Brother MFC-9420CN - Status Monitor; Updating the Machines Status; Hiding or Showing the Window; Quitting the Window

Printing and Faxing
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Status Monitor
The
Status Monitor
utility is a configurable software tool for monitoring the status of the machine, letting you
see error messages such as paper empty or paper jam at pre-set update intervals. You can also have access
to the Web Based Management and
Color Calibration
setting. Before you can use the tool your must choose
your machine in the
Model
pop-up menu in ControlCenter2.
You can check the device status by clicking the
Status Monitor
icon in the
DeviceSettings
tab of
ControlCenter2 (see Status Monitor on page 9-15) or by choosing
Brother Status Monitor
located in
Macintosh HD/Library/Printers/Brother/Utilities.
Updating the machine's status
If you want the latest machine status while the
Status
Monitor
window is open, click the update button.
You can set what interval the software will update the
machine status information.Go to the menu bar,
Brother
Status Monitor
and choose
Preferences
.
Hiding or showing the window
After starting the
Status Monitor
, you can hide or show the
window. To hide the window, go to the menu bar,
Brother
Status Monitor
and choose
Hide Status Monitor
. To show
the window, click the
Status Monitor
icon in the dock or click
the
Status Monitor
in the
DeviceSettings
tab of
ControlCenter2.
Quitting the window
Go to the menu bar and choose
Quit
.
Web Based Management
You can have easy access to Web Based Management System by clicking the machine icon on the
Status
Monitor
screen. For more information on Web Based Management System, see Chapter 7 Web Based
Management of the Network User’s Guide on the CD-ROM.
Color Calibration
This setting helps you to improve color density by letting the printer driver use the color calibration data stored
in your machine.
Get device data
Go to menu bar, Color Calibration and choose Get device data. The printer driver will attempt to get the color
calibration data from your machine.