Printer Status And Configuration; Activating And Managing The Status Window - Minolta Color PAGEPRO PLUS Manual

Printer Status and Configuration

Printer status refers to the relay of information that is exchanged
between the printer and the computer. As soon as the driver is
launched, it begins to search for all of the printers that may be
installed in the system. During this operation, a "searching" graphic
will appear in the Status Window.
Once a printer is located, the Status Window will attempt to
communicate with the printer. The resulting data that is generated
during this bi-directional exchange between printer and Status
Window is the Printer Status.
The following situations would prevent the driver from displaying
data in the status window:
• When using a Network or serial port connection. Bi-directional
communication is only possible over an IEEE 1284 parallel port.
• When using a Windows 3.x driver. The Windows 3.x driver does
not support the Status Window.
• The Status Window will not detect printer status when the power
to the printer is OFF.

Activating and Managing the Status Window

The Status Window can be launched manually as you would any other
application program or it can be set to launch whenever a document is
sent to be printed.
The Status Window can be minimized as a tray icon on the Status Bar
while active. Should a warning prompt or error message occur, a tool-
tip message can be received by simply placing the mouse pointer on
top of the Status Window icon.
Windows 95/ Windows 98
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