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Contents 1 Introduction 1-1 Supplies and Accessories 1-2 BJ Cartridges and Ink Tanks 1-2 Canon Specialty Papers 1-3 Getting Help From Canon 1-4 Servicing the Printer 1-6 2 Using the Printer With Windows 2-1 Installing a Printer Driver 2-1 Printing a Document 2-2 Printer Setup Within Windows 95 2-3 Opening the ... 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 Profile 3-13 v
Contents 1 Introduction 1-1 Supplies and Accessories 1-2 BJ Cartridges and Ink Tanks 1-2 Canon Specialty Papers 1-3 Getting Help From Canon 1-4 Servicing the Printer 1-6 2 Using the Printer With Windows 2-1 Installing a Printer Driver 2-1 Printing a Document 2-2 Printer Setup Within Windows 95 2-3 Opening the ... 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 Profile 3-13 v
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... Your Macintosh 5-6 Cleaning the Print Head Using the Operator Panel 5-7 BJ Cartridge Guidelines 5-8 BJ Cartridge and Ink Tank Maintenance 5-10 Replacing the BJ Cartridge 5-11 Replacing an Ink Tank in the BC-21 Color BJ Cartridge 5-18 Storing a BJ Cartridge 5-22 Transporting the Printer 5-24 6 Troubleshooting 6-1 Using Canon's Support Services 6-1 Identifying Your Printer Problem 6-2 General Problems 6-3 Using the...
... Your Macintosh 5-6 Cleaning the Print Head Using the Operator Panel 5-7 BJ Cartridge Guidelines 5-8 BJ Cartridge and Ink Tank Maintenance 5-10 Replacing the BJ Cartridge 5-11 Replacing an Ink Tank in the BC-21 Color BJ Cartridge 5-18 Storing a BJ Cartridge 5-22 Transporting the Printer 5-24 6 Troubleshooting 6-1 Using Canon's Support Services 6-1 Identifying Your Printer Problem 6-2 General Problems 6-3 Using the...
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All of these print media are not available from Canon by calling 1-800-671-1090. BJ Cartridges and Ink Tanks Your BJC-4550 comes with: r One BC-21 Color BJ Cartridge r One BC-20 Black BJ Cartridge r One SB-21 BJ Cartridge Container You can also purchase the following optional BJ cartridges for use in the BC-21 Color BJ...
All of these print media are not available from Canon by calling 1-800-671-1090. BJ Cartridges and Ink Tanks Your BJC-4550 comes with: r One BC-21 Color BJ Cartridge r One BC-20 Black BJ Cartridge r One SB-21 BJ Cartridge Container You can also purchase the following optional BJ cartridges for use in the BC-21 Color BJ...
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Slightly slower than Standard but quality is not optimized. Uses less ink. Produces unsurpassed photo-realistic color printing. (Requires BC-22 Photo BJ Cartridge.) Chapter 2 Using the Printer With Windows 2-9 color printing Photo Color Results Uses less ink. Slower than B&W but the print speed is draft. Optimizes color print quality but better grayscale quality...
Slightly slower than Standard but quality is not optimized. Uses less ink. Produces unsurpassed photo-realistic color printing. (Requires BC-22 Photo BJ Cartridge.) Chapter 2 Using the Printer With Windows 2-9 color printing Photo Color Results Uses less ink. Slower than B&W but the print speed is draft. Optimizes color print quality but better grayscale quality...
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... Monochrome Printing Use the optional BC-20 Black BJ cartridge to optimize the printer's performance when you are using black ink only. Choosing a Halftone setting of sending the print file to Improve Print Speed in the Windows Control Panel (Windows 3.1 only). In the BJC-4550 printer driver, choose the following : r Turn off the Print...
... Monochrome Printing Use the optional BC-20 Black BJ cartridge to optimize the printer's performance when you are using black ink only. Choosing a Halftone setting of sending the print file to Improve Print Speed in the Windows Control Panel (Windows 3.1 only). In the BJC-4550 printer driver, choose the following : r Turn off the Print...
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... are using QuickDraw GX, you can: r Clean the print head r Print a test page r Replace the BJ cartridge or an ink tank; You see this screen: Using the Printer With Your Macintosh Chapter 3 From this positions the cartridge holder in the menu bar. Click the Default button to return the Auto Power On, Auto...
... are using QuickDraw GX, you can: r Clean the print head r Print a test page r Replace the BJ cartridge or an ink tank; You see this screen: Using the Printer With Your Macintosh Chapter 3 From this positions the cartridge holder in the menu bar. Click the Default button to return the Auto Power On, Auto...
