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Appendix A: Using Monitor3 with Your 
iMac 
The Monitor3 utility lets you continue to work on your iMac while 
your document is printing (though printing and processing may be 
slower). The Monitor3 dialog box lets you check on your print jobs 
and cancel, pause, or restart them.
See the next section to turn on background printing and increase 
the memory allocation for Monitor3.
Setting Up Monitor3
1 Open the Chooser from the Apple menu and select the
icon for 
your printer (
SC 600
, 
SC 440
, 
SC 640
, or 
SPEX
). Then select 
the USB Port.
2 Under 
Background Printing
, click 
On
 and close the Chooser.
3 To increase the memory allocation, select 
EPSON Monitor3
 in 
the Extensions folder in your System folder. Then choose 
Get 
Info
 from the File menu and set the 
Memory Requirements
 to 
2000 or 3000, depending on your system’s available RAM.
Now see the next section for instructions on using Monitor3.










