Epson Stylus COLOR 850N User Manual - Page 80

Tips for Network Administrators, Controlling packet traffic on the network

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Managing Print Jobs Caution: If you have dial-up routers in a NetWare environment, they may automatically dial up the next hop and you may be charged for the line connection depending on the number of hops you set. To prevent this and to keep network traffic to a minimum, set hops carefully. 4. Select the type of printer(s) you want to monitor and click Next. Monitor: EPSON TCP/IP printers_______ LPR printers _______ NetWare printers_______ local printers_______ 5. Select Monitor to monitor EPSON network printers that do not have drivers on your computer. Select Do not monitor if network traffic is a problem. Then click Next. Printers: Monitor_______ Do not monitor_______ 6. If you're using NetWare, set the number of hops (0 to 15) and click Next. Number of hops: _______ 7. Check the current settings and click Next. Select Yes and click Finish to restart your computer. Tips for Network Administrators The following sections contain additional information about EPSON Status Monitor 2 that may be useful to network administrators. Controlling packet traffic on the network EPSON Status Monitor 2 communicates with the printer across the network. If too many computers are monitoring printers over the network, or if too many printers are being monitored, packet traffic can slow down the network significantly. To limit the packet traffic on your network, you may want to designate one printer administrator to monitor all the printers on the network. Or you may want to allow users to monitor only the printer they use most often. 4-9

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Managing Print Jobs
4-9
4.
Select the type of printer(s) you want to monitor and click
Next
.
Monitor:
EPSON TCP/IP printers_______
LPR printers _______
NetWare printers_______ local printers_______
5.
Select
Monitor
to monitor EPSON network printers that
do not have drivers on your computer. Select
Do not
monitor
if network traffic is a problem. Then click
Next
.
Printers:
Monitor_______
Do not monitor_______
6.
If you’re using NetWare, set the number of hops (0 to 15)
and click
Next
.
Number of hops:
_______
7.
Check the current settings and click
Next
. Select
Yes
and
click
Finish
to restart your computer.
Tips for Network Administrators
The following sections contain additional information about
EPSON Status Monitor 2 that may be useful to network
administrators.
Controlling packet traffic on the network
EPSON Status Monitor 2 communicates with the printer
across the network. If too many computers are monitoring
printers over the network, or if too many printers are being
monitored, packet traffic can slow down the network
significantly.
To limit the packet traffic on your network, you may want to
designate one printer administrator to monitor all the printers
on the network. Or you may want to allow users to monitor
only the printer they use most often.
Caution:
If you have dial-up routers
in a NetWare
environment, they may
automatically dial up the
next hop and you may be
charged for the line
connection depending on
the number of hops you
set. To prevent this and to
keep network traffic to a
minimum, set hops
carefully.