28-05-2021

Epson Status Api User's Manual

Scanning Guide
  1. Epson Status Monitor 3 Install
  2. Epson Status Monitor 3 Missing

This software User's Guide is the on-screen guide to your scanner. Click a topic below to get started.

Your product displays status icons on the LCD screen for certain product status conditions. On the Home screen, press the right arrow button to select Wi-Fi and press the OK button to view or change the. Advanced Printer Driver (hereafter called APD) is a Windows printer driver for EPSON TM printers and Customer Displays. You can display the Customer Display using the same operation as printing. APD can monitor the status of the TM printer with Status API for use of POS embedded.

These features help you create the best possible scans, no matter what shape your original is in.
Check this section to identify the parts of your scanner, read its status light, and use its buttons.
Follow the steps here to place your original documents or photos on the scanner.
Follow the step-by-step instructions here to scan documents or photos using any of the available scanning methods.
Follow the instructions here for specific scanning projects you may need to create.
Follow the guidelines here to maintain your scanner.
If you have a problem using your scanner or its software, check here for solutions.
Check here for technical details about your scanner and its accessories.

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Operating System Versions

Checking Printer Status

For Windows
For Mac OS X


Note:

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 Vista/XP

Windows Me/98 SE/2000

Windows Me/98 SE/2000

Windows Vista/XP

When you send a print job to the printer, the progress meter appears, as shown in the illustration below.

The progress meter indicates the progress of the current print job and provides printer status information. This window also displays error messages as well as helpful tips for better printing. Refer to the appropriate section below.

Tips

Tips for getting the most out of your Epson printer driver appear in the text box of the progress meter window. A new tip appears every 30 seconds. For more details on the tip displayed in the window, click the Details button.

If a problem occurs during printing, an error message appears in the text box of the progress meter window. For more detailed information, click Technical Support to access the online User’s Guide.

When the ink is low or expended, a How to button appears. Click How to, and EPSON Status Monitor 3 will lead you step-by-step through the cartridge replacement procedure.

Using EPSON Spool Manager (for Windows Me and 98 SE only)

EPSON Spool Manager is similar to the Windows Print Manager. If it receives two or more print jobs at one time, it holds them in the order that they were received (with printers on a network, this may be called a print queue). When a print job reaches the top of the line, EPSON Spool Manager sends the job to the printer.

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From the spool manager, you can view print status information about print jobs that have been sent to the printer. You can also cancel, pause, and resume selected print jobs.

After you send a print job, a printer icon appears on the task bar. Click this icon to open EPSON Spool Manager.

EPSON Status Monitor 3 displays detailed information on the printer status.

There are two ways to access EPSON Status Monitor 3:

  • Double-click the printer shortcut icon on the Windows taskbar.
    See From the shortcut icon on the taskbar to add short cut icon on the Windows taskbar.

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

When you access EPSON Status Monitor 3, the following window appears:

EPSON Status Monitor 3 provides the following information:

  • Current Status:
    If the ink is low or expended, the How to button appears in the EPSON Status Monitor 3 window. Clicking How to displays ink cartridge replacement instructions and moves the print head to the ink cartridge replacement position.

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  • Ink Cartridge Status:
    EPSON Status Monitor 3 provides a graphic display of the ink cartridge status and an estimate of the number of pages that can be printed before the ink cartridge should be replaced.

  • Ink Cartridge Information:
    You can view information about the installed ink cartridges by clicking Information.

  • Technical Support:
    You can access the online User’s Guide from EPSON Status Monitor 3. If you encounter a problem, click Technical Support in the EPSON Status Monitor 3 window.

Using EPSON StatusMonitor

If EPSON StatusMonitor detects a printer problem, it will inform you with an error message.

Follow these steps to access EPSON StatusMonitor.

Access the EPSON Printer Utility 2.

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    Accessing the printer driver for Mac OS X

Click the EPSON StatusMonitor button. The EPSON StatusMonitor appears.

When ink is low or expended, a How to button appears. Click How to, and EPSON StatusMonitor will lead you step by step through the ink cartridge replacement procedure.

You can also use this utility to check the ink cartridge status before printing. EPSON StatusMonitor displays the ink cartridge status at the time it was opened. To update the ink cartridge status, click Update.