NEC 870 User Guide - Page 63

Features of the Icon View in, Windows 3.1, Sound Alerts

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Clicking the top left corner of the Mini-window brings up the control menu as shown here. Chapter 4: Windows Status Monitor are directly connected to your SuperScript 870, you will also have the option of pausing and resetting the printer from the control menu. Click on Change Printer to bring up the printer chooser which displays a list of all available Windows printers. You can select a different printer as the default by clicking its name on the list. Features of the Icon View in Windows 3.1 The SuperScript 870 Status Monitor in Windows 3.1x icon view takes up very little screen space but provides information and control over your printer. By contrast, in Windows 95/98 this view is located on the Taskbar. Click once on the icon to get a control menu which allows you to maximize, move, or close the Status Monitor. You can also use the control menu to go to the printer chooser or the printer setup dialog box for the current default printer. If you Sound Alerts In addition to visual status the SuperScript 870 Status Monitor can provide audible warnings of printer errors and status such as "paper out" or "print job complete." The Alerts tab of the maximized SuperScript 870 Status Monitor window, described below, lets you control audible alerts. 63

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Chapter 4: Windows Status Monitor
Clicking the top left corner of the Mini-window
brings up the control menu as shown here.
Features of the Icon View in
Windows 3.1
The SuperScript 870 Status Monitor
in Windows 3.1x icon view takes up
very little screen space but provides
information and control over your
printer. By contrast, in Windows
95/98 this view is located on the Taskbar.
Click once on the icon to get a control menu
which allows you to maximize, move, or close the
Status Monitor. You can also use the control menu
to go to the printer chooser or the printer setup
dialog box for the current default printer. If you
are directly connected to your SuperScript 870,
you will also have the option of pausing and
resetting the printer from the control menu.
Click on
Change Printer
to bring up the printer
chooser which displays a list of all available
Windows printers. You can select a different
printer as the default by clicking its name on the
list.
Sound Alerts
In addition to visual status the SuperScript 870
Status Monitor can provide audible warnings of
printer errors and status such as “paper out” or
“print job complete.” The Alerts tab of the
maximized SuperScript 870 Status Monitor
window, described below, lets you control audible
alerts.