Epson Stylus PHOTO 1290 - Using EPSON Monitor3; Accessing EPSON Monitor3

6-4 Checking Printer Status and Managing Print Jobs for Macintosh
Using EPSON Monitor3
After you send a print job to the printer, you can use the EPSON
Monitor3 utility to check, cancel, or change the priority of print
jobs that are queued for printing. This utility also shows the status
of the job currently being printed.
Accessing EPSON Monitor3
To access EPSON Monitor3, follow these steps.
1. First, turn on Background Printing in the Chooser or in the
Background Printing dialog box.
2. Send a print job to the printer.
Data will be sent to the
printer after being
stored on your disk.
Select this check box to prevent horizontal
banding in printouts that contain images by
having the computer temporarily store image
data on its hard drive. The computer will then
send the image data to the printer as a whole
rather than as rectangular bands.
Check for errors before
starting to print.
Select this check box to have the printer check
for errors before starting to print.
Check the ink level
before starting to print.
Select this check box to have the printer check
the ink levels before starting to print.