EPSON Status Monitor 3Nozzle CheckHead CleaningPrint Head AlignmentPrinter and option informationSpeed & 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 Next 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.
From each pattern on the printed test sheet, choose the least grainy one. For each pattern, select the corresponding pattern number from the appropriate drop-down list box in the Print Head Alignment box, then click Finish to put the new settings into effect.
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| If you cannot find a smooth pattern, select the number for the pattern that is the least grainy and click Realignment. The gap adjustment sheet will be printed again. If you can select a smooth pattern and do not need to print the test pattern again, clear check boxes #1 ~ #3 on the right. |
This utility allows the printer driver to confirm printer configuration information. It also provides specific information regarding certain characteristics of the printer, such as the Printer ID.
If you attach the cutter, make the following settings in the printer driver before using it. If you do not make these settings, the Auto Cut mode is not available.
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| After you attach the cutter, make sure to adjust the cutting position to improve its precision. In addition, if you use different Paper Type/Paper Width roll paper, it is recommended that you use the Auto Cut mode after adjusting the cutting position. Refer to the Cutting position adjustment with Automatic Roll Paper Cutter for more details about the cutting position adjustment. |
After you attach the cutter, make sure to adjust the cutting position to improve its precision.
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| After making sure that the Auto Cutter Attached check box is selected, click the Auto Cutter Adjustment button. The Auto Cutter Adjustment dialog box opens. |
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| | If the Auto Cut Adjustment button is not available, make sure that the Auto Cutter Attached check box is selected. If it is not selected, the Auto Cutter Adjustment button is not available. In addition, you cannot use the cutter. |
 | After making sure that the roll paper is set, click the Print button. The cutting position adjustment pattern is printed and cut off. |
 | By using the cut roll paper, check the most precisely printed number among the color boundaries. |
 | Select the number of the most precisely printed color boundary from the list box. Click Finish to enable the adjustment. |
Depending on the configuration of your system, the information displayed in the Printer and Option Information dialog box may be updated automatically, or may need to be entered manually.
If a message appears in the Current Settings window prompting you to enter settings, or if you change the printer configuration, follow the steps below to make the necessary settings manually.
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| Click the Settings Sheet button in the Printer and Option Information dialog box to print out information about your printer and options. A4 or Letter size paper must be loaded in your printer to use this utility. You will see a printout similar to the one below. |
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| Make sure the settings in the utility match the information on the printed Settings Sheet. If they do not match, correct the settings on the screen to match the information on the settings sheet. |
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| Click OK to exit this menu and save your settings. |
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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Select the Shortcut Icon check box and choose an icon type to have a shortcut icon placed in your Windows taskbar. You can click the shortcut icon in the taskbar to open EPSON Status Monitor 3, or right-click the icon to access some of the printer utilities. |
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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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