Canon BJ-230- User Manual

quietness: „ HQ (high quality) mode provides high quality and high speed at 173 characters per second (cps) „ HS (high speed) mode provides draft quality at 248 cps „ SHQ(super high quality) mode provides the highest quality print at 124 cps Quiet printingNon-impact printing method offer quiet opera...

Describes how to clean the printer and replace the ink cartridge. Chapter 7, TroubleshootingProvides procedures to help you solve problems that may occur with the printer. Chapter 8, Customizing the PrinterDescribes the printer's DIP switches and explains how you can customize the factory default se...

Friday from 8 am to 10 pm Eastern Standard Time(EST), except on holidays. If you seem to have an operational problem, try to solve it by referring to the information in Chapter 7, Troubleshooting. If you cannot quickly resume normal operation, contact CCSI's experienced support personnel at the help...

Chapter 2 Setting Up the Printer This chapter describes the steps you follow to unpack and set up your printer. It offers guidelines for finding a suitable location for the printer, explains how to install the ink cartridge, and describes how to connect the power and interface cable. If you have alr...

If your printer was damaged in shipping, or if any items are missing, notify your dealer immediately. As you unpack the printer, save the carton and packing materials in case you want to move or ship the printer in the future. Remove all the shipping tape and any Styrofoam packing material used to p...

Examining the Printer Before setting up your printer, you should become familiar with its components and understand their functions. From the Front Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine

Ink cartridge holderAllows you to install the ink cartridge (as described later in this chapter). Paper thickness leverIdentifies the thickness of your paper. The setting you choose adjusts the distance between the print head and the paper. There are two settings: left for normal paper and right for...

Chapter 3 Loading Paper This chapter descibes how to load paper, envelopes, thick paper, and transparencies in the printer. To ensure the best performance of your printer, you want to select the best paper and load it correctly. The wide-carriage capabilities of your printer allow you to load letter...

6. Make sure the printer is on-line and start your print operation. Remove paper from the paper exit support before the count reaches 20 sheets. Printing On Envelopes You can stack up to 10 envelopes in the sheet feeder. Before printing on envelopes, you need to turn on the envelope mode. Use only c...

When you are ready to load envelopes, follow these steps: 1. Make sure the printer is turned on and on-line.2. Turn on the envelope mode by pressing and holding the LF/FF button, and then pressing the ON LINE button. The beeper sounds once and the indicator light for the current print mode blinks qu...

After printing on envelopes, follow these stepa before printing on normal paper again: 1. Set the paper selection lever (on the right side of the sheet feeder) to the back postion. 2. Set the green paper thickness lever (inside the printer) to the left position. 3. Disable the envelope mode: make su...

5. Slide in the sheet until it stops, and hold it for about two seconds. The printer will automatically load the paper into position. 6. Start your print operation. Loading Paper in Landscape Orientation You can stack up to 100 sheets of plain letter-size paper in landscape orientation in the sheet ...

Chapter 4 Using the Operator Panel You can control basic printer operations through teh operator panel. The indicator lights reflect the current status and modes of the printer. Most software applications, such as word processing, spreadsheet, and database programs, automatically handle the printer ...

will stop. To start printing again, press the ON LINE button. Feeding Paper When the printer is off-line, you can use the LF/FF button to advance the paper in the printer. You can perform a line feed or a form feed, or you can eject a sheet of paper. Line feedingWhen a sheet of paper is loaded and t...

„ Use HQ mode for most of your printing needs. The printer automatically prints in HQ mode unless you change the mode with the PRINT MODE button. „ Use the SHQ mode when you want extremely high quality print or you want the printer to be very quiet. In this mode, the printer uses a higher quality pr...

Printing the Test Prints The printer includes two tests prints: the self test and the font list. Use these test prints to check the operation of the printer. To print the self tests, you must be automatically feeding paper. The self tests are not available when you are manually feedign paper. Self T...

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 all characters in the available print styles and pitches. Starting the test Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine

Performing Automatic Line Feeds You can set the printer so that it performs an automatic line feed each time it recieves a carriage return. Then, when the printer receives a carriage return code from the computer, it moves to the beginning of the next line. You only need to set this function if you ...

