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... basic operational functions. Super Solver (on the Canon Creative CD) The Super Solver is not included with the BJC-4550 to help you follow the steps illustrated on this manual to install either the BJ® Printer Driver for Windows® or the Macintosh® Printer Driver. References to Canon Creative, Visual Guide, Super Solver and Color...
... basic operational functions. Super Solver (on the Canon Creative CD) The Super Solver is not included with the BJC-4550 to help you follow the steps illustrated on this manual to install either the BJ® Printer Driver for Windows® or the Macintosh® Printer Driver. References to Canon Creative, Visual Guide, Super Solver and Color...
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... Monochrome Printing 2-13 Other Ways to Improve Print Speed in Windows 2-13 3 Using the Printer With Your Macintosh 3-1 Printing a Document With QuickDraw 3-2 Color Dialog Box 3-4 Printing a Document With QuickDraw GX 3-5 Using the Utilities Dialog Box 3-7 Printing With Photoshop 3-8 Installing the BJC-4550 Plug-In 3-8 BJC-4550 Plug-In Dialog Box 3-9 Using the BJ Standard Monitor...
... Monochrome Printing 2-13 Other Ways to Improve Print Speed in Windows 2-13 3 Using the Printer With Your Macintosh 3-1 Printing a Document With QuickDraw 3-2 Color Dialog Box 3-4 Printing a Document With QuickDraw GX 3-5 Using the Utilities Dialog Box 3-7 Printing With Photoshop 3-8 Installing the BJC-4550 Plug-In 3-8 BJC-4550 Plug-In Dialog Box 3-9 Using the BJ Standard Monitor...
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... you must install the BJ Printer Driver before you can use the BJC-4550 with your Windows applications. The printer driver tells the computer what kind of printer with your computer. It includes: r Installing a printer driver r Printing a document r Printer setup within Windows 95 r Printer setup within the printer driver, and the printer driver then communicates the settings to use...
... you must install the BJ Printer Driver before you can use the BJC-4550 with your Windows applications. The printer driver tells the computer what kind of printer with your computer. It includes: r Installing a printer driver r Printing a document r Printer setup within Windows 95 r Printer setup within the printer driver, and the printer driver then communicates the settings to use...
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...from the File menu. Refer to create the document, application. Make sure the Canon BJC-4550 is selected as appropriate for printing your default printer. The exact steps for printing from various Windows applications. r Choose Printer Setup from the File menu. r After making any adjustments... parameters, select OK to start the print job. 2-2 Using the Printer With Windows Chapter 2 Printing a Document This procedure describes the general steps required for printing a document may vary depending on the Setup button if you want to close the Canon BJC-4550 printer driver.
...from the File menu. Refer to create the document, application. Make sure the Canon BJC-4550 is selected as appropriate for printing your default printer. The exact steps for printing from various Windows applications. r Choose Printer Setup from the File menu. r After making any adjustments... parameters, select OK to start the print job. 2-2 Using the Printer With Windows Chapter 2 Printing a Document This procedure describes the general steps required for printing a document may vary depending on the Setup button if you want to close the Canon BJC-4550 printer driver.
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Using the Printer Driver in one of the printing options, you can select the Print or Print Setup command. See The Windows Tabs section (page 2-5) for details. r Click ? and then click an item. r From the Printers folder, you can select the printer, click the right mouse button..., and then select Properties from the File menu. N For detailed information on any Windows application, you can use the BJC-4550 with all your Windows 95 applications. then click the What's This? Opening the Printer Properties Dialog Box in...
Using the Printer Driver in one of the printing options, you can select the Print or Print Setup command. See The Windows Tabs section (page 2-5) for details. r Click ? and then click an item. r From the Printers folder, you can select the printer, click the right mouse button..., and then select Properties from the File menu. N For detailed information on any Windows application, you can use the BJC-4550 with all your Windows 95 applications. then click the What's This? Opening the Printer Properties Dialog Box in...
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The Windows Tabs The BJC-4550 printer driver has several tabs from which you open the Properties dialog box from the Printers folder, not from within a Windows application.) Using the Printer With Windows ADD COMMENTS HERE PRINT A SEPARATOR PAGE PRINT A TEST PAGE r Details (Windows 95 only) This tab allows you to add comments regarding the printer driver and print...
The Windows Tabs The BJC-4550 printer driver has several tabs from which you open the Properties dialog box from the Printers folder, not from within a Windows application.) Using the Printer With Windows ADD COMMENTS HERE PRINT A SEPARATOR PAGE PRINT A TEST PAGE r Details (Windows 95 only) This tab allows you to add comments regarding the printer driver and print...