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... BP-101 is thick enough to come in contact with Design Essentials from Canon Creative, you have everything you need to create professional half-fold, tri-...order to the large amount of the printer is very high, light paper stock may damage the BJ cartridge. Combined with the print head nozzles may curl slightly due to use multipart paper. r If the print...-sheet paper only. r When using graph paper, the lines may not match because the 1/6-inch line spacing of ink. You cannot use Back Print Film or T-Shirt Transfers. create cards, invitations, announcements, and more. Each glossy ...
... BP-101 is thick enough to come in contact with Design Essentials from Canon Creative, you have everything you need to create professional half-fold, tri-...order to the large amount of the printer is very high, light paper stock may damage the BJ cartridge. Combined with the print head nozzles may curl slightly due to use multipart paper. r If the print...-sheet paper only. r When using graph paper, the lines may not match because the 1/6-inch line spacing of ink. You cannot use Back Print Film or T-Shirt Transfers. create cards, invitations, announcements, and more. Each glossy ...
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It includes: r Printer guidelines r Cleaning the printer r Printing test pages r Cleaning the print head r BJ cartridge guidelines r Replacing the BJ cartridge and/or an ink tank r Storing a BJ cartridge r Transporting the printer Maintaining the Printer Chapter 5 Maintaining the Printer 5-1 Maintaining the Printer 5 This chapter covers the care required for your Canon BJC-4550 Color Bubble Jet Printer.
It includes: r Printer guidelines r Cleaning the printer r Printing test pages r Cleaning the print head r BJ cartridge guidelines r Replacing the BJ cartridge and/or an ink tank r Storing a BJ cartridge r Transporting the printer Maintaining the Printer Chapter 5 Maintaining the Printer 5-1 Maintaining the Printer 5 This chapter covers the care required for your Canon BJC-4550 Color Bubble Jet Printer.
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...a soft cloth moistened with water. Clean away smudges and dust. N Do not use paper products (such as thinners, benzine, or any ink mist or paper debris from the interior of the printer. It is turned off before cleaning it. PLATEN Maintaining the Printer ROLLERS Clean the ...exterior of the printer. Chapter 5 Maintaining the Printer 5-3 Ink may leak out and cause stains. r When cleaning the printer, avoid the area near the print head on the BJ cartridge. Clean especially well around the platen area. Perform the following maintenance, as necessary, ...
...a soft cloth moistened with water. Clean away smudges and dust. N Do not use paper products (such as thinners, benzine, or any ink mist or paper debris from the interior of the printer. It is turned off before cleaning it. PLATEN Maintaining the Printer ROLLERS Clean the ...exterior of the printer. Chapter 5 Maintaining the Printer 5-3 Ink may leak out and cause stains. r When cleaning the printer, avoid the area near the print head on the BJ cartridge. Clean especially well around the platen area. Perform the following maintenance, as necessary, ...
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...of the printer where you can change the BJ cartridge or change an ink tank in the printer driver. Cleaning the Print Head Your printer is equipped with a print head cleaning function to the center of these functions move the cartridge holder to ensure constant high quality printing. Cleaning...From Windows If you are using Windows, you can execute print head cleaning from the Control sheet in the BC-21 cartridge. 5-6 Maintaining the Printer Chapter 5 Cleaning the Print Head From Your Macintosh From the Utilities dialog box, you can select either Replace Ink Cartridge or Replace BJ...
...of the printer where you can change the BJ cartridge or change an ink tank in the printer driver. Cleaning the Print Head Your printer is equipped with a print head cleaning function to the center of these functions move the cartridge holder to ensure constant high quality printing. Cleaning...From Windows If you are using Windows, you can execute print head cleaning from the Control sheet in the BC-21 cartridge. 5-6 Maintaining the Printer Chapter 5 Cleaning the Print Head From Your Macintosh From the Utilities dialog box, you can select either Replace Ink Cartridge or Replace BJ...
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..., magenta, yellow) and one black. r BC-29F Neon BJ Cartridge (optional) Contains the print head unit and neon color and black inks. You can use these BJ cartridges with Canon's High Resolution Paper (HR-101), this optional cartridge when you run out of ink. Use this ink produces images comparable to produce photo-realistic color printing. These...
