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Checking Printer Status From the Printer Driver, Mac OS X, Windows Vista, Windows XP - maintenance tanks

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138 | Maintaining and Transporting the Printer The status of the printer parts is indicated with these symbols: E*****F = 100-81% of service life remaining E**** F = 80-61% E*** F = 60-41% E** F = 40-21% E* F = 20-11% % = less than 10% of service life remaining 4. Press the Pause button to exit the menu. For more information about the Printer Status menu, see your on-screen User's Guide. Tip: On a Macintosh, you can also run maintenance utilities by clicking the Utility button in the print job window or the icon on the printer settings screen. If you added a shortcut icon for your printer to the Windows taskbar, you can right-click it and select any utility you want to run. See page 125 to add the icon. Checking Printer Status From the Printer Driver The Epson Status Monitor utility installed with your printer driver lets you check the levels of ink in the printer and the level of the maintenance tank(s). Follow the steps below to use the utility to check the status. 1. Do one of the following to access the printer utilities: • Mac OS X: Open the EPSON Printer Utility2 in your Applications folder. Select your printer and click OK. • Windows Vista: Click , select Control Panel, select Hardware and Sound, and click Printers. Right-click the icon for your printer and select Properties. Click the Utility tab. • Windows XP: Click Start and select Control Panel. Double-click Printers and Faxes. Right-click your printer icon and select Printing Preferences. Click the Utility tab. 2. Click the EPSON StatusMonitor (Mac OS X) or EPSON Status Monitor 3 icon. 138

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Maintaining and Transporting the Printer
The status of the printer parts is indicated with these symbols:
E*****F
= 100–81% of service life remaining
E**** F
= 80–61%
E***
F
= 60–41%
E**
F
= 40–21%
E*
F
= 20–11%
%
= less than 10% of service life remaining
4.
Press the
Pause button to exit the menu.
For more information about the Printer Status menu, see your on-screen
User’s Guide
.
Checking Printer Status From the Printer Driver
The Epson Status Monitor utility installed with your printer driver lets you
check the levels of ink in the printer and the level of the maintenance
tank(s). Follow the steps below to use the utility to check the status.
1.
Do one of the following to access the printer utilities:
•
Mac OS X
: Open the
EPSON Printer Utility2
in your
Applications
folder. Select your printer and click
OK
.
•
Windows Vista
: Click
, select
Control Panel
, select
Hardware
and Sound
, and click
Printers
. Right-click the icon for your
printer and select
Properties
. Click the
Utility
tab.
•
Windows XP
: Click
Start
and select
Control Panel
. Double-click
Printers and Faxes
. Right-click your printer icon and select
Printing
Preferences
. Click the
Utility
tab.
2.
Click the
EPSON StatusMonitor
(Mac OS X) or
EPSON Status
Monitor 3
icon.
Tip:
On a Macintosh, you
can also run maintenance
utilities by clicking the
Utility
button in the print
job window or the
icon
on the printer settings
screen.
If you added a shortcut
icon for your printer to
the Windows taskbar,
you can right-click it and
select any utility you
want to run. See
page 125 to add the icon.