[. . . ] LFP Technical Information Sheet Title: How to Retrieve Printer Status Information Model: iPF500, iPF600, iPF700, iPF5000, iPF5100, iPF6100, iPF8000, and iPF9000 Note: This information is intended for end users. This document describes how to retrieve status information from the printer. Printers connected to a computer running GARO printer driver and Windows OS (2000, XP, 2003 Server, Vista 32/64-bit) 1. [. . . ] Page 3 How to Retrieve Printer Status Information 5/23/2007 Canon USA, Inc. , Large Format Printer Division, Sales Support 2 LFP Technical Information Sheet Printers connected to a computer running GARO printer driver and Mac OS X When the printer driver for imagePROGRAF printers are installed on a computer running Macintosh OS, GARO Printmonitor application is automatically installed. 1. Enter "GARO Printmonitor" in the search bar to search your computer. Alternatively, the application can be found in Hard Disk Root Library Printers Canon GARO Utilities folder. 2. Once GARO Printmonitor is started, the current default printer queue window is displayed. Go to "Printer" menu, and select "Utility. . . " The "Utility" tab in the printmonitor opens. Page 4 How to Retrieve Printer Status Information 5/23/2007 Canon USA, Inc. , Large Format Printer Division, Sales Support LFP Technical Information Sheet 3. Select "Display Text" to display the printer status, or "Save File" to save the content into a plain text file. Page 5 How to Retrieve Printer Status Information 5/23/2007 Canon USA, Inc. , Large Format Printer Division, Sales Support LFP Technical Information Sheet 6. Scroll down to find information needed. Printers Not Connected with GARO printer driver (such as 3rd party RIP) The GARO Status Monitor (PC) or GARO Printmonitor (Mac) is necessary to retrieve printer status from a host computer. For 3 party software, most will not be able to retrieve the information from the host computer, and the print status information must be printed on the printer from the printer's control panel. [. . . ] is not responsible for any editorial typos or omissions in this document. Page 6 How to Retrieve Printer Status Information 5/23/2007 Canon USA, Inc. , Large Format Printer Division, Sales Support [. . . ]