Canon BJ-200EX- User Manual

environment. It includes detailed instructions for setting upand using your printer as well as troubleshooting andtechnical information. Options and Supplies Canon has an extensive dealer network equipped to offeryou supplies as you need them. To find a dealer near you,call the Canon referral servic...

To obtain this manual, call the Canon help desk as listed inthe next section. Customer Support Help Desk Canon provides customer support and service for all Canonprinter products. If you have any questions regarding yournew printer, call the Canon Computer Systems help desk at 1-800-423-2366. Help i...

Canada Customer support for Canadian residents is available 24hours a day (seven days a week) at 1-800-263-1121. In other countries, please contact your Canon dealer. Supplies To order supplies, call Canon Accessories at 1-800-671- 1090 from 9 A.M. to 7 P.M. EST. Servicing the Printer The Canon BJ-2...

Chapter 2 Setting Up the Printer This chapter describes how to unpack the printer and selecta location for setting it up, examines the printer'scomponents, and explains how to assemble the printer. Italso describes how to load a stack of paper and print a selftest followed by installing the printer ...

2. Check to see that you have the following items: § Hardware § Documentation and Diskettes: User's Manual (this manual) Quick Start Guide Product Warranty CardRegistration CardCanon Windows Driver and Visual Guideand WordPerfect™Drivers diskettes (two diskettes in anenvelope)TrueType Font Pack (dis...

1. Remove the shipping tape from the outside of theprinter. § Remove all pieces of tape. (The shipping tape may not be inthe exact locations shown here; just be sure to remove all thetape from the outside of the printer.) § Remove the protector (plastic or Styrofoam) inside the sheetfeeder. § Move t...

Selecting a Location for Your Printer Before you set up your printer, choose the best location forit. Follow these guidelines: § Choose a flat, sturdy surface with enough space for the paperto flow freely into and out of the printer. Angled print stands may cause quality and reliability problems. § ...

§ Place the printer where the temperature is stable and set forhuman comfort. Avoid areas of excessive heat or humidity aswell as direct sunlight. § Do not install the printer near devices that contain magnets orgenerate magnetic fields (such as loudspeakers or base units ofcordless telephones). The...

Inside the Printer Attaching the Power Cord § Use a power supply that is the appropriate voltage and frequency: AC120 V, 60 Hz 0.5A. This is the standard for an electrical outlet in theUnited States or Canada. § Use only the power cord that came with the printer. Using a longercord or an extension c...

§ When unplugging the power cord, always remove it by holding theplug and not the cord. To attach the power cord, follow the steps below. 1. Attach the power cord to the AC power receptacle onthe back of the printer. 2. Plug the power cord into a properly grounded ACoutlet. Connecting Your Printer t...

1. Make sure both the printer and the computer areturned off. 2. Connect the parallel cable. § Align the cable connector with the printer's interface port sothe shapes match. § Gently press the cable connector into the port. § Secure the cable connector by snapping the two wire clips(located on the ...

To install the in cartridge, follow these steps: 1. Grasp the sides of the front cover and open it so you canaccess the cartridge holder. 2. Take the ink cartridge out of its protective packaging. NOTE: Install the ink cartridge immediately after removing it from its protective packaging. 3. Slide o...

from drying out. The cartridge will not cap and may dry outor clog in the following cases: § If you unplug the printer while it is printing. § If you power off the printer via a power strip while it isprinting. § If you move the ink cartridge from the home position. If, after installing the new ink ...

Cleaning the Print Head The print head on a new ink cartridge needs to be cleanedto ensure the best possible print quality. The printerautomatically cleans the print head when you follow thesesteps: 1. Make sure the printer is turned on and on-line. 2. Press the ON LINE and PRINT MODE buttons at the...

4. Slide the stack of paper into the sheet feeder until it stops. § Align the edge of the paper with the right edge of the sheetfeeder. § Secure the stack with the paper guide. Do not force the paper into the printer. Printing a Test Pattern

To check that you have properly set up the printer, you canprint one of the printer's test patterns. The test patterns aredescribed in detail in the next chapter. For now, print DemoPrint 1: 1. Press the POWER button to turn off the printer. § Wait a few seconds. 2. Make sure the paper is loaded. 3....

on your computer. The printer driver takes the informationfrom your application and translates it into a language theprinter can understand. If you are using Microsoft Windows 3.1 applications,install the Windows printer driver and Visual Guide asdescribed in the next section. If you are using MS-DO...

select the printer settings that you will normally use. Later,from within each of your software applications, you canselect the printer settings that are unique to the current printjob. This screen shows the default settings for the BJ-200ex. seeChapter 4, Using the Printer With Your Software, for d...

