User manual CANON BJC-55

[. . . ] Contents Introduction Welcome How to Use This Manual Copyright Disclaimer Trademarks FCC Regulations Canadian Radio Interference Regulations Safety Precautions Options and Supplies Getting Ready to Print Printer Parts and Their Functions Turning the Printer On and Off Using a USB Connection Setting Up and Using a Wireless Connection Paper Handling Paper and Other Print Media Loading Paper in the Printer Maintaining the Printer Using the Battery Pack Printing a Nozzle Check Pattern Cleaning the Print Head Using the Low-Ink Alert Maintaining BJ Cartridges and BJ Tanks Replacing BJ Tanks Contents 2 Changing or Replacing a BJ Cartridge Cleaning the Printer Transporting the Printer Printing With Windows 98 or Windows CE Printer Driver Basics Getting Ready to Print Opening the Printer Properties Dialog Box Selecting the Print Mode Changing the Page Size Using Online Help Windows Printer Driver Features Using the BJ Background Monitor Using the BJ Backgrounder Using the BJ Printer Status Monitor Printing With Windows 2000 Printer Driver Basics Opening the Printer Properties Dialog Box Setting Up the Printer Driver Using the Print Advisor Using the Tabs Using Online Help Closing the Printer Properties Dialog Box Windows 2000 Printer Driver Features Making the Most of the Printer Driver Using Maintenance Functions Contents 3 Printing With Macintosh Overview of Printing With the Macintosh Printer Driver Selecting the Printer Driver in Chooser Opening the Macintosh Printer Driver Using Balloon Help Macintosh Printer Driver Features Using the BJ Print Monitor Uninstalling the Macintosh Printer Driver Troubleshooting Error Messages Problems and Solutions Before You Call For Service Getting Help From Canon Servicing the Printer Specifications Printer Specifications BJ Cartridges Paper Specifications Printing Area Using the Optional IS-12 Color Image Scanner Cartridge Using the Scanner Using the Scanner With Windows Using the Scanner With Macintosh Scanner Problems Glossary Contents 4 Introduction Welcome How to Use This Manual Copyright Disclaimer Trademarks FCC Regulations Canadian Radio Interference Regulations Safety Precautions Options and Supplies Introduction 5 Welcome Thank you for purchasing the Canon BJC-55 Color Bubble JetTM Printer. This User's Manual provides complete explanations of the features and functions of the printer. To maximize the life of your printer, it's a good idea to familiarize yourself fully with all of its functions. This User's Manual uses the following symbols to indicate important information. [. . . ] · Suspend or restart printing Click the name of the document you want to suspend and then click the To restart printing, click the icon. . Printing With Macintosh 253 Using the BJ Print Monitor I Changing the BJ Print Monitor Preferences You can change the preferences to effect how the BJ Print Monitor is displayed, how errors are reported, and so on. 1 With the BJ Print Monitor open, open the File menu and select Pause Printing. The current print job pauses. Printing With Macintosh 254 Using the BJ Print Monitor 2 From the File menu, select Preferences. The Preferences dialog box opens. Printing With Macintosh 255 Using the BJ Print Monitor 3 Click the check boxes on for the settings you want, then click the OK button. 1 2 3 4 1 2 Show BJ PrintMonitor window when printing Displays the BJ Print Monitor window on the desktop during printing. Ask at startup to print documents remaining in queue Displays a dialog box when you restart the computer and asks whether you want to continue printing the documents that were in the queue when you previously shut down the computer. When a printing error needs to be reported Selects the type of notification for problems that occur during background printing. Background Priority Sets the priority of printing relative to other processing (High, Normal, Low). 3 4 Printing With Macintosh 256 Using the BJ Print Monitor I Closing the BJ Print Monitor After Print Jobs Are Completed From the File menu, select Close Status Window. Printing With Macintosh 257 Uninstalling the Macintosh Printer Driver Note · You must use this procedure to remove the printer driver from your system when it is no longer needed, or before installing a new version of the printer driver. · Shut down all other software applications before you uninstall the printer driver. 1 2 Set the Canon Creative CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive. Double-click the Printer Driver folder. 3 Double-click the folder for your language. Printing With Macintosh 258 Uninstalling the Macintosh Printer Driver 4 Double-click the BJ Installer icon. 5 Read the License Agreement and click the Agree button. 