Canon IJ Status Monitor Description

The Canon IJ Status Monitor displays the printer status and the printing progress. The printer status is shown by the images, icons, and messages in the status monitor.

Features of the Canon IJ Status Monitor

The Canon IJ Status Monitor has the following functions:

Onscreen display of printer status: The status monitor displays the printer status in real-time.
You can check the progress of each document to be printed (print job).
Display of error content and correction procedure: The status monitor displays information on any errors that occur on the printer.
You can then immediately check what sort of action to perform.

Overview of the Canon IJ Status Monitor

The Canon IJ Status Monitor uses messages to display the printer status and the ink status.
During printing, you can check information about the document being printed and the print progress.
If an error occurs, the status monitor displays the error content and instructions on how to correct the error. Follow the message instructions.

Printer

Canon IJ Status Monitor shows an icon when a warning or error occurs to the printer.

: There is a warning.

: There has been an operator error.

: There is a notice about something other than a warning or an error.

: There has been an error which requires a service.

Document Name

Name of the document being printed.

Owner

Owner's name of the document being printed.

Printing Page

Page number of current page and the total page count.

Display Print Queue

The print queue, which controls the current document and documents waiting to be printed.

Cancel Printing

Cancels printing.

About Ink

Displays messages about ink.

Ink Model Number: You can look up the correct ink tank for your printer.

Option Menu

If a printer message appears, select Enable Status Monitor to start the Canon IJ Status Monitor.
Select Enable Status Monitor to use the following commands:

Always Display Current Job

Displays the Canon IJ Status Monitor whenever a document is being printed.

Always Display on Top

Displays the Canon IJ Status Monitor in front of other windows.

Display Guide Message

Displays guide messages for complicated paper setting operations.

Envelope Printing: Displays guide messages when envelope printing starts.
To hide these guide messages, select the Do not show this message again check box.
To display the guide messages again, open the Option menu, select Display Guide Message, click Envelope Printing, and enable this setting.
Hagaki Printing: Displays guide messages before the printer begins hagaki printing.
To hide these guide messages, select the Do not show this message again check box.
To display the guide messages again, open the Option menu, select Display Guide Message, click Hagaki Printing, and enable this setting.

Start when Windows is Started: Automatically starts the Canon IJ Status Monitor when Windows is started.

Help Menu: Select this menu to display Help information for the Canon IJ Status Monitor including version and copyright information.