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Re: Status Monitor Locking Me Out!


Nice try Bob. There was one item there that I deleted. I then reinstalled and
printed, same problem.

--- Bob Frost <bobfrost@...> wrote:
> Mike,
>
> In that case, Seth's suggestion of checking the Registry for remaining
> Status Monitor left-overs is the next step. You say you don't like messing
> with the Registry, but with Win XP you can hardly go wrong. Just set up a
> new System Restore checkpoint before you start (so you can revert to it if
> you don't like the result of your changes). Then Run Regedit. Click on My
> Computer at the top and then on Edit/Find; enter STM3, and click on Find
> Next. It will then go all through the Registry looking for STM3 entries;
> when it stops and highlights one, just press the delete button. Then press
> F3 to make it continue searching for other STM3 entries and delete them.
> Eventually it will get to the end of the Registry, and you just close it.
> Done! Reboot, check what your printers are doing without the leftovers, and
> then reinstall your latest version of STM3. It is quite likely that the
> earlier version of STM left behind bits that are upsetting the latest
> version. If the earlier version was STM2, you should delete bits of that
> that you see; they will be listed alongside the STM3 and printers in the
> Registry sections.
>
>
> If this doesnt work; we'll have to think again.
>
> Bob Frost.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Greer" <mgreer316@...>
> To: <epson-inkjet@...>
> Sent: Saturday, June 15, 2002 5:06 PM
> Subject: Re: Status Monitor Locking Me Out!
>
>
> >
> > Bob,
> >
> > I'm at a loss. I uninstalled the status montior and everything works as I
> need
> > it to work. But I don't know what my ink levels are. I reinstalled the
> status
> > monitor and I have my ink levels back, but then I'm locked out again. All
> > driver settings look right. Plus, simply by uninstalling and reinstalling
> the
> > status monitor, the driver settings don't change. So one would think that
> if
> > I'm locked out with the status monitor, I should be locked out without it.
> But
> > this isn't the case.
> >
> > So right now, I'm just going to drive without it.
>
>
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Gang, I've been using Epson printers for almost a decade and I've never experienced this problem before. It's happening with my 1270 and 2000P when printing...
Michael Greer
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Jun 14, 2002
5:49 pm

Michael, I remember , I think , some talk aboput not using the Status Monitor in XP. I know that isn't definitive help but you might try to uninstall and ...
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Jun 14, 2002
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Michael, There should be someplace that allows you to set 'background printing' to allow other functions to carry on while printing. Unfortunately, I can't...
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Jun 14, 2002
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Mike, It sounds as though the printer drivers are not spooling the print file so that it prints in the background; it seems to be printing directly to the ...
Bob Frost
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Jun 15, 2002
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Bob, I'm at a loss. I uninstalled the status montior and everything works as I need it to work. But I don't know what my ink levels are. I reinstalled the...
Michael Greer
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Jun 15, 2002
6:28 pm

Michael- After you uninstalled the Monitor did you go to the Registry and delete it there before re-installing? What I would do is TOTALLY delete the driver...
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Jun 15, 2002
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... No. The registry is not something that I like to monkey with. ... Yep, the driver is installed before the monitor. But another interesting thing is that...
Michael Greer
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Jun 16, 2002
2:43 am

Mike, In that case, Seth's suggestion of checking the Registry for remaining Status Monitor left-overs is the next step. You say you don't like messing with...
Bob Frost
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Jun 16, 2002
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Nice try Bob. There was one item there that I deleted. I then reinstalled and printed, same problem. ... ===== Visit my digital photography web site along with...
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