Checking Printer Status From The Printer Driver - Epson Stylus Pro 7880 User Manual

134 | Maintaining and Transporting the Printer
Tip: On a Macintosh, you
can also run maintenance
utilities by clicking the
Utility button in the print
job window or the icon
on the printer settings
screen.
If you added a shortcut
icon for your printer to
the Windows taskbar,
you can right-click it and
select any utility you
want to run. See
page 121 to add the icon.
The status of the printer parts is indicated with these symbols:
= 100–81% of service life remaining
E*****F
= 80–61%
E**** F
= 60–41%
E*** F
= 40–21%
E** F
= 20–11%
E* F
= less than 10% of service life remaining
%
4. Press the Pause button to exit the menu.
For more information about the Printer Status menu, see page 206.

Checking Printer Status From the Printer Driver

The Epson Status Monitor utility installed with your printer driver lets you
check the levels of ink in the printer and the level of the maintenance
tank(s). Follow the steps below to use the utility to check the status.
1. Do one of the following to access the printer utilities:
Mac OS X: Open the
•
Applications
Windows Vista: Click
•
, and click
and Sound
printer and select
Windows XP: Click
•
Printers and Faxes
Printing Preferences
2. Click the
EPSON StatusMonitor
icon.
Monitor 3
134
EPSON Printer Utility2
folder. Select your printer and click
, select
Control Panel
. Right-click the icon for your
Printers
. Click the
Properties
and select
Start
. Right-click your printer icon and select
. Click the
Utility
(Mac OS X) or
in your
.
OK
, select
Hardware
tab.
Utility
. Double-click
Control Panel
tab.
EPSON Status