User manual EPSON STYLUS COLOR 850NE

[. . . ] User's Guide Printed on recycled paper with at least 10% post-consumer content paper support extension edge guides paper support control panel printer cover output tray output tray extensions black print head cleaning button ink cartridge clamp load/eject button color print head cleaning button power button paper thickness lever All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION. The information contained herein is designed only for use with this EPSON printer. EPSON is not responsible for any use of this information as applied to other printers. [. . . ] See page 4-7 for instructions. 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 Managing Print Jobs You see the Monitoring Preferences window: Set the length of the interval in which you want Status Monitor 2 to monitor your printer here (short intervals may cause some applications to run slowly) Turn background monitoring on or off for the selected printer here Select if and when to use the Status Alert dialog box: while printing, when errors occur, and/or when ink is low If you turn on one or more of the Status Alert options, you'll see the Status Alert dialog box when the selected condition occurs. For example, if you turn on Show when errors occur, the dialog box will appear only if a printing error occurs. If you select all the options, the dialog box will appear whenever you print, encounter an error, or have low ink levels. The color of the printer icon in the Status Alert dialog box indicates the type of error, as described on page 4-3. Click the printer name to highlight it, then click Details to open the Printer Status window; see page 4-5 for more information Click here to close the Status Alert dialog box 4-4 Managing Print Jobs Using the Printer Status Window For more details on the status of your printer, you can use the Printer Status window. There are several ways to open the window: Double-click the printer name in the Installed Printers list. Click the printer name in the Installed Printers list to highlight it and click the icon or select Printer Status from the Printer menu. Right-click the printer name in the Installed Printers list and select Printer Status from the drop-down menu. If you're currently using the printer software, click the Utility tab, then click the EPSON Status Monitor 2 icon. (For instructions on accessing your printer software, see page 1-2 and page 1-4. ) You can also access the Printer Status window by clicking the Details button on the Progress Meter (see page 1-5) or the Status Alert dialog box (see page 4-4). You see the Printer Status window. The Current Status tab gives printing status and error correction information. Illustrations of what to do if an error occurs appear here If your printer runs out of ink, this button becomes active and the screen displays cartridge replacement steps on the right and illustrations in the printer graphic area Printer status messages appear here If an error occurs, troubleshooting tips appear here 4-5 Managing Print Jobs To check the amount of ink you have, click the Consumables tab. These graphics indicate the amount of ink remaining in your cartridges To view information about your printer's network connections and other printer resources, click the Printer Information tab. Using the Job Status Window Use the Job Status window to view detailed information on the print jobs waiting to print. There are several ways to open the window: Note: The Job Status window is very similar to the Spool Manager window (Windows 98 and Windows 95). Both allow you to pause, cancel, and restart print jobs. See page 4-11 for information on Spool Manager. Click the printer name in the Installed Printers list to highlight it and click the icon or select Job Status from the Printer menu. Right-click the printer name in the Installed Printers list and select Job Status from the drop-down menu. You see the Job Status window: menu bar Jobs currently printing or waiting appear here 4-6 Managing Print Jobs Options in the Printer menu let you pause printing or purge all waiting print jobs, select or deselect the printer as your Windows default, and access the printer software to change default settings. The Document menu options let you pause or cancel printing of individual print jobs. First click the print job you want to pause or cancel in the Document Name list to highlight it. Enabling or Disabling Background Monitoring You can enable background monitoring for your printer if you want Status Monitor 2 to alert you to any error conditions while you're working on other tasks. This lets you find out if paper runs out or if any other printing problem has occurred without opening Status Monitor 2. If you have trouble with network traffic, you can disable background monitoring. To turn on or turn off background monitoring, follow these steps: 1. Open Status Monitor 2 using one of these methods: Click Start, point to Programs, click the Epson folder, and click EPSON Status Monitor 2. Double-click the icon on the Windows Taskbar in the bottom right corner of your screen (when background monitoring is enabled). 2. [. . . ] A unit of data that can be sent over a network. A device such as a printer or a scanner that works with a computer. A command that requests a response from a remote computer over a network. Print jobs that are sent to the printer while it is busy are stored in a waiting line, or print queue, until they can be printed. hub initialization ink jet ips IPX/SPX LPR media MicroWeave node address packet peripheral ping print queue G-3 Glossary print server A print server holds all the print information and performs all printing functions. [. . . ]