Chapter 5 Using the Printer With Software Your printer will work with a wide variety of applications, such as spreadsheet, word processing, and graphics programs. This chapter describes how to set up your software application for your printer. Setting Up Windows for Your Printer This sections contai...

choose Install. The Add unlisted printer window appears. 5. Insert the diskette containing the Canon BJ-230 Windows printer driver into disk drive A: (or any other available drive). 6. In the directories box, select A: (or the name of the drive you are using). The BJ-230.DRV filename appears in the ...

„ You can select either Portrait or Landscape orientation by clicking on the appropriate selection in the Orientation box. The default is portrait orientation. „ Click on About in the main dialog box to display copyright information regarding the Windows driver and its version number. „ Click on Hel...

printing procedure. 1. Start the program you used to create the document, and open the document you want to print. 2. Choose Printer Setup from the File menu.3. Select the Canon BJ-230 as your printer, and select Setup.4. Make any adjustments as appropriate for printing your document, and select OK....

Jet Printer BJ-230. To use the printer in BJ-10 mode, select one of the following printers (they are listed in order of preference): Canon BJ-230 (X24E)Canon BJ-200 (X24E)Canon BJ-10e/BJ-10ex/BJ-20 (X24E)IBM Proprinter X24E/XL24IBM Proprinter X24/XL24ECanon BJ-130eIBM Proprinter To use the printer i...

The following table lists the print styles that are available in each printer control mode. You use DIP switch 12 to select the printer control mode. When DIP switch 12 is OFF, which is the default, the printer uses BJ-10 mode. Set DIP switch 12 to ON to select LQ mode. See Chapter 8, Customizing th...

Chapter 6 Maintaining the Printer This chapter covers the care and maintenance of your Canon Bubble Jet Printer BJ-230. This includes cautions, cleaning the printer, replacing the ink cartridge, and transporting the printer. Cautions „ Set the printer on a stable surface. „ Keep the front cover clos...

2. Clean the exterior of the printer with a soft cloth moistened with water. Clean any smudges or dust. Replacing the Ink Cartridge You use the BC-02 ink cartridge with this printer. Each ink cartridge can print about 400 to 500 letter-size pages (700,000 characters) in HQ mode and 800 to 1000 pages...

7. Close the front cover. When you are not using the printer, make sure the ink cartridge is in its home position, which is on the right side of the printer. Cleaning the Print Head The print head on a new ink cartridge needs to be cleaned to ensure the best possible print quality. The printer autom...

procedure. Transporting the Printer If you plan to move the printer from one location to another, or if you want to store it, follow these steps: 1. Press the POWER button to turn off the printer. This moves the print head to the home position. 2. Remove any paper from the sheet feeder.3. Detach the...

Operational Problems This section contains problems and solutions related to the operation of your hardware. Try the solutions in the order listed. The Printer Does Not Turn On If you turn on the printer and the indicator lights do not come on, the printer is probably not getting power. Turn off the...

6. Print a screen dump from your computer. If it still does not print, there is a problem with your software or your interface port. Call the Canon help desk at 1-800-423-2366. Print Head Moves, Ink Does Not Appear If the print head is moving, but no ink comes out, the ink cartridge may not be insta...

If the ERROR indicator lights, follow these steps: 1. Check the sheet feeder. If the printer is out of paper, load paper into the sheet feeder and press ON LINE to continue printing. 2. Check the printer for a paper jam. If a paper jam has occurred, clear is as described later in this chapter. (See ...

1. Check that the paper rest is extended and the paper selection lever is back. 2. Make sure the stack of paper is straight in the sheet feeder.3. Check that the right side of the stack of paper is aligned against the right side of the sheet feeder and the left side is aligned against the paper guid...

3. To resume printing, press the ON LINE button. Paper Jams Occur If a paper jam occurs, the ERROR indicator lights and the printer goes off-line. Follow these steps to clear the paper jam: 1. Press the POWER button to turn off the printer. 2. Gently pull out the sheet of paper with one hand while h...