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Using the Printer With Windows Driver settings To achieve Print Quality Color Model Fastest B&W output possible Draft 180 × 180 dpi Fast letter quality output Standard 360 × 360 dpi Fast B&W .... Optimizes color print quality but quality is standard. Produces unsurpassed photo-realistic color printing. (Requires BC-22 Photo BJ Cartridge.) Chapter 2 Using the Printer With Windows 2-9 Quality is not optimized. Slower than Standard but better grayscale quality. Fast color printing but the print speed is draft. color printing Photo Color Results...
Using the Printer With Windows Driver settings To achieve Print Quality Color Model Fastest B&W output possible Draft 180 × 180 dpi Fast letter quality output Standard 360 × 360 dpi Fast B&W .... Optimizes color print quality but quality is standard. Produces unsurpassed photo-realistic color printing. (Requires BC-22 Photo BJ Cartridge.) Chapter 2 Using the Printer With Windows 2-9 Quality is not optimized. Slower than Standard but better grayscale quality. Fast color printing but the print speed is draft. color printing Photo Color Results...
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...When you click on the red symbol to select or deselect the inconsistencies and/or fix or ignore the inconsistencies. 2-10 Using the Printer With Windows Chapter 2 Click on the green to enable the Setup Analyzer. You can use the dialog box buttons to disable it. Using the Setup Analyzer... if any of your choice of printing settings. If there are contrary to the recommended settings. On the Setting tab, you exit the printer driver and accept your printing settings by clicking the OK button, the Setup Analyzer (if enabled) checks to this appears: The inconsistencies appear with check...
...When you click on the red symbol to select or deselect the inconsistencies and/or fix or ignore the inconsistencies. 2-10 Using the Printer With Windows Chapter 2 Click on the green to enable the Setup Analyzer. You can use the dialog box buttons to disable it. Using the Setup Analyzer... if any of your choice of printing settings. If there are contrary to the recommended settings. On the Setting tab, you exit the printer driver and accept your printing settings by clicking the OK button, the Setup Analyzer (if enabled) checks to this appears: The inconsistencies appear with check...
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... Advisor is a tool that colors documents even when your application does support color. Using the Printer With Windows Using Cartridge Detection Use Cartridge Detection if you want the driver to disable it expands the range of colors you when the installed BJ cartridge is on-line and that... . To enable Cartridge Detection, which is automatically installed when you have a color cartridge installed in your Color Model setting. Using Color Advisor Canon's Color Advisor is located on the Setting tab, click on the green . If you choose the Monochrome Color Model and you install the ...
... Advisor is a tool that colors documents even when your application does support color. Using the Printer With Windows Using Cartridge Detection Use Cartridge Detection if you want the driver to disable it expands the range of colors you when the installed BJ cartridge is on-line and that... . To enable Cartridge Detection, which is automatically installed when you have a color cartridge installed in your Color Model setting. Using Color Advisor Canon's Color Advisor is located on the Setting tab, click on the green . If you choose the Monochrome Color Model and you install the ...
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By decreasing the amount of colors, up to interpret. r Print Quality-High; Printing Speed Versus Color The BJC-4550 Windows printer driver can significantly decrease the time needed to translate the information. r Media Type-Plain Paper r Print Quality-Standard; This will...Color Printing Select the settings shown below to allow the printer driver to 16.7 million colors. When printing black ink only, the driver has only one color to 16.7 million colors. For Quick Color Printing In the BJC-4550 Windows printer driver, choose the following settings. Fine is on r Color Model...
By decreasing the amount of colors, up to interpret. r Print Quality-High; Printing Speed Versus Color The BJC-4550 Windows printer driver can significantly decrease the time needed to translate the information. r Media Type-Plain Paper r Print Quality-Standard; This will...Color Printing Select the settings shown below to allow the printer driver to 16.7 million colors. When printing black ink only, the driver has only one color to 16.7 million colors. For Quick Color Printing In the BJC-4550 Windows printer driver, choose the following settings. Fine is on r Color Model...
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.... r Media Type-Plain Paper r Print Quality-Standard r Color Model-Monochrome r Print Model-Automatic Other Ways to print using . In the BJC-4550 printer driver, choose the following : r Turn off the Print Manager in Windows 3.1. r Avoid screen matched color. In the Custom Settings dialog box, avoid Match as 25%, depending on the computer you can...
.... r Media Type-Plain Paper r Print Quality-Standard r Color Model-Monochrome r Print Model-Automatic Other Ways to print using . In the BJC-4550 printer driver, choose the following : r Turn off the Print Manager in Windows 3.1. r Avoid screen matched color. In the Custom Settings dialog box, avoid Match as 25%, depending on the computer you can...
