120 Using the Printer Software with Macintosh
For Mac OS 9 users
1. Select Chooser from the Apple menu. Click your printer icon, 
then click the USB port your printer is connected to.
2. Select Background Printing to turn background printing on 
or off.
Note:
❏ Background printing must be turned on for the EPSON Status 
Monitor 3 to manage print jobs.
❏ When background printing is on, you can use your Macintosh 
while it is preparing a document for printing. 
3. Close Chooser.
Canceling Printing
If the printouts are not what you expected and display incorrect 
or garbled characters or images, you may need to cancel printing. 
When a print job continues on the PC, follow the instruction below 
to cancel printing:
❏ Press the Period (.) key while pressing the Command key to 
cancel printing. Depending on applications, the message 
shows the procedure to cancel printing. If this appears, follow 
instructions in the message.
❏ During background printing, open EPSON Status Monitor 3 
from the Application menu. Then stop printing from EPSON 
Status Monitor 3, or delete the file that is in sleep mode.
After the last page is output, the Ready (green) light on the printer 
turns on.