Change Printer Port; Dos Status Monitor; Starting The Status Monitor - NEC 1260 - SuperScript - Printer User Manual

Chapter 5 : DOS Printing

Change Printer Port

This menu lets you specify which parallel port
your SuperScript 1260 printer is connected to. The
port you select is also the port that the DOS Status
Monitor program will monitor. The default
printer port is LPT1.

DOS Status Monitor

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The DOS Status Monitor is a memory-resident
(TSR) program that can pop up over DOS pro-
grams to give you feedback about your printer's
status, as well as enabling you to pause/continue
printing, reset the printer, or eject a page.
The amount of status information displayed and
the features available from the DOS Status
Monitor, depends on whether the printer is
connected directly to your computer or through a
printer sharing device:
• Detailed information about print jobs will be
provided as status information if the default
printer is a SuperScript 1260 connected
directly to your computer.
• If a SuperScript 1260 printer is connected with
a printer sharing device, the DOS Status Mon-
itor can still provide some printer status infor-
mation such as paper error and offline.
• If a non-SuperScript 1260 printer is connected,
no status information is available.

Starting the Status Monitor

Installation of the DOS Status Monitor is
described in the section called "Installing Super-
Script 1260 DOS software only" above.