Epson Stylus Pro 9450 User Manual

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From the Printer icon
When you make common settings or perform printer 
maintenance, such as Nozzle Ch eck, Head Cleaning, access the 
printer driver from the Printer icon.
1. Open the  Printers and Faxes  or Printers  folder.
For Windows XP:
Click  Start, click  Control Panel , click Printers and Other 
Hardware , and then click  Printers and Faxes . 
Note:
If your Control Panel is in the Classic View, click  Start, click 
Control Panel , and then click Printers...

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2. Right-click your printer icon, and click  Printing Preferences.
The printer driver window appears.
The settings you make here beco me the default settings of the 
printer driver.
 

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Getting Information Through Online Help
You can view a detailed explanat ion using the following ways.
❏ Right-click the item, and then click  Help.
 

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❏For Windows XP/2000, click th e   button on the top right 
of the printer driver window, and then click the item.
 

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Basic Settings
This section describes how to print your data from an application 
using the Epson printer driver.
Setting the printer driver
First, make the print data using the application software.
Before printing, open the printer driver window, and confirm the 
print settings such as the media type, paper size.
 

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Checking the printer status
When you send a print job to the printer, you can monitor the 
printer status in the following windows.
Progress Meter
The Progress Meter appears on your display when you start 
printing. It indicates the progress of the current print job and 
provides printer status information such as ink remaining and 
product number of the ink cartridges. Also, you can cancel a print 
job using Progress Meter. 
 

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Print queue window
You can check a list of all jobs waiting and its information, and 
also you can cancel print jobs. The print queue window appears 
when you double-click the printer icon on the task bar. This is a 
function of the Windows operating system.
Canceling printing
You can cancel a print job waiting from the computer. If the 
printing is already started, you need to cancel printing by the 
printer.
Canceling printing by the printer
Press and hold the...

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Canceling printing by the computer
Canceling printing
Click Stop on the EPSON Progress Meter dialog box.
Note:
❏ The Progress Meter shows the progress of the current print job. It 
disappears when the job has  been sent to the printer.
❏ You cannot cancel a print job that  has been sent to the printer. In 
this case, cancel the pr int job by the printer.
 

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Deleting a print job waiting
You can delete the jobs waiting stored in the computer.
1. Double-click the printer icon on the taskbar.
2. From the Printer menu, select 
Cancel all documents.
If you want to delete a specific job, select the job and select 
Cancel  from the Document menu.
Note:
❏ The print queue windows shows th e progress of each print job. 
It disappears when the job ha s been sent to the printer.
❏ You cannot cancel a print job that  has been sent...

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When problem occurs during printing
If a problem occurs during printi ng, an error message appears in 
the EPSON Status Monitor window. 
Click  How to , and EPSON Status Monitor will lead you step by 
step through a procedure to solve a problem.