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 your Windows taskbar. 
Clicking the shortcut icon in the taskbar will 
open EPSON Status Monitor 3. Click the icon 
you prefer as shortcut icon, and you can 
confirm the icon at the right.
Allow Monitoring of 
shared printersA l l o w s  m o n i t o r i n g  o f  a  s h a r e d  p r i n t e r  b y  o t h e r  
computers.
 
						

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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 software.
3. You can view a detailed explanation using the following 
ways.
❏Click the (?) button on the top right of the printer driver 
window, and then click the item.
❏Right-click the item, and then click the Whats this? 
button.
❏Click Help on the Main, Paper, Layout, or Utility menu 
for help related to the item on that menu.
 
						

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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 window does not appear when the Show Progress 
Meter check box is turned off in the Speed & Progress dialog box. See 
“Making the Speed & Progress settings” on page 79 for more 
information.
 
						

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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 print jobs at one time, it puts them on a 
print queue in the order received. When a print job reaches the 
top of the print queue, the EPSON Spool Manager sends the job 
to the printer.
From the Spool Manager, you can view print status information 
on the print jobs that have been sent to your printer. You can also 
cancel, pause, and resume the selected print jobs.
To open EPSON Spool Manager, follow the steps below.
 
						

							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 “Accessing the Printer 
Software” on page 12.
2. Click the Utility tab to open the Utility menu.
3. Click EPSON Status Monitor 3.
Viewing information in EPSON Status Monitor 3
EPSON Status Monitor 3 provides the following information.
 
						

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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 maintenance 
tank.
 
						

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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 
extensive use of color, it may still be possible to optimize the print 
speed by adjusting other printing conditions.
The following table shows the factors that inversely affect print 
speed and print quality.
The following table shows the factors related to print speed only.
Print qualityHigher Lower
Print speedSlower Faster
Advanced 
menu settingsPrint Quality SuperFine - 
1440dpiNormal - 
360dpi
High Speed Off On
Data 
characteristicsImage Size Large Small
Resolution High Low
Print speedFaster Slower
Advanced 
menu settingsColor Black Color or
Color/B&W Photo
Flip 
HorizontalOff On
 
						

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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 connected 
to the printer is the printer server, and the other computers are 
the clients which need permission to share the printer with the 
printer server. The clients share the printer via the printer server.
Data 
characteristicsVariety of 
colorsGrayscale Full color
Hardware 
resourcesSystem 
speedFast Slow
HDD free 
spaceLarge Small
Memory free 
spaceLarge Small
Software statusRunning 
applicationsOne Many
Virtual 
memoryNot in use In use Print speedFaster Slower