Managing Your Printer's Features You select and control the printing features of the BJ-200exprinter with your software application, with the printer'soperator panel, or with the printer's DIP switches. Eachmethod allows you to select some or all of the printingfeatures that control the appearance o...

clean the print head, start a printer self test, and turn onautomatic line feeds. See Chapter 5, Using the Operator Panel , for details. DIP Switches The printer's DIP switches allow you to set the defaultprinter configuration settings, such as paper and envelopesize, text lines per page, character ...

The faster the processor, and the more RAM you have, thefaster you can print on your BJ-200ex Bubble Jet Printer. Page Printers and Processing With page printers, the computer and the printer share theprocessing load. The computer translates information fromthe application into the appropriate page ...

Chapter 3 Using the Printer This chapter describes how to use the printer for all yourprinting operations, such as printing documents, singlesheets, special papers, and envelopes. It includes how toprint the self tests as well as print on legal size paper andprint in landscape orientation. It also d...

§ If the print density of your page is very high, light paperstockmay curl slightly due to the large amount of ink. If you need toprint heavy graphics, try printing on heavier stock. § Do not use thicker paper than meets the specifications for thisprinter. Printing with a paper that is thick enough ...

Always set the paper thickness lever before and after printing onthick paper or envelopes. If you are printing documents with high density graphics orink and the printed pages are smudges, try setting the paperthickness lever to the right position. This unit moves theprint head unit further from the...

to the front position, the lever inside the printer moves sothat the single sheet being fed can advance into the printer. It is important that you set the paper selection lever to thecorrect position based on how you plan to feed paper. Besure to set the paper selection lever before loading paperand...

When you want to print a multiple page document, load astack of papers in the sheet feeder. The printerautomatically feeds each sheet when your softwareapplication tells it to start printing the page. How youactually print from within a program is dependent on theapplication. For example: § In Micro...

7. Make sure the printer is turned on and on-line. Start yourprint operation. Auto Feed Guidelines When automatically feeding stacks of paper, follow theseguidelines: § Do not leave paper stacked in the printer for long periods oftime; longer sheets of paper may become bent or curled overtime. This ...

§ Make sure there are no gaps between the stack of paper andthe paper guide nor the right edge of the sheet feeder. Printing Single Sheets When you want to print a single page or thick paper, youcan manually feed single sheets of paper. Specifying Manual Feed In the Windows driver, you must select M...

6. Start your print operation. § If you are using Windows, you must select Manual Feed using theBJ-200ex printer driver for the printer to accept manually fedpaper. § After printing on thick paper or envelopes, set the paper thicknesslever (inside the printer) to the left before printing on normal p...

When you are ready to print on transparencies, open yourdocument withing your software application and define anyspecial print options you can from within your print driver.For example, if you are using Windows, you can specifythe Paper Size, Media Type, Paper Source, Print Selection,and Print Quali...

U.S. Commercial number 10 (COM 10) envelopes andEuropean DL envelopes are recommended. You may beable to stack envelopes of other sizes in the sheet feeder;however, Canon cannot guarantee consistent performanceon envelope sizes other than COM10 and DL. The following envelopes are not recommended bec...

§ The printer beeps once and the indicatorlight for the current print mode blinksrapidly. § Press ON LINE to set the printer on-line. § Use the envelope mode only when you are loading envelopes; do notuse this mode when loading regular or thick paper. § Selecting envelope mode cancels reduction mode...

8. Make sure the printer is on-line and start your printoperation. Turning Off Envelope Mode After printing on envelopes, follow these steps beforeloading normal paper again: 1. Set the paper selection lever (on the right side of the sheetfeeder) to the back position. 2. Set the green paper thicknes...

If you are using an application that does not include a pagesetup or printer setup procedure, you may be able to use theESCape sequence to specify your page length. Applicationshandle ESCape sequences differently, so refer to yourapplication's software manual for instructions on sendingcommands.The ...

If you are not using Windows, you can consider many othersoftware packages that offer landscape font capabilities,sucj as: Quatro Pro 3.0Lotus 2.4GeoworksWordPerfect 6.0 for MS-DOS The following font packages work with the specifiedsoftware applications. (Product names may be trademarksof their resp...

To print the test patterns, you must be automaticallyfeeding paper. Make sure the paper selection lever is set tothe back position. Use letter-size or A4-size paper when printing the test patterns. Ifyou attempt to print on a smaller sheet, ink will get on the platen.If this happens, see Chapter 6, ...

