Sep 08, '09 07:30:02AM • Contributed by: jtoly
This requires editing a file within the application Epson Print Monitor, so be sure to back this application up first! The file to back up is /Library » Printers » EPSON » EPW » EPSON Printer Monitor.app.
Once that's backed up, Control-click on it and choose Show Package Contents from the contextual menu. In the Contents folder, you'll see the Info.plist file; we're going to add a new key, LSBackgroundOnly, specifying that this should be true (i.e. launch in the background).
I use the pico editor from within Terminal:
<key>LSBackgroundOnly</key>
<true/>
For clarity, here are the key above, the new key and the key below:
CSResourcesFileMapped</key>
<true/>
<key>LSBackgroundOnly</key>
<true/>
<key>LSMinimumSystemVersion</key>
<string>10.5.0</string>
Save the changes; if using pico, Control-X and y for yes, then hit Return.
That's it! Now when other people print to your printer, the Epson Print Monitor will still launch, but it will do so behind whatever you're working on. This was tested on 10.5.8 -- we haven't updated her to Snow Leopard yet because her hard drive needs to be backed up first!
