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Introduction, What is Printer Status?

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Chapter 4: Windows Status Monitor Introduction The SuperScript 870 Status Monitor gives you many features to monitor your printer and print jobs, such as: • Continually checks the status of the printer to provide you with visual and audible feedback on the printer and your print jobs. • Lets you pause or resume printing, or quickly cancel printing. • Lets you print pages that demonstrate printer features or show printer information. • Gives you a quick way to change your default Windows printer. • Provides instant access to the SuperScript 870 Windows Printer Driver and its special features, and to the Windows Print Manager (in Windows 3.1x). You determine when and how the SuperScript 870 Status Monitor informs you of specific conditions through the Alerts tab of the maximized status monitor. The status monitor can appear on the screen to report such conditions as "paper jam" or "offline." You can also choose to have printer status reported through various sound alerts. 60 A Note About Bidirectional Communication... The level of features and the level of status information available from the Status Monitor depends on the type of connection established with your printer. If your SuperScript 870 printer is directly connected to your computer, you should be able to establish bidirectional communication by using a high quality bidirectional parallel cable. (For optimum results use an IEEE 1284-compliant cable.) Note: Bidirectional communication works best when your printer port is set correctly in your computer's BIOS. See page 107 in Chapter 9 of this user's guide for more information. If you are sharing your SuperScript 870 printer using a network interface card (NIC), features like pause, resume, and reset will also be available, although only from the printer's operator panel, not with the Status Monitor. The section below describes the various levels of printer status. What is Printer Status? Your printer receives data from your computer over the printer cable. Your printer can also send data back to the computer to report on a number

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Chapter 4: Windows Status Monitor
Introduction
The SuperScript 870 Status Monitor gives you
many features to monitor your printer and print
jobs, such as:
•
Continually checks the status of the printer
to provide you with visual and audible
feedback on the printer and your print jobs.
•
Lets you pause or resume printing, or
quickly cancel printing.
•
Lets you print pages that demonstrate
printer features or show printer information.
•
Gives you a quick way to change your
default Windows printer.
•
Provides instant access to the SuperScript 870
Windows Printer Driver and its special
features, and to the Windows Print Manager
(in Windows 3.1x).
You determine when and how the SuperScript
870 Status Monitor informs you of specific
conditions through the Alerts tab of the
maximized status monitor. The status monitor
can appear on the screen to report such
conditions as “paper jam” or “offline.” You can
also choose to have printer status reported
through various sound alerts.
A Note About Bidirectional
Communication…
The level of features and the level of status
information available from the Status Monitor
depends on the type of connection established
with your printer. If your SuperScript 870 printer
is directly connected to your computer, you
should
be able to establish bidirectional com-
munication
by using a high quality bidirectional
parallel cable. (For optimum results use an IEEE
1284-compliant cable.)
Note:
Bidirectional communication
works best when your printer port is set
correctly in your computer’s BIOS. See
page 107 in Chapter 9 of this user’s guide
for more information.
If you are sharing your SuperScript 870 printer
using a network interface card (NIC), features like
pause, resume, and reset will also be available,
although only from the printer’s operator panel,
not with the Status Monitor. The section below
describes the various levels of printer status.
What is Printer Status?
Your printer receives data from your computer
over the printer cable. Your printer can also send
data back to the computer to report on a number