In Epson LQ mode, the self Test looks like this: Font List You can print this sample in both printer control modes:BJ-10 mode or Epson LQ mode. The printer prints allcharacters in the available print styles and pitches. Starting To start the Font List, follow these steps: 1. Press the POWER button t...

§ The printer starts to print the Font List. Stopping To stop printing the Font List, press and hold the ON LINE button for one second. The printer stops printing, ejects thecurrent sheet of paper, and goes back on-line.In BJ-10 mode, the Font List looks like this: In Epson LQ mode, the pattern look...

To start the Demo Prints, follow these steps: 1. Press the POWER button to turn off the printer. 2. To start Demo Print 1: press and hold the ON LINEbutton, and press the POWER button until the beepersounds twice. § The two beeps are approximately threeseconds apart. § The printer starts to print De...

Chapter 4 Using the Printer With Your Software Your printer will work with a wide variety of applications,such as spreadsheet, word processing, and graphicsprograms. This chapter describes how to set up yoursoftware applications for your printer. Application programs include a group of programs, cal...

If you are not using Windows, see the section Setting Up MS-DOS Software Applications (later in this chapter) for information on how to install another printer driver andselect a printer control mode. Printer Setup Within Windows After you install the Canon BJ-200ex printer driver, youcan run the Wi...

Orientation for your print job. You can use these options inany combination. see the next section for more detailedInformation about the options. 6. Once you select the options you want to use, click on the OKbutton to close the Canon BJ-200ex setup dialog box, and thenclick on the OK button to clos...

215.9 mm). The length can be from 4.1 to 14 inches (104.1x 355.6 mm). Media Type option Click on the arrow next to the Media Type setting to select one of the following types of paper from the drop-downlist: When you select the Media Type, the Windows driverchanges printer modes. You can experiment ...

When using manual feed, it is a good idea to turn off the PrintManager in the Printers dialog box. If you are feeding paper manually and using the spooler,the printer goes off-line before printing each page to allowyou to insert paper. When you select Manual Feed, be sure to set the paperselection l...

setting reduces the resolution to improve your application'sprocessing time. Use this setting to print draft copies of yourwork. § Normal (center) - Use this mode for your best quality text andsimple graphics. The printer prints at a resolution of 360 x 360dpi. § Fine (right position) - Use this mod...

These options allow you to select the halftone method youwant to use, and increase or decrease the intensity of theprinted images. Halftone This option is available only when the Print Selection isgrayscale.When you click on the arrow next to the Halftone setting, you can select the following option...

The diffusion setting may help eliminate banding problemswhen printing grays on all black images. Intensity You can use this option to adjust the Intensity of the printed image. Click on the arrows to make the imagedarker or brighter, or drag the slider box right or left alongthe bar. Printing a Doc...

5. Select OK to close the Printer Setup window. 6. Choose Print from the File menu. 7. After making any necessary changes to the printingparameters, select OK to start the print job. It's a good idea to turn off the Print Manager if you are feedingpaper manually. To do so, clear the Use Print Manage...

§ Free up your memory Use only one software program at a time and unload anyscreen saving utilities or programs stored in Windowsbackground; this frees up more memory for Windowsprocessing. § Use Black and White when possible If you will be printing text in black ink only, choose Black andWhite rath...

Because most of the print is actually the processing timeneeded for the computer to prepare the print file,background printing does not usually give you any realadvantage. Foreground Printing If the Print Manager is not active (turned off), the print filethat your application and printer driver crea...

Software applications are designed to work with specifichardware setups. Most Application programs include aninstallation program or routine that you run to identify thetype of hardware you are using, such as your computer andprinter. When you tell your application program whatprinter you are using,...

Epson LQ-1050*Epson LQ printer * These printers support paper that is wider than 8.5 inches.After selecting a printer, you can use software commandsfor all the standard printer functions through the applicationprogram. This includes bold or double-strike printing,underlining, subscripts, margin cont...

Script Not available 10 cpi, 12cpi, 15 cpi,17 cpi, 20 cpi, PS Orator Not available 10 cpi, 12cpi, 15 cpi,17 cpi, 20 cpi, PS Orator-S Not available 10 cpi, 12cpi, 15 cpi,17 cpi, 20 cpi, PS * In Epson LQ mode, if you select Sans Serif, the printeruses the Gothic font. The following table lists the pri...

6. At the Print Options menu, type S to select printer. 7. At the Select Printer menu, type 2. 8. At the additional Printers menu, highlight the BJ-200ex driverand press Enter. If you select the BJ-200ex LQ driver, make sure you set DIPswitch 11 to ON for Epson LQ mode. See Chapter 8,Customizing the...

