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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 Password or 
phrase, then click OK.
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.
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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 click 
Uninstall.
Follow the on-screen instructions.
 
						

							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 the print server.
According to the versions of Windows OS and your access rights 
on the network, perform the appropriate settings of the print 
server and clients.
Setting the print server
❏For Windows Me, 98, or 95, see “Setting up your printer as a 
shared printer” on page 169.
❏For Windows XP, 2000, NT 4.0, or Server 2003, see “Using an 
additional driver” on page 171.
Setting the clients
❏For Windows Me, 98, or 95, see “With Windows Me, 98, or 
95” on page 178.
❏For Windows XP or 2000, see “With Windows XP or 2000” on 
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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 for 
Microsoft Networks” component is installed, then on the server and 
clients, make sure that the “IPX/SPX-compatible Protocol” or the 
“TCP/IP Protocol” is installed.
❏The print server and clients should be set on the same network 
system, and they should be under the same network management 
beforehand.
❏The screen may vary depending on your operating system version.
Setting up your printer as a shared printer
When the print server’s OS is Windows Me, 98, or 95, follow the 
steps below to set the print server.
1. Click Start, point to Settings, then click Control Panel.
2. Double-click the Network icon.
3. Click File and Print Sharing on the Configuration menu.
4. Select the I want to be able to allow others to print to my 
printer(s). check box, then click OK.
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❏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 a Comment and Password if needed.
Note:
❏Do not use spaces or hyphens for the share name, or an error 
may occur.
❏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.
You need to set the client computers so that they can use the 
printer on a network. See the following pages for details:
❏“With Windows Me, 98, or 95” on page 178
❏“With Windows XP or 2000” on page 179
❏“With Windows NT 4.0” on page 183
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