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... with the print head nozzles may not match because the 1/6-inch line spacing of your software application or printer driver must support mirror image printing in an application outside Windows, your page is coated on legal size paper (or larger), do not extend the paper output tray. 4-4...following: r Attempting to use multipart paper. r When using graph paper, the lines may damage the BJ cartridge. Printing with Design Essentials from Canon Creative, you have everything you are printing in order to print on damp, curled, wrinkled, or torn paper can cause paper jams and poor...
... with the print head nozzles may not match because the 1/6-inch line spacing of your software application or printer driver must support mirror image printing in an application outside Windows, your page is coated on legal size paper (or larger), do not extend the paper output tray. 4-4...following: r Attempting to use multipart paper. r When using graph paper, the lines may damage the BJ cartridge. Printing with Design Essentials from Canon Creative, you have everything you are printing in order to print on damp, curled, wrinkled, or torn paper can cause paper jams and poor...
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r Slide in the BJC-4550 printer driver for the printer to the left or center position before printing on thick paper or envelopes, set the paper selection lever to the sheet. Chapter 4 Paper Handling 4-17 r If you are using Windows, you must select Manual Feed in the paper until it for about two seconds. r After...
r Slide in the BJC-4550 printer driver for the printer to the left or center position before printing on thick paper or envelopes, set the paper selection lever to the sheet. Chapter 4 Paper Handling 4-17 r If you are using Windows, you must select Manual Feed in the paper until it for about two seconds. r After...
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Printing the Test Pages From Windows You use these test prints to print a self test, demonstration page, or a nozzle test pattern. From Your Macintosh You select the Test Print function from the Utilities dialog box. Click on either of your printer and your BJC-4550 printer driver to check the operation of the Test Print options. 5-4 Maintaining the Printer Chapter 5 You can use the Tests option on the Print button. Click on the Tests option and then click on the Control tab in your print quality.
Printing the Test Pages From Windows You use these test prints to print a self test, demonstration page, or a nozzle test pattern. From Your Macintosh You select the Test Print function from the Utilities dialog box. Click on either of your printer and your BJC-4550 printer driver to check the operation of the Test Print options. 5-4 Maintaining the Printer Chapter 5 You can use the Tests option on the Print button. Click on the Tests option and then click on the Control tab in your print quality.
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... center of these functions move the cartridge holder to ensure constant high quality printing. Simply click on Clean Ink Head. Cleaning the Print Head From Windows If you are using Windows, you can change the BJ cartridge or change an ink tank in the printer...
... center of these functions move the cartridge holder to ensure constant high quality printing. Simply click on Clean Ink Head. Cleaning the Print Head From Windows If you are using Windows, you can change the BJ cartridge or change an ink tank in the printer...
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... use the Super Solver and our other support services. Using Canon's Support Services This section describes where to most accurate information possible...images, and Canon's Super Solver, which includes questions and answers to look for these services, see Getting Help From Canon in a ... information in Chapter 1 (page 1-4). The best way to use Canon's various support services, covers a few basic problems, and describes how...printer with your MS-DOS applications. r If you have Windows): • Use Canon's Fax Retrieval system to obtain information regarding how to find...
... use the Super Solver and our other support services. Using Canon's Support Services This section describes where to most accurate information possible...images, and Canon's Super Solver, which includes questions and answers to look for these services, see Getting Help From Canon in a ... information in Chapter 1 (page 1-4). The best way to use Canon's various support services, covers a few basic problems, and describes how...printer with your MS-DOS applications. r If you have Windows): • Use Canon's Fax Retrieval system to obtain information regarding how to find...
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... Launcher. You can select the Super Solver from the Visual Guide tab in the BJC-4550 Printer Driver or from Canon Creative. The Super Solver is included with the Visual Guide or separately from the Canon Creative CD. It includes questions and answers to most basic problems you may have. Chapter... • Clean the print head • Clean the print head five times • Replace the BJ cartridge Using the Super Solver (Windows Only) Canon's Super Solver is an on-line troubleshooting guide. r If the printer does not print • Check all your cable connections •...
... Launcher. You can select the Super Solver from the Visual Guide tab in the BJC-4550 Printer Driver or from Canon Creative. The Super Solver is included with the Visual Guide or separately from the Canon Creative CD. It includes questions and answers to most basic problems you may have. Chapter... • Clean the print head • Clean the print head five times • Replace the BJ cartridge Using the Super Solver (Windows Only) Canon's Super Solver is an on-line troubleshooting guide. r If the printer does not print • Check all your cable connections •...
