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
.
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 the taskbar in the bottom-right corner of your screen.
	  	 
	Follow these steps to turn on background monitoring:
1Make sure your printer is turned on and then open Status Monitor 2 as 
described above. The main window appears.
2Open the Settings menu and select Background Monitoring.
3Select either Monitor from restart (to begin background monitoring 
after your next system restart) or Monitor now (to begin background 
monitoring right away). The  Background Monitoring icon appears 
on the taskbar in the lower-right corner of your screen.
The  Background Monitoring icon remains on your taskbar even after 
you close Status Monitor 2; to reopen the utility, double-click the icon. The 
color of the icon also helps you monitor your printer status, as described 
in Using the Main Window
 below.
You can change 
the shape of the 
Background 
Monitoring icon by 
clicking Select 
background 
monitoring icon in 
the Settings menu.If you ever need to 
turn off background 
monitoring, follow 
steps 1 and 2, then 
select Stop 
monitoring now.
 
						

							 

 

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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 
icon color Status message
Green Ready to print
Yellow Ink level is low
Red Paper and/or ink is out, paper is jammed, or a 
communication error has occurred
If the Installed Printer 
icon is grayed out, 
your printer is either 
disconnected from 
your computer or 
turned off.
 
						

							 

 

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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 are not currently 
connected to save system resources. To do this, click the printer name in 
the Installed Printers list and select Delete Printer from the Settings 
menu. To add a printer to the list, select Add Printers from the Settings 
menu.
You can customize the appearance of items on the Status Monitor 2 main 
window using options in the View menu or using icons on the button bar. 
If you’re monitoring multiple printers, you can reorder them in the Installed 
Printers list by clicking Printer Name, Status, or Job Count in the title 
bar.
Another option in the main window lets you adjust how often you want 
Status Monitor 2 to check your printer, as described in Changing the Monitoring Interval
. 
If you see more than 
one EPSON printer in 
the Installed Printers 
list, Status Monitor 2 
has detected printer 
software for additional 
EPSON printers on 
your system. If you 
connect another 
EPSON printer, you 
can monitor it with 
Status Monitor 2 in the 
same way you monitor 
your EPSON Stylus 
Photo 1200.
 
						

							 

 

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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 
computer via a 
bidirectional port.
 
						

							 

 

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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 indicates its current status, as 
described below:
Click here to close 
the Status Alert 
window Click the printer name to 
highlight it, then click Details
 
to open the Printer Status 
window; see Printer Status 
Window
 for more information
Installed Printer 
icon color Status message
Green Ready to print
Yellow Ink level is low
Red Paper and/or ink is out, paper is jammed, or a 
communication error has occurred
If the Installed Printer 
icon is grayed out, 
your printer is either 
disconnected from 
your computer or 
turned off.
 
						

							 

 

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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
. 
2Click EPSON Stylus Photo 1200 in the Installed Printers list.
3Click the  Monitoring Preferences icon or select Monitoring 
Preferences from the Settings menu. (You can also right-click the 
printer name in the Installed Printers list and select Monitoring 
Preferences from the pop-up menu.) You see this dialog box:
Click to check 
this setting 
Select when you want the 
Status Alert window to 
appear: while printing, 
when errors occur, and/or 
when ink is low
 
						

							 

 

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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.
	
	 

 For more details on the status of your printer, you can use the Printer 
Status window. The Printer Status window provides troubleshooting tips 
and detailed information about printer errors.
You can access the Printer Status window in different ways, depending 
on whether or not you’re currently printing:
wIf you’re currently printing, click the Details button on the Progress 
Meter (described in Using the Progress Meter
) or in the Status Alert 
window (described in Status Alert Window
).
wIf you’re not currently printing, start your printer software, click the 
Utility tab, then click the EPSON Status Monitor 2 icon. Or, open 
Status Monitor 2 as described in Opening Status Monitor 2
, and click 
your printer name in the Installed Printers list. 
Then click the  Printer Status icon or select Printer Status from the 
Printer menu.
 
						

							 

 

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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 
cartridge replacement 
instructions
These graphics indicate the 
amount of ink remaining in 
your cartridges 
 
						

							 

 

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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:
To pause or cancel a print job, first click its name in the Document Name 
list to highlight it. Then select either Pause Printing or Cancel Printing 
from the Document menu. To pause or purge 
all
 waiting print jobs, select 
Pause Printing or Purge Print Jobs from the Printer menu.
The Job Status 
window is very similar 
to the Spool Manager 
window. Both allow 
you to pause, cancel, 
and restart print jobs. 
See Using the Spool Manager
 for more 
information.
Information on jobs currently printing or waiting to be printed 
appears here  Menu 
bar
 
						

							 

 

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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 these steps:
1Open Status Monitor 2 as described in Opening Status Monitor 2
.
2In the main window, click your printer name in the Installed Printers list 
and click the  Monitoring Preferences icon or select Monitoring 
Preferences from the Settings menu. The Monitoring Preferences 
dialog box appears:
3Click the Monitoring Interval slider and drag it left or right to change the 
monitoring interval.
Select how often you 
want Status Monitor 2 
to check your printer 
status