Using the Printer Driver / For Macintosh

# Monitoring Your Printer with EPSON Status Monitor 3

> About the EPSON Status Monitor 3
> Accessing the EPSON Status Monitor 3
> Getting printer status details
> Setting Monitoring Preferences
> Status Alert window

## About the EPSON Status Monitor 3

The EPSON Status Monitor 3 is a utility program that monitors your printer and gives you information about its current status. For example, you can find out the amount of remaining toner or the remaining functional life of the developer cartridge through this utility. If a print error occurs, the utility provides you with a message describing the error. The EPSON Status Monitor 3 is accessed from within the printer driver. See the following section for more information.

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## Accessing the EPSON Status Monitor 3

### Mac OS 8.6 to 9.x users

You can access the EPSON Status Monitor 3 by selecting the EPSON Status Monitor 3 alias in the Apple menu.

| Note:

The EPSON Status Monitor 3 appears automatically when an error occurs.

The appropriate printer port must already be selected in the Chooser so that necessary information can be received from the selected printer driver when the EPSON Status Monitor 3 starts. If the printer port is not correct, an error will occur.

If you change the printer driver in the Chooser while the spool file is printing in the background, output to the printer may be disrupted.

Printer and consumable products status information appears in the status window only if the Chooser is acquiring status normally.

### Mac OS X users

Follow these steps to access the EPSON Status Monitor 3:

1. Click Print in the File menu of any application. The Print dialog box appears.

2. Select Utilities in the list where Copies & Pages is displayed.

3. Click your printer's icon.

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## Getting printer status details

You can monitor printer status and obtain information on consumable products using the EPSON Status Monitor 3 dialog box.

> EPL-6200

> EPL-6200L

1. | Icon/Message: | Shows the printer status.
2. | Printer image: | The image at the upper left shows the printer status graphically.
3. | Text box: | The text box next to the printer image displays the current status of the printer. When a problem occurs, the most probable solution is displayed.
4. | Cancel Printing button (EPL-6200L only): | Clicking this button cancels your current print job that the printer is printing.
5. | Close button: | Closes the dialog box.
6. | Paper: (EPL-6200) | Displays the paper sources, paper size and the approximate amount of paper remaining in each paper source.
| Paper: (EPL-6200L) | Displays the paper size.
7. | Toner: | Indicates the amount of remaining toner. The toner icon flashes if toner is low or out.
8. | Photoconductor Unit life: | Indicates the remaining functional life of the photoconductor unit.

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## Setting Monitoring Preferences

To make specific monitoring settings, select the Monitor Setup from File menu of the EPSON Status Monitor 3. The Monitoring Preferences dialog box appears.

The following settings and buttons appear in the dialog box.

1. | Error Notification Selection: | Selects the types of errors that you wish to be notified about.
| Note: (EPL-6200L only)
You can choose Once a day for consumable. Once a day: When a notification occurs, it is displayed once a day until it is resolved
2. | Default button: | Restores default settings.
3. | Cancel button: | Cancels any changes.
4. | OK button: | Saves new changes.

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## Status Alert window

The Status Alert window appears automatically when an error occurs. It indicates what type of error has occurred and offers you a possible solution. It closes automatically once the problem is cleared.

If you wish to see information about printer consumables, click Show Details. If you click this button, the Status Alert Window will not disappear even after the problem is cleared. To close the box you need to click Close.

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