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m Go To Control panel m System m Device Manager Chapter 6 Troubleshooting 6-7 Cause This occurs with the Windows 95, Windows 3.1, and Win95 mini drivers. m Right Click on My computer m Select Properties m Select Device Manager Tab m Double-click Ports (COM & LPT) m Double-click LPT-1 m Select Resources Tab m De-... to see 0003 (3) m Select OK The above solution has found to be successful on some machines. Solution Change the Resource Setting of any windows application. Troubleshooting Compaq Presario Problem A Compaq Presario running Windows 95 will print only 3/4 page out of LPT1.
m Go To Control panel m System m Device Manager Chapter 6 Troubleshooting 6-7 Cause This occurs with the Windows 95, Windows 3.1, and Win95 mini drivers. m Right Click on My computer m Select Properties m Select Device Manager Tab m Double-click Ports (COM & LPT) m Double-click LPT-1 m Select Resources Tab m De-... to see 0003 (3) m Select OK The above solution has found to be successful on some machines. Solution Change the Resource Setting of any windows application. Troubleshooting Compaq Presario Problem A Compaq Presario running Windows 95 will print only 3/4 page out of LPT1.
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...Driver settings: 2-9 E Envelopes DL size: 4-8, A-1-3 printable area: A-3 printing: 4-18-21 US COM 10: 4-18, A-1-3 F Fabric Sheet FS-101: 1-3, 4-3, 4-8, 4-24-26 Fax Retrieval System: 1-5, 6-1 FCC Regulations: FCC-1 Feeding paper automatically: 4-9-15 manually: 4-15-18 Fine mode: 2-6 G General tab, Windows... 6-2 Image color matching: 2-6 Improving, print speed: 2-13-14 Ink tanks: 1-2, 5-9 maintenance: 5-10 replacing: 5-18-21 Installing, printer driver: 2-1 See Quick Start Guide InstantExchange warranty program: 1-6 Interface: A-5 Internet: 1-4, 6-1 L Line feed speed: A-2 Loading paper: 4-5-17 Lock...
...Driver settings: 2-9 E Envelopes DL size: 4-8, A-1-3 printable area: A-3 printing: 4-18-21 US COM 10: 4-18, A-1-3 F Fabric Sheet FS-101: 1-3, 4-3, 4-8, 4-24-26 Fax Retrieval System: 1-5, 6-1 FCC Regulations: FCC-1 Feeding paper automatically: 4-9-15 manually: 4-15-18 Fine mode: 2-6 G General tab, Windows... 6-2 Image color matching: 2-6 Improving, print speed: 2-13-14 Ink tanks: 1-2, 5-9 maintenance: 5-10 replacing: 5-18-21 Installing, printer driver: 2-1 See Quick Start Guide InstantExchange warranty program: 1-6 Interface: A-5 Internet: 1-4, 6-1 L Line feed speed: A-2 Loading paper: 4-5-17 Lock...
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...In, Photoshop: 3-8-13 Index Power consumption: A-5 off: 2-7 source: A-5 Primary colors: 2-14 Print head, cleaning: 5-6-7 Macintosh: 5-6 operator panel: 5-7 Windows: 5-6 Print job, status: B-1, B-5-7, B-11 Print Manager: 2-13 Print media, printer settings: 4-8 Print model: 2-6 Print quality: 2-6, 2-9 not satisfactory...: A-1-5 tests: 2-7, 5-4-5 transporting: 5-24-25 unpacking: See Quick Start Guide weight: A-5 Printer driver: 6-3 installing: 2-1 Macintosh: 3-1-14 Windows: 2-1-10 Windows 3.1: 2-4 Windows 95: 2-3 See also Quick Start Guide Printer Properties dialog box: 2-3 Printer setup...
...In, Photoshop: 3-8-13 Index Power consumption: A-5 off: 2-7 source: A-5 Primary colors: 2-14 Print head, cleaning: 5-6-7 Macintosh: 5-6 operator panel: 5-7 Windows: 5-6 Print job, status: B-1, B-5-7, B-11 Print Manager: 2-13 Print media, printer settings: 4-8 Print model: 2-6 Print quality: 2-6, 2-9 not satisfactory...: A-1-5 tests: 2-7, 5-4-5 transporting: 5-24-25 unpacking: See Quick Start Guide weight: A-5 Printer driver: 6-3 installing: 2-1 Macintosh: 3-1-14 Windows: 2-1-10 Windows 3.1: 2-4 Windows 95: 2-3 See also Quick Start Guide Printer Properties dialog box: 2-3 Printer setup...