Epson Stylus COLOR 850N User Manual - Page 74

Setting Up Monitoring Preferences

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Managing Print Jobs You can customize the appearance of items on the Status Monitor 2 main window using the View menu options or options on the button bar. If you're monitoring multiple printers, you can reorder them in the Installed Printers list by clicking in the Printer Name, Status, or Job Count title bar. If you have more than one printer you want to monitor, you can add them using the Add Printers option in the Settings menu. To save your computer memory and reduce network traffic, you may want to delete any printers from the Status Monitor 2 list that you don't need to monitor. To do this, click the printer in the Installed Printers list and select Delete Printer from the Settings menu. The color of the Installed Printer icon indicates the printer status as follows: Installed Printer icon color Status message Green Ready to print Yellow Paper and/or ink level is low Red Paper and/or ink is out, paper is jammed, or a print or communication error has occurred Other options in Status Monitor 2 let you set up monitoring preferences, view more details on the printer or job status, and enable or disable background monitoring for each printer as described in the next sections. Note: Background monitoring must be turned on to change the Background Monitoring and Status Alert preferences for individual printers in the Monitoring Preferences window. See page 4-7 for instructions. Setting Up Monitoring Preferences You can select the way you want Status Monitor 2 to monitor each printer you use in the Monitoring Preferences window. There are several ways to open the window:  Click the printer name in the Installed Printers list to highlight it and click the icon.  Click the printer name in the Installed Printers list to highlight it and select Monitoring Preferences from the Settings menu.  Right-click the printer name in the Installed Printers list and select Monitoring Preferences from the drop-down menu. 4-3

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Managing Print Jobs
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If you have more than one printer you want to monitor, you
can add them using the
Add Printers
option in the Settings
menu. To save your computer memory and reduce network
traffic, you may want to delete any printers from the Status
Monitor 2 list that you don’t need to monitor. To do this, click
the printer in the Installed Printers list and select
Delete
Printer
from the Settings menu.
The color of the Installed Printer icon indicates the printer
status as follows:
Other options in Status Monitor 2 let you set up monitoring
preferences, view more details on the printer or job status, and
enable or disable background monitoring for each printer as
described in the next sections.
Setting Up Monitoring Preferences
You can select the way you want Status Monitor 2 to monitor
each printer you use in the Monitoring Preferences window.
There are several ways to open the window:
Click the printer name in the Installed Printers list to
highlight it and click the
icon.
Click the printer name in the Installed Printers list to
highlight it and select
Monitoring Preferences
from the
Settings menu.
Right-click the printer name in the Installed Printers list
and select
Monitoring Preferences
from the drop-down
menu.
You can customize the
appearance of items on
the Status Monitor 2
main window using the
View menu options or
options on the button bar.
If you’re monitoring
multiple printers, you can
reorder them in the
Installed Printers list by
clicking in the Printer
Name, Status, or Job
Count title bar.
Installed Printer
icon color
Status message
Green
Ready to print
Yellow
Paper and/or ink level is low
Red
Paper and/or ink is out, paper is jammed, or a
print or communication error has occurred
Note:
Background monitoring
must be turned on to
change the Background
Monitoring and Status
Alert preferences for
individual printers in the
Monitoring Preferences
window. See page 4-7 for
instructions.