6 In the Choose list, click BJC-55 and click the Choose button. Printing With Macintosh 259 Uninstalling the Macintosh Printer Driver 7 Click the Custom remove tab and click the check boxes for the items that you want to remove. If a message warns you that another application is running in the background, click the Continue button to close the software application and continue. Note If the open software application contains data that has not been saved, click the Cancel button. Save the data in the open software application, close the application, and start over. A description of the selected item is displayed here. 8 9 Click the Remove button. When you are prompted to re-start the computer, click the Restart button. Printing With Macintosh 260 Troubleshooting Error Messages Problems and Solutions Before You Call For Service Getting Help From Canon Servicing the Printer Troubleshooting 261 Error Messages One of the following messages may appear when an error occurs: Error writing to USBPRNxx: for Printer BJC-55 Service error xxx!* 300 (* alphanumeric code) Type x Error (x integer) Troubleshooting 262 Problems and Solutions Printout is not clear or has white streaks Strange characters printing Cannot start the print job USBPRNxx: write error appears on the screen Cannot install the printer driver Application Error or General Protection Fault appears on the screen Cannot print to the end of the print job Paper does not feed manually Printout rotated 90 degrees Vertical lines are broken BJ cartridge does not return to the home position after installation Cannot print via wireless infrared connections Paper skews or jams during feeding Screen colors and the printed colors do not match Document prints in black only Colors are broken or uneven Printing beyond the edge of a page, or portions of a printed page are missing Printer does not turn on Printer seems to be working but nothing prints Print job halts Printing blurred or smudged Printout is excessively curled Battery is not charging CHARGE/ERROR light is orange "Error Number: *300" appears on the screen and print job does not execute "Type x Error" appears on the screen Cannot execute background printing Cannot select the printer driver in the Chooser Troubleshooting 263 Problems and Solutions I Printout is not clear or has white streaks Low ink could cause faded characters and white lines to appear on the printout. Try printing a Nozzle Check Pattern Check the status of the BJ cartridge by printing the Nozzle Check Pattern. Printing a Nozzle Check Pattern Look at the Nozzle Check Pattern to confirm the print quality. A normal Nozzle Check Pattern printed with BC-10 Black BJ Cartridge A faded, broken Nozzle Check Pattern Only specific colors are faded The specific color ink may have run out. Then print a Nozzle Check Pattern to see if the printing quality has been restored. The Nozzle Check Patterns are faded regardless of color The print head may be clogged. Cleaning the Print Head Troubleshooting 264 Problems and Solutions If print quality is not restored after cleaning Perform print head deep cleaning to flush the nozzles. Print a Nozzle Check Pattern to see if the printing quality has been restored. Cleaning the Print Head If print quality is not restored after deep cleaning The ink may have run out. Replace the BJ tank and print the Nozzle Check Pattern to see if the print quality has been restored. Printing a Nozzle Check Pattern If print quality is not restored after replacing the BJ tank(s) Replace the BJ cartridge. Changing or Replacing a BJ Cartridge The print head may be worn out or the ink may have dried and ruined the nozzles. After replacing the BJ cartridge, print a Nozzle Check Pattern to see if the printing quality has been restored. Note If you will not be using the printer for an extended amount of time, leave the BJ cartridge installed inside the printer or remove it and keep it in the Ink Cartridge Storage Box to avoid damage. Troubleshooting 265 Problems and Solutions Check to see if the orange protective cap or tape has been re-attached to the print head Reattaching the orange cap or tape could cause dust and small particles to enter through the print head, which may cause the ink to clog. [. . . ] paper feed Refers to guiding a sheet of paper into the printer's paper path. pitch Refers to the number of characters per inch that can be printed using a fixed-space font. platen Printer component that holds the paper near the print head during ink transfer. Glossary 465 point size Character height is defined in points; one point is 1/72 inch. printing area The area of a sheet of paper on which a printer can reproduce text or graphics. [. . . ]