Checking the Ink Cartridge Status

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Using the control panel buttons
For Windows
For Mac OS X

Using the control panel buttons

For information on using the printer's control panel buttons, see the booklet.

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For Windows

Note:

Epson cannot guarantee the quality or reliability of non-genuine ink. If non-genuine ink cartridges are installed, the ink cartridge status will not be displayed.

When you use your printer as a shared printer on a network with the following combinations of computers, the client operating systems are not able to communicate with the printer, so that some functions are not available for that particular client.

Server	Client
Windows XP x64/XP	Windows Me/98 SE/2000
Windows Me/98 SE/2000	Windows XP x64/XP

To check the ink cartridge status, do one of the following:

Double-click the printer shortcut icon on your Windows taskbar. To add a shortcut icon to the taskbar,
See From the shortcut icon on the taskbar

Open the printer driver, click the Maintenance tab, then click the EPSON Status Monitor 3 button.

A graphic displays the ink cartridge status.

Note:

If any of the ink cartridges installed in the printer is broken, incompatible with the printer model, or improperly installed, EPSON Status Monitor 3 will not display an accurate calculation of the ink cartridge status. Be sure to replace or reinstall any ink cartridge indicated by EPSON Status Monitor 3.

The progress meter appears automatically when you start a print job. You can check the ink cartridge status from this window.

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For Mac OS X

You can check the ink cartridge status using EPSON StatusMonitor. Follow the steps below.

Access the EPSON Printer Utility dialog box.

Accessing the printer driver for Mac OS X

Click the EPSON StatusMonitor button. The EPSON StatusMonitor appears.

Note:

The graphic displays the ink cartridge status when EPSON StatusMonitor was first opened. To update the ink cartridge status, click Update.

Epson cannot guarantee the quality or reliability of non-genuine ink. If non-genuine ink cartridges are installed, the ink cartridge status will not be displayed.

If any of the ink cartridges installed in the printer is broken, incompatible with the printer model, or improperly installed, EPSON StatusMonitor will not display an accurate status of the ink cartridge. Be sure to replace or reinstall any ink cartridge indicated by the EPSON StatusMonitor.

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