EPSON Status Monitor 3Nozzle CheckHead CleaningPrint Head AlignmentInk Cartridge ReplacementSpeed & ProgressPrinting with Windows
EPSON printer utilities allow you to check the current printer status and to perform some printer maintenance from your computer.
To use the utilities, click the Utility tab in the printer software, then click the button for the utility that you want to use. For information on how to access the printer software, see Accessing the printer software.
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EPSON Status Monitor 3 provides you with printer status information, such as the amount of ink remaining, and checks for printer errors.
This utility is only available when both of the following conditions are met:
The Nozzle Check utility checks the print head nozzles for clogging. Check the nozzles if you notice print quality has declined and after cleaning to confirm that the print head nozzles have been cleared. If the nozzle check indicates the print head needs cleaning, you can access the Head Cleaning utility directly from the Nozzle Check utility. For details, see Checking the Print Head Nozzles.
The Head Cleaning utility cleans the print head. You may need to clean the print head if you notice print quality has declined. Use the Nozzle Check utility first to confirm that the print head needs to be cleaned. You can access the Nozzle Check utility directly from the Head Cleaning utility. For details, see Cleaning the Print Head.
The Print Head Alignment utility can be used to improve the print quality of your documents. The alignment of the print head may need to be adjusted if vertical lines should appear out of alignment or if white or black banding noise should appear in your documents. Use this utility to realign the print head.
Through this utility the printer will output two different types of test patterns that are used to check the print head alignment.
The following images are examples of the first test patterns that will be output by the printer.
From each pattern on the printed test sheet, choose the vertical line that is aligned best. For each pattern, select the corresponding line number from the appropriate drop-down list box in the Print Head Alignment dialog box, then click Finish to put the new settings into effect.
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| If you cannot find a line which is aligned correctly, select the number of the line which is the closest to being correct and click Realignment. The lines you selected will be reset to the center (number 8) position and the alignment test sheet will be printed again. |
The following images are examples of the second test patterns that will be output by the printer.
Look for a pattern that does not contain any black or white banding. Next, find the corresponding pattern number from the drop-down list box in the Print Head Alignment dialog box. Click Finish to enable the adjustment.
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| If all of the patterns contain banding, select the pattern with the least amount of banding and click Realignment. The selected pattern will be shifted to the center position and a new alignment sheet will be printed. |
The Ink Cartridge Replacement utility guides you through replacing an ink cartridge before ink has run out. To use the utility, click the Ink Cartridge Replacement button in the Utility dialog box and follow the instructions. To replacing an ink cartridge using the printer's control panel, see Replacing an Ink Cartridge. To replacing an empty ink cartridge, see Replacing an Empty Ink Cartridge.
You can make settings related to print speed and progress in this dialog box.
The available settings are listed below.
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| The specific features available in the printer software vary depending on the printer model and the version of Windows that you are using. |
To print multiple copies of your document faster, select High Speed Copies. This speeds up printing by using your hard disk space as a cache when printing multiple copies of your document.
To display the Progress Meter every time you print, select Show Progress Meter.
For printer models that use the parallel port, you can speed up the data transfer rate by selecting EPSON Printer Port.
Parallel port users can further increase print speed by enabling DMA transfer, as explained in Enabling DMA transfer.
Select this check box to have Windows NT-based clients spool documents using the RAW format instead of the EMF (metafile) format (Windows NT-based applications use the EMF format by default).
Try using this option if documents spooled in EMF format do not print correctly.
Spooling RAW datatype requires less resources than EMF, so some problems ("Insufficient memory/disk space to print", "Slow print speed", etc.) can be solved by selecting the Always spool RAW datatype check box.
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| When spooling RAW datatype, print progress as displayed by the Progress Meter may differ from actual print progress. |
Click this button to open the Monitoring Preferences dialog box, where you can make settings for EPSON Status Monitor 3.
You can make the following settings:
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Displays the current error notification settings. Select the check boxes of the error types for which you want to receive notification. Also select the Alert check box if you want to be notified of error messages with an audio alert.
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Allow monitoring of shared printers |
Select this check box to allow monitoring of a shared printer by other computers. |
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