Using the 'Status Monitor' on the Desktop

Introduction

The Interactive help feature allows you to monitor the status of the printer at all times over the parallel, USB (if applicable) and network (if applicable) interfaces. As printer error's occur an icon automatically appears in the tasktray displaying the printer status:

However it is also possible to display the print status as a floating toolbar on your desktop:

How to enable 'Status Monitoring' feature

The status monitoring capability is disabled by default, to enable it simply move your mouse over the 'Quick Print Setup' icon located in the tasktray. You will see either

ON: Printer Status <Brother xxxx Series>

OFF: Printer Status <Brother xxxx Series>

Where 'xxxx' is the model name of your printer

For example in the screen shot below the printer status option is set to 'OFF'.

To enable the 'Printer Status' click the Quick Print Setup icon to display the options that you can change. Now select the 'Printer Status <ON>' option as shown below.

The printer driver is now configured to add an icon to the printer whenever there is a printer problem.

Displaying the 'Status Monitor' on the Desktop

By default, the status monitoring option is configured to display a printer error as a icon on your task bar, as shown below:

To display the error as a floating window on your desktop right click the error icon to display:

Select the 'Display on Desktop' option.

The printer error state will then be displayed as a toolbar on your desktop:

To view the Flash animation that guides you through the steps of fixing the problem, double click the '?' icon and the appropriate Flash movie appears:

Fix the printer problem and close the Interactive help window. If the problem has been resolved, the toolbar will automatically disappear from your tasktray.

Did you know?

- You can change the properties of the status monitor option so that it appears on the taskbar