STATSM_3.HTMTEXTmdos)  Checking Printer Status and Managing Print Jobs for Macintosh
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Controlling Background Printing

Using EPSON Monitor3
Changing the priority of print jobs

After you send a print job to the printer, you can use the EPSON Monitor3 utility to check, control, or cancel print jobs that are queued for printing. This utility also shows the status of the job currently being printed.

Using EPSON Monitor3

To use EPSON Monitor3, you must first turn on Background Printing in the Chooser or in the Background Printing dialog box. Then, after sending a print job to the printer, select EPSON Monitor3 from the Application menu at the right end of the menu bar. This opens a dialog box similar to the following:

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You can also open EPSON Monitor3 by double-clicking the EPSON Monitor3 icon in the Extensions folder.

Use these buttons to pause, resume, and cancel printing for documents selected in the dialog box.

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Pause

Pauses printing and moves the document to the end of the print queue

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Resume

Resumes printing from the current page

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Cancel

Cancels printing and deletes the document from the print queue

If you click the Show details arrow, an extension similar to the one below appears at the bottom of the EPSON Monitor3 dialog box. The extended dialog box displays detailed information on a selected document's printer driver settings.

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Changing the priority of print jobs

To change the priority of print jobs in a print queue, follow the steps below.

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You can also change the priority of print jobs whose print times were previously set in the printer driver's Background Printing dialog box.

1. Click the Show details arrow at the bottom of the EPSON Monitor3 dialog box, then click a document name in the Document Name box. You will see an extended dialog box similar to the one below.

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2. Select Urgent, Normal, Hold, or Print Time from the Priority list.

If you select Print Time, a dialog box will appear where you can specify the date and time that you want to print the document.

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