Printer Registration
This screen is displayed when you start this software for the first time.
This software allows you to register, change, and unregister printers targeted for operations and monitoring. You can monitor the printer status, and operate items such as registered media settings.
When connecting to multiple printers over a network or by USB, you can select and register up to four printers on this screen.
When you have finished registering printers, click Home to display the Home screen. On the Home screen, you can check information such as available software updates and the status of printers registered to the list.

Important:
When sharing the printer with multiple computers, we recommend installing this software on only one computer.
If this software is installed on multiple computers it may not operate correctly when the same printer is registered to multiple software instances.
When you want to register media or check the printer status on a different computer, use remote access to use this software.
Remote Access
Accessing this Software from a Different Computer

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Switch Printer tab
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Assigns and registers a printer to each tab.
 When starting the software for the first time, a blank screen is displayed on each tab as no printers have been registered yet.
 Click a tab and register a printer. When registration is complete, the printer's name is displayed on the tab.
 Click another tab and repeat the process to register up to four printers.
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Printer Information
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Displays the following basic information for registered printers.
 Name You can click this and change the name to an easily recognizable nickname for the software. The changes you make are reflected in the list of connected printers.
 Model Number
 Set IP Address *
When connecting by USB, "---" is displayed.
 Serial Number (S/N)
 Printer firmware version
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List of Connected Printers
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Select a printer to register.
 When this screen is displayed, there are no printers displayed in the list.
 When you click Search, unregistered printers connected over a network or to a computer by USB on which this software is installed are displayed. When you click Search a message is displayed. Note the following points during operation.
When a message is displayed
 If you are searching for a printer in a different segment with Mac OS X or Linux, then click Search Option to the right of Search, and then enter the IP address for the printer you are using.
 Epson printer models that do not support this software are not displayed.
 To select the printer, click the radio button to change it to  . Click the Apply button after selecting a printer to finish registration. Note the following points when registering a printer that is connected by USB.
Notes on registering
 Select Unregister and then click the Apply button to unregister the selected printer.
 When you want to change a registered printer, perform the procedure above to unregister a printer, click the radio button for the printer you want to register, and then click the Apply button.
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Click to display the menu. The following items are available from the menu.
 Home Displays the Home screen.
 Media Settings You can download print setting files provided by Epson (EMX), which allow you to easily register the optimum print settings for the media being used.
 Printer Status Allows you to check the same content as the printer's screen.
 Information Allows you to check information items as a list.
 Printer Registration This software allows you to register, change, and unregister printers targeted for operations and monitoring.
 Preferences You can set up and change a proxy server.
 LFP Accounting Tool You can only start the LFP Accounting Tool when the LFP Accounting Tool provided by Epson is installed.
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Click to display Software Available List (Epson's website). If you select the country or region in which you live and the model you are using, you can check the following information about supported RIP.
 General Info. tab: You can check the latest information about supported RIP.
 Manuals tab: You can download manuals for RIP printing.
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When using the standard TCP/IP port on your operating system as the printer's printer port, make sure you include the IP address when setting the port name. If the IP address is not included, the network connection is displayed in the same way as the USB connection (---).
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Important:

If nothing is displayed in the list of printers (

) even after clicking
Search, the Epson Communication Driver may not be installed.
Close this software, and then install again starting from Setup Navi (
http://epson.sn/).
If the following screen is displayed during installation, make sure you click
Install.

For Windows, when changing the settings to LAN from USB or USB from LAN in "Control Panel" on a registered computer, unregister the printer and then register it again. If you do not register the printer again, it will not work correctly.
When a message is displayed
When searching for printers while printing from RIP connected to a printer by USB, an error is generated and you may not be able to print correctly.
Make sure that printing is not being performed, and then search.
Notes on registering
Note the following two points when registering a printer that is connected by USB.

If you register a printer while printing from RIP, an error is generated and you may not be able to print correctly.
Make sure that printing is not being performed, and then register.

When printing from RIP immediately after completing registration, check that

is not displayed on the Home or the status confirmation screen tabs.
If you try to print while

is displayed, an error is generated and you may not be able to print correctly.
After registration is complete,

is displayed until it has finished acquiring the necessary data.
Accessing this Software from a Different Computer
Follow the steps below to start this software from a computer on the same network as the computer on which this software is installed.
You do not need to install this software on all computers.
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Launch a browser on the computer from which you want to access this software.
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Enter the following in the address bar.
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http://xxxxxxxxxxxx:30561
For xxxxxxxxxxxx, enter the computer name for the computer on which Epson Control Dashboard is installed, or enter the IP address.
<Screenshots in this guide>

Screenshots used in this guide may differ slightly to the actual screens. Screens may also differ depending on the operating system being used and the operating environment.

Unless otherwise mentioned, Windows screenshots used in this guide are taken from Windows 10.