What Is Printer Status; Loading The Status Monitor - NEC 1260 - SuperScript - Printer User Manual

What is Printer Status?

Your printer receives data from your computer
over the printer cable. Your printer can also send
data back to the computer to report on a number
of aspects of printer operations. This data is
referred to as printer status.
The SuperScript 1260 Status Monitor continually
monitors this printer status information to keep
you informed of what's happening with your
printer. The detail of printer status depends on the
way the printer is connected to the computer.
• If the default printer is a SuperScript 1260
printer and it's directly connected to your
computer with a bidirectional parallel cable,
the printer status information is very detailed,
even pinpointing the specific nature of most
printer errors. This is because the SuperScript
1260 printer supports continuous bidirectional
communication with the computer.
• If a SuperScript 1260 printer is connected with
a print sharing device, less detailed but still
very useful printer status information is avail-
able, including printer error, paper out, busy, or
ready.
• If a non-SuperScript 1260 printer is connected,
no status information is available.
What is Printer Status?

Loading the Status Monitor

During a standard installation, the SuperScript
1260 Status Monitor is set to load
automatically whenever you run Windows.
If, during custom installation, you choose not to
load the SuperScript 1260 Status Monitor auto-
matically, you can load it at any time by double-
clicking its program icon in the NEC SuperScript
program group.
If, after installing the SuperScript 1260 Status
Monitor, you want to change the way it loads, you
can do so using the Preferences tab in the maxi-
mized SuperScript 1260 Status Monitor, described
below.
Note: For best results, disable or
uninstall other printers' status monitors
on your system before loading the Super-
Script 1260 Status Monitor.
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