Epson AcuLaser C9100B User Manual

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Setting Monitoring Preferences
To make specific monitoring settings, click Monitoring 
Preferences in the Utility menu of the printer driver. The 
Monitoring Preferences dialog box appears.
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							102Using the Printer Software with Windows The following settings and buttons appear in the dialog box:
a. Select Notification: Use the check boxes in this area to 
select the types of error that you 
wish to be notified about. 
To select the notification item to be 
displayed, select the 
corresponding check box in Event. 
The current status of the 
notification item is displayed as On 
or Off in Screen Notification.
b.Default button: Restores default settings.
c. Select Shortcut Icon: To use the shortcut icon, select the 
Shortcut Icon check box, then 
choose an icon. The icon you select 
appears on the right side of the task 
bar.
Once the shortcut icon is in the task 
bar, you can double-click it to open 
the EPSON Status Monitor 3 dialog 
box. Alternatively, you can 
right-click the shortcut icon, then 
select Monitoring Preferences 
from the menu to open the 
Monitoring Preferences dialog box, 
and your printer from the menu to 
open the EPSON Status Monitor 3 
dialog box.
 
						

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d. Job management: Select the Show job information 
check box to display the Job 
Information menu in the EPSON 
Status Monitor 3 window. When 
this check box is selected, the Job 
management icon appears on the 
the task bar during printing.
To display the notification message 
when your print job is finished, 
select the Notify when printing 
completed check box.
Note:
This menu is enabled only under the 
conditions given in “Connections 
Supporting the Job Management 
function” on page 105.
e.Allow monitoring of 
shared printers check 
box:When this check box is selected, a 
shared printer can be monitored by 
other PCs.
f.Help button: Opens online help for the 
Monitoring Preferences dialog box.
g.Cancel button: Cancels any changes.
h.OK button: Saves new changes.
 
						

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Status Alert window
The Status Alert window indicates what type of error has 
occurred and offers you a possible solution. The window closes 
automatically once the problem is cleared.
This window will appear according to the selected notification in 
the Monitoring Preferences dialog box.
If you wish to see information about printer consumables, click 
Details. Once this button is clicked, the Status Alert window will 
not disappear even after a problem is cleared. Click Close to close 
the window.
Job Management function
Using the Job Management function, you can obtain information 
on print jobs on the Job Information menu in the EPSON Status 
Monitor 3 dialog box. You can also choose to have a notice appear 
on the screen when printing is completed.
 
						

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Connections Supporting the Job Management function
The Job Management function is available when the following 
connections are used:
Server and Client Environments:
❏When using the shared Windows 2000, Server 2003, or NT 4.0 
LPR connection with Windows XP, Me, 98, 95, 2000, or NT 4.0 
clients.
❏When using the shared Windows 2000 or Server 2003 
Standard TCP/IP connection with Windows XP, Me, 98, 95, 
2000, or NT 4.0 clients.
❏When using the shared Windows 2000, Server 2003, or NT 4.0 
EpsonNet Print TCP/IP connection with Windows XP, Me, 
98, 95, 2000, or NT 4.0 clients.
Client only Environments:
❏When using the LPR connection (in Windows XP, 2000, Server 
2003, or NT 4.0).
❏When using the Standard TCP/IP connection (in Windows 
XP, 2000, or Server 2003).
❏When using the EpsonNet Print TCP/IP connection (in 
Windows XP, Me, 98, 95, 2000, Server 2003, or NT 4.0).
Note:
You cannot use this function in the following situations:
❏When using an optional Ethernet interface card that does not 
support the Job Management function.
❏When the NetWare connections do not support the Job Management 
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							106Using the Printer Software with Windows ❏When the printing jobs from NetWare and NetBEUI are displayed 
as “Unknown” on the Job Management menu.
❏Note that if the user account used to log on to a client is different 
from the user account used to connect to the server, the Job 
Management function is not available.
❏When using a computer running Windows XP as a print server.
Note on deleting print jobs:
You cannot delete the print job spooling on client computers running 
Windows Me, 98, or 95 using EPSON Status Monitor 3 when the 
following connections are used:
❏When using the shared Windows 2000, Server 2003, or NT 4.0 LPR 
connection.
❏When using the shared Windows 2000 or Server 2003 standard 
TCP/IP connection.
❏When using the shared Windows 2000, Server 2003, or NT 4.0 
EpsonNet Print TCP/IP connection.
 
						

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Using the Job Information menu
To display the Job Information menu, select the Show job 
information check box on the Monitoring Preferences dialog box 
(see “Setting Monitoring Preferences” on page 101 for details), 
then click the Job Information tab on the EPSON Status Monitor 
3 dialog box.
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							108Using the Printer Software with Windows a. Status: Waiting: The print job which is waiting to be 
printed.
Spooling: The print job which is being spooled 
on your computer.
Deleting: The print job which is being deleted.
Printing: The print job which is printed 
currently.
Completed: Displays only your jobs that have 
finished printing.
Canceled: Displays only print jobs that have 
been canceled.
Held: Job is on hold.
b. Job Name: Displays the user’s print job file names. Other 
user’s print jobs are displayed as --------.
c. User: Displays the user name.
d. Computer: Displays the name of the computer connected to 
the printer.
e. Job Type: Displays the job type. When the Reserve job 
function is used, the jobs are displayed as Stored, 
Verify, Re-Print, and Confidential respectively. 
About the Reserve Job function, see “Using the 
Reserve Job Function” on page 84.
f.Cancel 
Job 
button:Selecting a print job and clicking this button, 
cancels the selected print job.
 
						

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Re-printing your print job
Clicking Print on the EPSON Status Monitor 3 screen lets you print 
a spooled job.
Follow the steps below to re-print your job.
Note:
You cannot re-print your jobs in the following cases:
❏The status of the job is other than Held.
❏The job is sent by someone other than you.
❏When multiple jobs are selected.
1. Access EPSON Status Monitor 3. See “Accessing EPSON 
Status Monitor 3” on page 96 for details.
2. Click the Job Information tab.
3. Select the job to re-print.
4. Click Print. The following screen appears. g.Print 
button:Display the dialog box to print the spooled and 
held status job.
h.Refresh 
button:Clicking this button refreshes the information on 
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							110Using the Printer Software with Windows 5. In the screen, confirm the job name and select a copy number 
from 1 to 999.
6. Click OK to reprint your job.
Setting to notify when printing is completed
When the Notify when printing completed check box is 
selected, the Notify when printing completed function can be 
used.
When this function is enabled, the notify dialog box appears after 
your print job is completed.
Note:
When you canceled the target job, the Notify when printing completed 
dialog box does not appear.
Stopping monitoring
You can stop monitoring the printing status by clearing the 
Monitor the Printing Status check box in the printer driver’s 
Utility menu if you don’t need to monitor the printer at all.
Note:
❏The Monitor the Printing Status check box is displayed in the 
Utility menu of Document Defaults in Windows NT 4.0, or in the 
Utility menu of Printing Preference in Windows XP, 2000, or 
Server 2003.
❏You can find out the current printer status by clicking the EPSON 
Status Monitor 3 icon in the printer driver’s Utility menu.