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Problems using epson status monitor 2 – Epson C82362 User Manual

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Problems Using EPSON Status Monitor 2

The Current Status menu shows “A communication error has
occurred.”

Cause

What to do

The printer is turned off.

Make sure that the power cord is
properly plugged into the electrical
outlet. Turn on the printer.

The printer is running a self-
test or initializing itself.

Turn off the printer to terminate the
self-test, and then turn it on again.
Allow the printer enough time to finish
initialization.

Multiple computers are
monitoring a single printer,
and the printer cannot reply
to all of them at the same
time.

Decrease the number of monitoring
computers or make the monitoring
interval longer in the Monitoring
Preferences dialog box. See “Setting
monitoring preferences” on page 11-24
and “Tips for Using EPSON Status
Monitor 2” on page 11-32.

The printer is not ready to
print.

Make sure the printer is ready to print.
For details, see your printer guide.

An application error occurs, and NetWare printers cannot be
monitored when

Allow monitoring

is selected for monitoring

Windows shared printers under Windows NT 4.0.

Cause

What to do

There is a known bug in the
operating system.

Install Service Pack 2 or higher before
monitoring Windows shared printers
under Windows NT 4.0.

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