Chapter 5 Using the Operator Panel This chapter provides information on using the operatorpanel located on the top of your printer. You can controlbasic printer operations and mechanics through the operatorpanel. The indicator lights reflect the currnet status andmodes of the printer. Most software ...

Form feeding If you are loading paper, make sure the printer is off-line.Press the LF/FF button to load the first sheet of paper to its top of form. (If you are running a software application, youdon't need to perform this step. The application will tell theprinter when to load paper.) Line feeding ...

Select your print mode as follows: § Use HQ mode for most of your printing needs. The printerautomatically prints in HQ mode unless you change the modewith the PRINT MODE button. § Use the smoothing mode when you are printing enlargedcharacters with an MS-DOS application. When Smoothing isenabled, t...

When using reduction mode, you must select the correctpaper size within your application. In the example above,you would specify a paper size of 11.75 x 16.5 inches inyour application. Be sure to account for your margins. One-half Reduction Mode In one-half reduction mode, the printer automatically ...

2. Press and hold the LF/FF button. 3. Press the PRINT MODE button. § The printer beeps twice and the indicator forthe current print mode blinks to indicate theprinter is in 2/3 reduction mode. § To set the printer in 1/2 reduction mode,press and hold the LF/FF button and press the PRINT MODE button...

Chapter 6 Maintaining the Printer This chapter covers the care and maintenance of yourCanon Bubble Jet Printer BJ-200ex. This includesguidelines, cleaning the printer, replacing the ink cartridge,and transporting the printer. Printer Guidelines Follow these guidelines to avoid damage to your printer...

Be very careful when cleaning the printer. Follow thesesteps: 1. Make sure the printer is turned off; then unplug it. 2. Clean the platen and its surrounding area inside theprinter. § Use a soft cloth to remove any ink mist orpaper debris. § Do not use any oil or cleanser inside theprinter. § When c...

You may need to replace the ink cartridge when thefollowing condition exist: § You have been using the cartridge for over one year. § Your printed output is not crisp and clear, or there are gaps inthe characters (missing dots). § Your output has no ink on it. If your print quality is not crisp and ...

§ It must be able to be heated and cooled over 6,000 times persecond without clogging. § It must dry very quickly without bleeding into other colors. § It must work with different media and software, whileproviding correct color matching with the printer driver. § It must be environmentally friendly...

Do not move the ink cartridge after installing it. Moving the inkcartridge to the left and leaving it there may uncap the print headand cause it to dry out. 8. Close the front cover. When you are not using the printer, make sure the inkcartridge is in its home position, which is on the right sideof ...

Storing Ink Cartridges Follow these guidelines when storing your ink cartridges: § Keep a new ink cartridge in its sealed container until you areready to use it. § Store the ink cartridge at room temperature. § Install the ink cartridge in the printer immediately after youopen the sealed container. ...

Chapter 7 Troubleshooting This chapter contains information to help you solve printerproblems. A problem may have one or a combination ofcauses, including a malfunction in your computer, software,the printer cable, or the printer. Many printing problems arerelated to how your software interacts with...

The following table describes problems and solutionsrelated to the ERROR light. Problem Cause Solution ERROR light is on The printer may beout of Paper. Check the sheet feeder. If the printer is out of paper, loadpaper into the sheet feeder and press the ON LINE buttonto continue printing. Paper may...

between the ink cartridge and the holder. Perform the print head cleaning proceduredescribed in Chapter 6, Maintaining the Printer. If cleaning the print head does not resolve theproblem, your ink cartridge my be out of ink.Replace the ink cartridge and try printing again. Overall printingis slow fr...

§ For envelopes, set it to OFF. § For A4 size paper, set it to ON. Printout does notmatch paper size. Paper size selected in driver maybe incorrect. Make sure the paper size you select within yourprinter driver matches the oreientation in which youload the paper in the printer. Paper width selected ...

If you are having paper loading problems, check theproblems and solutions in the following table. After solvinga paper loading problem, remove the paper and load itcorrectly. Then press the ON LINE button to set the printeron line again. Any of the following paper loading problems may causethe paper...

Envelopes may not beloaded correctly. Make sure the envelopes are loaded properly: § The top of the envelope goes in first. § The flap is toward the sheet feeder. § The right side of the envelope is aligned againstthe right side of the sheet feeder. § The left side is aligned against the paper guide...

