Epson Stylus Photo 1200 User Manual

 

 

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   $To use Status Monitor 2 or view any of its status windows, you must first 
open it. Follow these steps:
1Make sure your printer is turned on.
2Click Start, point to Programs, click the Epson folder, and click 
EPSON Status Monitor 2. You see the main window, described in 
Using the Main Window
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If background monitoring is turned on (as described in the next section), 
you can open Status Monitor 2 by double-clicking the  Background 
Monitoring icon on...

 

 

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   %When you start Status Monitor 2, you see the main window:
The Installed Printers list shows the name of your printer with a brief 
message describing its status. The color of the Installed Printer icon also 
indicates the printer status as follows:
Menu bar
Button bar
Installed 
Printer icon 
and name
Brief status messages 
appear hereThe number of print 
jobs waiting to print 
appears herePrinter Name, Status, and 
Job Count title bars
Installed Printer...

 

 

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  The main window also lets you access more detailed information about 
your printer or job status through the Printer Status and Job Status 
windows. You can also set when and if you want the Status Alert window 
to notify you of changes in your printer status. See Using the Detailed 
Status Windows
 for more information.

	 
	  
  If you’re monitoring more than one EPSON printer, you may want to 
delete any printers from the Installed Printers list that...

 

 

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    %Status Monitor 2 features three status windows for viewing information 
about your printer and your print jobs, as described in these sections:
wStatus Alert WindowwPrinter Status Window
 
wJob Status Window
To view any of the status windows, you must first open Status Monitor 2. 
See Opening Status Monitor 2
 for details.
You can check printer 
status using Status 
Monitor 2 only when 
your printer is turned 
on and connected 
directly to your...

 

 

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 You can set up the Status Alert window to appear automatically to report 
printer errors, low ink levels, and other problems when they occur, or to 
appear every time you print: 
To use the Status Alert window, you must turn on background monitoring 
and set the status alert preferences; see Setting Status Alert Preferences
 
for instructions.
The Status Alert window gives a brief message describing your printer 
status. The color of the printer icon also...

 

 

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 To view more printer status information, including troubleshooting tips and 
details about printer errors, click Details to open the Status Monitor 2 
Printer Status window. See Printer Status Window
 for more information.


 

  	
 		To view the Status Alert window, you need to set Status Alert preferences 
for your printer. Follow these steps:
1If you haven’t already done so, turn on background monitoring as 
described in Turning on Background Monitoring
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  4Click the Monitor this printer checkbox.
5Then turn on one or more of the Status Alert options to make the 
Status Alert window appear when the selected condition occurs. For 
example, if you turn on Show when errors occur, the Status Alert 
window appears only if a printing error occurs. If you select all the 
options, the Status Alert window appears whenever you print, 
encounter an error, or have low ink levels.
	
	 

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  You see the Printer Status window. Click the Current Status tab to see 
the printer’s current status and troubleshooting tips. 
To check the amount of ink you have, click the Consumables tab.
The Printer Information tab isn’t used by the EPSON Stylus Photo 1200.
Printer status 
messages appear 
If an error occurs, 
troubleshooting tips 
appear here
The printer graphic 
changes to reflect the 
printer status
If your printer runs out of ink, 
click this button to display...

 

 

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 To view detailed information on the print jobs waiting to print, you can use 
the Job Status window (not available with Windows NT). There are two 
ways to open the window:
wClick the printer name in the Installed Printers list and click the  icon 
or select Job Status from the Printer menu.
wRight-click the printer name in the Installed Printers list and select Job 
Status from the pop-up menu.
You see the Job Status window:
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   &You can adjust how often Status Monitor 2 checks your printer status. For 
example, if the Status Alert window takes a long time to appear after you 
send a print job, you may wish to decrease the monitoring interval. This 
will make the Status Alert window appear more quickly; however, shorter 
intervals may cause certain applications to run more slowly.
To adjust the monitoring interval, open the Monitoring Preferences dialog 
box by following...