If your print quality is not what you expect it to be, check the following list for your problem and a possible remedy, or try the suggestions in the sections below. Print Density is Low The printer has three print modes, and the print density of each mode is different. The density of the HS mode is...

cartridge. Ink Cartridges Continually Run Out of Ink If your ink cartridges seem to run out of ink before you think they should, make sure you are following these guidelines: 1. Make sure you turn off the printer only when the ink cartridge is in the home position. 2. Only transport the printer when...

horizontal print position: „ For letter-size paper, set it to OFF. „ For envelopes, set it to OFF. „ For A4-size paper, set it to ON Printout Does Not Match Paper Size 1. Make sure the paper size you select within your printer driver matches the orientation in which you load the paper in the printer...

If your computer indicates a device time-out, follow these steps: 1. Make sure the printer is on and on-line.2. Check that the printer's interface cable is securely attached to both the printer and the computer. 3. Make sure paper is properly loaded in the sheet feeder.4. Try the print operation aga...

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

DIP switch 1Use this switch to change the horizontal print position according to the size of your paper. If you are using letter-size paper or envelopes, set this switch OFF; the left margin will be 0.25 inch (6.4 mm) and the maximum print width will be 10.5 inches. If you are using A4-size paper, s...

Set this switch ON to enable Alternate Graphics Mode (AGM). In this mode, the printer accepts high-resolution, 24-dot, all-points-addressable (APA) graphics commands similar to those used with conventional 24-pin printers. DIP switch 9When this switch is OFF, the printer uses IBM USA code page 437. ...

DIP switch Function 12 ON Epson LQ printer control mode 1 ON A4-size paper 4 ON 12-inch page length 5 ON Graphics character set 8 ON United Kingdom character set 11 ON Sans serif typeface NOTE: Unlike some previous Canon printers, internal fonts are available only through software commands. They can...

Appendix A Printer Specifications This appendix lists the specifications of your printer. Printing MethodBubble jet ink on-demand Paper HandlingAutomatic feedManual feed Paper TypePlain paperEnvelopes (Commercial number 10)Transparency film (Canon #Q07-0001-M1) available with manual feed Paper Weigh...

Printing DirectionBi-directional in text (both in MS-DOS and Windows)Unidirectional in graphics Printing WidthMaximum 10.5 inches (DIP switch 1 OFF) or 11.4 inches (DIP switch 1 ON) Line Feed Speed100 ms/line at 1/6-inch line in HQ, HS mode190 ms/line at 1/6-inch line in SHQ mode Horizontal a 9.5 in...

WeightApprox. 7.7 lbs (3.5 kg) Dimensions 16.9 inches (428 mm) W x 8.2 inches (209 mm) D x 7.9 inches(201.2 mm) H Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine

Appendix C Printer Mode Command Summaries and Character Sets This appendix lists the control codes and ESCape sequences you can use in BJ-10 mode and Epson LQ mode, and shows the character sets available in each mode. For a complete description of these programming commands, you can order the Canon ...

ESCape Sequence Codes Function ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal End command NUL 0 00 Sound beeper BEL 7 07 Backspace one character BS 8 08 Horizontal tab control; move to next tab HT 9 09 Perform line feed LF 10 0A Vertical tab control;move to next tab VT 11 0B Perform form feed FF 12 0C Perform carriage r...

Alternate Graphics Mode Codes settings Set super/subscript moden Setting0 Select superscript mode1 Select subscript mode ESC S n 27 83 n 1B 53 n Cancel super/subscript mode set by ESC S ESC T 27 84 1B 54 Select printer direction ESC U n 27 85 n 1B 55 n Set/cancel double-wide moden Setting0 Cancel do...

Miscellaneous Control Codes BJ-10 Character Sets In BJ-10 mode, your printer supports two IBM code pages: USA code page 437 and Multilingual code page 850. Each code page has three character sets: Character Set 1, Character Set 2, and All Characters Chart. You select the code page by setting DIP swi...

Epson LQ Command Summary You can use the control codes listed in the following tables when the printer is in LQ mode; that is, when DIP switch 12 is set to ON. Basic Control Codes MultilingualCode Page850 All CharactersChart NOTE: Because of hardware differences, the justification code, ESC a, and t...