Basic Printing
1-6
Checking Printer Status
While your document is printing, the EPSON Despooler dialog
box appears on your screen:
This dialog box shows the progress of your print job and the
status of your printer. If you run out of paper while printing, for
example, the Despooler warns you. You can use the buttons to
cancel, pause, or restart your print job.
The Status Monitor at the bottom of the dialog box shows how
much ink is left in your printer, along with these status icons:
Note:
If you don’t want the
Despooler dialog box to
appear each time you
print, you can turn it off.
To do this, start Spool
Manager, open the View
menu, and select Show
Despool Popup; the
checkmark next to the
option disappears.
The name of
the file you’re
printing appears
here
Click to
pause printing
Click to cancel
printing
Click to
restart printing
Windows 95
only
Note:
The Status Monitor
appears only if you’re
using Windows 95 and
you’re not printing over
a network.
Checking the printer status.
A printing error has occurred and your printer
cannot print. Check your printer or see Chapter 6
for troubleshooting information.
The printer is ready to print.
The printer is currently printing.
The ink level is low or empty; check the
B or A
ink out light on the control panel and replace the
cartridge if necessary.
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