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Managing Print Jobs on a Macintosh, Changing the Default Spool Directory

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Managing Print Jobs Changing the Default Spool Directory If you get an error message while printing, or printing is very slow, you can try changing your default spool directory. 1. Make a directory on your hard drive where you want Spool Manager to store print job files, for example, C:\SPLTEMP. 2. Open the Spool Manager as described on page 4-14. 3. Make sure EPSON Stylus COLOR 850 is selected, and then choose Setup from the Queue menu. The Queue Setup dialog box appears. 4. Change the spool directory to the one you created in step 1. 5. Make sure Use Print Manager for this port is checked. Then click OK. 6. Choose Default Spool Directory from the Options menu. 7. In the dialog box, change the spool directory to the one you created in step 1. Then click OK. 8. Close Spool Manager. Managing Print Jobs on a Macintosh Your Macintosh printer software includes two print job management utilities: Monitor3 and Status Monitor. It also includes a Configuration utility for setting up print monitoring options.  If you're using background printing, Monitor3 starts automatically when you send a job to the printer. It handles printing while you continue to work on your Macintosh, lets you track documents that are waiting to be printed, and lets you set printing priorities for waiting print jobs. 4-16

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Managing Print Jobs
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Changing the Default Spool Directory
If you get an error message while printing, or printing is very
slow, you can try changing your default spool directory.
1.
Make a directory on your hard drive where you want
Spool Manager to store print job files, for example,
C:\SPLTEMP.
2.
Open the Spool Manager as described on page 4-14.
3.
Make sure
EPSON Stylus COLOR 850
is selected, and
then choose
Setup
from the Queue menu. The Queue
Setup dialog box appears.
4.
Change the spool directory to the one you created in step 1.
5.
Make sure
Use Print Manager for this port
is checked.
Then click
OK
.
6.
Choose
Default Spool Directory
from the Options menu.
7.
In the dialog box, change the spool directory to the one you
created in step 1. Then click
OK
.
8.
Close Spool Manager.
Managing Print Jobs on a
Macintosh
Your Macintosh printer software includes two print job
management utilities: Monitor3 and Status Monitor. It also
includes a Configuration utility for setting up print monitoring
options.
If you’re using background printing, Monitor3 starts
automatically when you send a job to the printer. It handles
printing while you continue to work on your Macintosh,
lets you track documents that are waiting to be printed, and
lets you set printing priorities for waiting print jobs.