Epson Stylus Pro 4400 User Manual

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To make settings for EPSON Status Monitor 3, follow the steps 
below.
1. Click Monitoring Preference. The Monitoring Preference 
dialog box appears.
2. Make the following settings.
Select NotificationDisplays the current error item notification 
settings. Select the appropriate check boxes 
to specify the error types for which you wish 
to receive notification.
Select Shortcut IconSelect the Shortcut Icon check box to display 
a shortcut icon in...

82Printing with Windows 3. Click OK.
Getting Information Through Online Help
Your printer software has extensive online help, which provides 
instructions on printing, making printer driver settings, and using 
printer utilities.
To access help from your application, follow the steps below.
1. Click Print or Page Setup on the File menu.
2. Click Printer, Setup, Options, or Properties. Depending on 
your application, you may need to click a combination of 
these buttons. You can also access the printer...

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Checking Printer Status and Managing Print 
Jobs 
Using the Progress Meter
When you send a print job to the printer, the Progress Meter 
window opens.
The Progress Meter indicates the progress of the current print job 
and provides printer status information when bi-directional 
communication between the printer and your computer is 
established. This meter also displays helpful tips for better 
printing and error messages.
Note:
The Progress Meter...

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EPSON Printing Tips
Tips on getting the most out of your Epson printer driver appear 
at the bottom of the Progress Meter window. A new tip appears 
every 30 seconds. For more details on a displayed tip, click 
Details.
Error messages
If a problem occurs during printing, an error message appears in 
the text box at the top of the Progress Meter window. Check the 
message and solve the problem accordingly. 
 

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When the ink runs low or out, or when the maintenance tank 
becomes full, the How to button appears in the Progress Meter 
window. Click How to, and EPSON Status Monitor will lead you 
step by step through a procedure to replace the cartridge or the 
maintenance tank.
Using the EPSON Spool Manager 
Note:
EPSON Spool Manager is not available for Windows XP and 2000.
EPSON Spool Manager is similar to Windows Print Manager. If 
it receives two or more...

86Printing with Windows 1. Send a print job to your printer. A short cut icon of your 
printer appears on the taskbar.
2. Click the EPSON Stylus Pro 4400 or EPSON Stylus Pro 4800 
icon. The EPSON Spool Manager dialog box appears.
3. If you want to cancel printing, select a print job and then click 
Cancel. If you want to pause or resume printing, select a 
print job and then click Pause/Resume.
Using EPSON Status Monitor 3
EPSON Status Monitor 3 displays detailed information on the 
printer status.
 

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Accessing EPSON Status Monitor 3 from the shortcut icon
To access EPSON Status Monitor 3 from the shortcut icon, 
double-click the printer-shaped shortcut icon on the Windows 
taskbar.
Note:
To add a shortcut icon to the taskbar, see “Monitoring Preferences” on 
page 80.
Accessing EPSON Status Monitor 3 from the printer driver
To access EPSON Status Monitor 3 from the printer driver, follow 
the steps below.
1. Access the printer driver. See...

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Current Status
EPSON Status Monitor 3 provides you with detailed printer 
status information, a graphic display, and status messages. If the 
ink runs low or out, or the maintenance tank becomes full, the 
How to button appears in the EPSON Status Monitor 3 window. 
Click How to to display instructions on how to replace the 
cartridge or the maintenance tank.
Information
EPSON Status Monitor 3 provides a graphic display of the 
remaining amount of ink and the free space of the...

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Increasing the Print Speed
General tips
Printing color data using higher print quality settings takes longer 
than printing black-and-white data using standard print quality, 
as the volume of high quality color data is much greater. For this 
reason, it is important to be selective in your use of color and print 
quality settings if you also require a faster print speed. 
However, even if your data requires the highest print quality and 
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Using Speed & Progress
You can make certain print speed settings in the Speed & Progress 
dialog box. To access this dialog box, click Speed & Progress on 
the Utility menu. For details, see “Making the Speed & Progress 
settings” on page 79.
Sharing Your Printer
This section describes how to share your printer so that other 
computers on a network can use it.
The computer on a network can share the printer that is directly 
connected to one of them. The computer that is directly...