The print resolution set in theprinter driver may be 180 dpi andthe printer print mode may be HSmode. When printing in Epson LQ mode, printing at 180 dpi inHS mode may cause white streaks. To remedy, select theHQ mode with the printer control panel. The print head may be worn out. If the print head ...

the AUTOEXEC.BAT file andchange the directory to a validdirectory; for example: SET TEMP = C:\DOS In WordPerfect,the BOX printsbut the text doesnot The Fast Graphic Printingoption needs to beenabled (5.2) or disabled(5.1). If you are in WordPerfect 5.1 for Windows and the BOXprints but your text doe...

Chapter 8 Customizing the Printer This chapter describes the factory default settings of the printer and the steps youfollow to customize these settings for your particular printing needs. You will find that the factory default settings provide features to meet most ofyour printing needs. With these...

Smoothing mode Disabled Reduction mode Disabled Alternate Graphics Mode Disabled Automatic emulation switching mode Disabled The default setting is BJ-10 mode. If you change this to Epson LQ mode, the defaultsettings also change. DIP Switch Settings The DIP switch settings control various printer fu...

11 inches. If you are using A4-size paper, set this switch ON; this sets the pagelength to 12 inches. DIP switch 4 DIP switch 4 When this switch is OFF, the printer uses Character Set 1. When this switch isON; the printer uses Charater Set 2. DIP switches 5, 6, 7 DIP switches 5, 6, 7 These switches ...

Setting DIP switch 12 ON reduces the input buffer by 21 KB. When using Windows, set DIP switches 10, 11 and 12 OFF to maximize the sizeof your input buffer (62 KB). § If the printer does not seem to be switching between BJ-10 and Epson LQ mode, disable thisfunction and set DIP switch 11 to match you...

Graphics character set, which is the same as the MS-DOS code page 437 (thischaracter set includes sysmbols, lines, corners, and European characters). To see samples of the character sets available in Epson LQ mode, use Canon'stoll-free fax retrieval system. Call the Canon help desk and request the f...

Envelopes: Horizontala = 9.5 in -- Commercial number 10a = 220 mm for DL sizeb = 0.25 in (6.4 mm)c = 1.24 in -- Commercial number 10c = 10.4 mm for DL sizeVerticald = 4.125 in -- Commercial number 10d = 110 mm for DL sizee = 0.67 in (17 mm) f = 1.0 in (25.4 mm) Reduction Mode Reduction ModeU.S. pape...

European paper sizes: Resident Printer Control Modes BJ-10 mode: IBM Proprinter X24E emulation Epson LQ mode: Epson LQ-510 emulation Line Feed Pitch BJ-10 mode: 1/6", 1/8", n /60", n /72", n /180", n /216", and n /360" Epson LQ mode: 1/6", 1/8", n /180", and n...

Pitch: BJ-10 mode 10 cpi, 12 cpi, 17 cpi, and PS Epson LQ mode 10 cpi, 12 cpi, 15 cpi, 17 cpi, 20 cpi, and PS CellComposition: 36 (h) x 48 (v) dot matrix in HQ mode18 out of 36 (h) x 48 (v) dot matrix in HS mode Character Set: BJ-10 mode IBM Character Sets 1 and 2 and 3 (Code Page 437, 850) Epson LQ...

Download buffer: 0 KB (or 41 KB) Epson LQ mode Input buffer: 23 KB Download buffer: 39.4 KB Automatic emulation mode Input buffer: 21 KB Download buffer: 41 KB (BJ-10 mode, DIP switch 10 ON)0 KB (BJ-10 mode, DIP switch 10 OFF)39.4 KB (Epson LQ mode) Interface 8-bitparallel To receive information reg...

Appendix B Application Notes This appendix contains information on using specific software applications withyour Canon BJ-200ex Bubble Jet Printer. Many popular applications are coveredhere. Although the software versions described may not be the latest or may notbe the version you have, these solut...

Method 2 To print envelopes in Microsoft Publisher, follow these steps: 1. Start the Windows Control Panel. 2. Double click the printers icon. 3. Select the Canon BJ-200ex Bubble Jet Printer. 4. Set up the following options on the printer: Portrait, Envelope, and Manual feed. 5. Choose OK 6. Choose ...

4. If you are printing multiple envelopes, check on the Avoid Using Device Capabilities forPaper Sizes box. An X appears in the box. Now choose OK. The Avoid Using Device Capabilities for Paper Sizes box affects all documents output tothe printer. If you are not printing multiple envelopes, make sur...

2. If you have set up the envelope size, go to Layout and choose Page. 3. Choose Paper size, Make sure the size is 9.5 x 4.12 inches and the diagram shows thepaper in wide format. If not, choose Edit and make the corrections. 4. Next, you see the Envelope Editor screen. Fill in the appropriate maili...