The developers of electronic devices, whether phones, laptops, coffee makers, or any other devices stuffed with microcircuits, are in constant competition among themselves. In the presence of an approximately equal amount of resources and build quality. The advantage can be obtained due to the original design and a set of additional functions that provide ease of use. These technical elements include Status Monitor for printers.
What does printer monitor status mean?
This status is a utility - a small program designed to monitor the condition of the printing apparatus and monitor its operation from the inside. It sends notifications to the user when there is a problem. In addition to the monitoring function, the status of the monitor can also provide technical support and duplicate the question icon in Windows, displaying help about a particular event regarding the printer.
Status Monitor appears and turns on only if the printer is connected directly to a personal computer via a USB cable or network cable. This utility does not work on the secondary elements of a computer network to which the printing device is connected wirelessly.
In theory, this program element is only useful and convenient, but in fact its implementation is often far from perfect. Many users complain about glitches and freezes of the program, as well as an extra extra slowdown of the entire PC system by another background process. If the printer is connected to the computer and works, then its status window will always pop up on top of other windows, which causes significant harm to productive work at the computer. The following describes how to disable the "Monitor" status and then turn it on again if you need to.
How to disable and enable status
The process of turning off the monitor status is as follows:
- Insert the printer’s USB cable into the inlet of the computer and turn it on.
- Wait for the full launch of the printer systems. Preparation time for work depends on the model. Older printers run for a very long time.
- After that, you need to make sure that the computer synchronized the operation of the operating system with the tasks of the printer. To do this, call the printer and fax manager (in Windows 10 this window is called by hot keys) and find the printer icon. In Windows 7, just click the left mouse button in the lower right corner and make sure that the connected device has a printer icon and it is checked.
- Now you need to go to the "Start" menu, and select "Control Panel" on the right side of the opened mini-window.
- A new window will open. At the top of the screen on a white background there is a drop-down list "View". For convenience, you should find in it pi to mark the "Category" element - so the user will immediately find the desired section from the pictures.
- Find the "Devices and Printers" section, left-click on it.
- The system will transfer the user to another new window, where all third-party devices connected to the computer’s motherboard will be displayed. Sometimes some modules soldered into the board are also displayed here. But this rarely happens.
- Find the image of the currently used printer and right-click on it.
- A menu will appear where you should select "Properties."
- A small window pops up, divided into several tabs. First you need to open the print settings in the "General" tab.
- Now you need to go to another tab, it is called "Service", where at the bottom of this small window you should click on "Speed and print progress."
- The next menu will open, where the user will finally have the opportunity to put a tick on the item "Disable Status Monitor". To save the entered changes, click "OK".
- Now the status will no longer bother the user with its enabled state, jumping out over all other windows and interfering with work. But do not forget the way to this section once and for all. If during printing no important actions are performed on the computer, then it is better to transfer this utility to the on position to receive information about the status of the printer.
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