Epson Stylus Pro 9450 User Manual

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Using the Printer Utilities
The Epson printer utilities let you check the current printer status 
and perform printer maintenance from your screen.
Nozzle Check
This utility checks the print head nozzles to see if they are clogged 
and need to be cleaned. Check the nozzles when you notice the 
print quality has declined and after cleaning to confirm that the 
print head nozzles have been cleaned. If the print head nozzles 
are clogged, perform head cleaning. 
Head Cleaning
This utility cleans the color and black print heads. You may need 
to clean the print head if you notice the print quality has declined. 
 
						

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Print Head Alignment
This utility can be used to improve the print quality of your 
printed data. The alignment of the print head may need to be 
adjusted if vertical lines appear out of alignment or if white or 
black banding noise appear in your printed data. Use this utility 
to realign the print head.
EPSON Status Monitor 3
This utility provides you with printer status information, such as 
the ink cartridge status, the free space of the maintenance tank, 
and it also checks for printer error. See “Using EPSON Status 
Monitor 3” on page 33 for detailed information.
Monitoring Preferences
This function lets you specify the monitoring feature of EPSON 
Status Monitor 3. See “Using Monitoring Preferences” on page 36 
for detailed information.
Print Queue
This function displays the job waiting list. 
You can check the list of all jobs waiting and their information, 
and also cancel or restart print jobs.
Speed & Progress
You can make settings related to print speed and progress. 
Menu Arrangement
You can arrange the Select Setting, Media Type, and Paper Size 
list items. Arrange the items as you prefer, or classify the items 
into groups. You can also hide the items you are not using.
Export or Import
You can export or import the printer driver settings. It is 
convenient to use this function when you want to make the same 
printer driver settings to multiple computers. 
 
						

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EPSON LFP Remote Panel
This utility lets you optimize your printer. You can start this utility 
only if it is installed. See the EPSON LFP Remote Panel online help 
for detailed information.
Printer Firmware Update
EPSON LFP Remote Panel is started and updates the printer 
firmware. 
To use this function, you need to download the latest firmware 
from the Epson Web site beforehand.
Using EPSON Status Monitor 3
EPSON Status Monitor 3 provides you with detailed printer 
status information, a graphic display of the ink cartridge status 
and the free space of the maintenance tank, and status messages. 
To know the detailed status of the printer, open the printer 
detailed window. EPSON Status Monitor 3 starts to monitor the 
printer status when the printing begins, and if there are any 
problems, it shows an error message and its solutions. You can 
also access EPSON Status Monitor 3 from the printer driver or the 
shortcut icon by double-clicking the printer-shaped icon on the 
Windows taskbar to check the status of the printer.
 
						

							
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Accessing EPSON Status Monitor 3
Open the printer driver window, and click the  Utility tab, and then 
click  EPSON Status Monitor 3 .
Note:
In the Monitoring Preferen ces dialog box, select the Shortcut Icon 
check box to display a shortcut  icon on your Windows taskbar. 
Right-click the shortcut icon, and sel ect the printer name to display the 
EPSON Status Monitor 3 dialog box. See “Viewing information in 
Monitoring Preferences” on page  37 for detailed information.
 
						

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Viewing information in EPSON Status Monitor 3
EPSON Status Monitor 3 provides you with detailed printer 
status information, a graphic display of the ink cartridge status 
and the free space of the maintenance tank, and status messages. 
If a problem occurs during printing, an error message appears. 
Check the message and solve the problem accordingly.
 
						

							
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Using Monitoring Preferences
This function lets you specify  the monitoring feature of EPSON 
Status Monitor 3. 
Accessing Monitoring Preferences
Open the printer driver window, click the  Utility tab, and then click 
Monitoring Preferences .
 
						

							
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Note:
In the Monitoring Preferen ces dialog box, select the Shortcut Icon 
check box to display a shortcut  icon on your Windows taskbar. 
Right-click the shortcut icon, and select  Monitoring Preferences to 
open the Monitoring P references dialog box.
Viewing information in  Monitoring Preferences
In the Monitoring Preferences dialog box, you can select error 
types for which you wish to re ceive notification, and you can 
make the shortcut icon setting an d monitoring of shared printers 
setting. 
 
						

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Uninstalling the Printer Software
This section describes how to uninstall the printer software from 
your computer.
Note:
❏For Windows XP/Vista, you must log in as a user with an 
Administrator account. When you uninstall the printer software 
from Windows Vista, the password may be required. If you are asked 
for the password, enter it and continue the operation.
❏For Windows 2000, you must log in as a user with administrator 
rights (a user belonging to the Administrators group).
Uninstalling the printer driver
To uninstall the printer driver, follow the steps below. 
1. Turn off the printer, and unplug the interface cable connected 
with the computer and printer.
2. Click Add or Remove Programs (or Add/Remove 
Programs) in the Control Panel.
For Windows Vista, click Programs, and then Programs and 
Features in the Control Panel.
 
						

							
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3. Select EPSON Printe r Software, and then click 
Change/Remove  (or Uninstall/Change ).
4. Select the target printer icon, and then click  OK.
5. Follow the on-screen instructions  to complete uninstallation. 
When the confirmation message appears, click  Yes.
 
						

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Note:
When you delete the printer driver, the following message appears.
In the personal settings information file, the settings you have made 
are saved. If you do not delete this file, you can use the settings you 
have registered when you reinstall the printer driver. Click No if 
you plan to reinstall the printer driver later, or click Yes to delete 
the file completely.
Restart the computer when you reinstall the printer driver.
Uninstalling EPSON LFP Remote Panel
EPSON LFP Remote Panel can be uninstalled from Add or 
Remove Programs (or Add/Remove Programs) in the Control 
Panel. For detailed information, see the EPSON LFP Remote Panel 
online help.