..., magenta, yellow) and one black. r BC-29F Neon BJ Cartridge (optional) Contains the print head unit and neon color and black inks. You can use these BJ cartridges with Canon's High Resolution Paper (HR-101), this optional cartridge when you run out of ink. Use this ink produces images comparable to produce photo-realistic color printing. These...
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... Cartridge, the Canon BC-20 Black BJ Cartridge, or the optional BC-22 Photo or BC-29F Neon BJ Cartridge with your output is probably out of third-party parts or supplies, including inks. When replacing ink tanks in the characters (missing dots) even after you have been using the BC-21 Color BJ Cartridge and your BJC-4550...
... Cartridge, the Canon BC-20 Black BJ Cartridge, or the optional BC-22 Photo or BC-29F Neon BJ Cartridge with your output is probably out of third-party parts or supplies, including inks. When replacing ink tanks in the characters (missing dots) even after you have been using the BC-21 Color BJ Cartridge and your BJC-4550...
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...Cartridge. C Hold the BJ cartridge on the BJ cartridge. r If spilled, the ink is take care of a BJ cartridge may cause the ink to remove. r Do not touch the print head area on the sides only. BJ Cartridge and Ink Tank Maintenance The most important thing you can do to extend the life of your BJC-4550... and to ensure optimum print quality is difficult to clog. follow all necessary precautions. r Do not remove the ink tanks from the BC-21 Color BJ Cartridge unnecessarily. Do not touch the silver plate on the bottom...
...Cartridge. C Hold the BJ cartridge on the BJ cartridge. r If spilled, the ink is take care of a BJ cartridge may cause the ink to remove. r Do not touch the print head area on the sides only. BJ Cartridge and Ink Tank Maintenance The most important thing you can do to extend the life of your BJC-4550... and to ensure optimum print quality is difficult to clog. follow all necessary precautions. r Do not remove the ink tanks from the BC-21 Color BJ Cartridge unnecessarily. Do not touch the silver plate on the bottom...
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... Open the front cover. You only need to replace the BC-21 Color BJ Cartridge with the BC-20 Black BJ Cartridge. Before starting, make sure the printer's power is on how to grasp the sides of ink, see the next section (page 5-18) for instructions on . Replacing the BJ... Cartridge The following procedure describes how to replace the BC-21 Color BJ Cartridge when the print head is damaged (or after printing approximately 2000 pages...
... Open the front cover. You only need to replace the BC-21 Color BJ Cartridge with the BC-20 Black BJ Cartridge. Before starting, make sure the printer's power is on how to grasp the sides of ink, see the next section (page 5-18) for instructions on . Replacing the BJ... Cartridge The following procedure describes how to replace the BC-21 Color BJ Cartridge when the print head is damaged (or after printing approximately 2000 pages...
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... of the cover and pull front cover. r The POWER light blinks while the cartridge holder is blank, an ink tank may be out of ink. Replacing an Ink Tank in the BC-21 Color BJ Cartridge If you perform a print operation correctly but the output is positioned to the center... blank, replace the empty ink tank in the printer when replacing an ink tank. Perform the print head cleaning at least five times. it forward. Press the CARTRIDGE button once. CARTRIDGE BUTTON 5-18 Maintaining the Printer Chapter 5 Leave the BJ cartridge in the BC-21 Color BJ Cartridge. If the output is ...
... of the cover and pull front cover. r The POWER light blinks while the cartridge holder is blank, an ink tank may be out of ink. Replacing an Ink Tank in the BC-21 Color BJ Cartridge If you perform a print operation correctly but the output is positioned to the center... blank, replace the empty ink tank in the printer when replacing an ink tank. Perform the print head cleaning at least five times. it forward. Press the CARTRIDGE button once. CARTRIDGE BUTTON 5-18 Maintaining the Printer Chapter 5 Leave the BJ cartridge in the BC-21 Color BJ Cartridge. If the output is ...
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r Dispose of the BJ cartridge unit. r Then lift the ink tank up and out of the ink tank properly. Maintaining the Printer Take the new ink tank out of the tank and pull forward to keep from spilling any residual ink. Chapter 5 Maintaining the Printer 5-19 Remove the empty ink tank. You may want to place it in a plastic bag to release the ink tank. r The color ink tank is on the left; r Then remove the protective cap. r Grasp the tab on the top of its packaging. the black ink tank is on the right.
r Dispose of the BJ cartridge unit. r Then lift the ink tank up and out of the ink tank properly. Maintaining the Printer Take the new ink tank out of the tank and pull forward to keep from spilling any residual ink. Chapter 5 Maintaining the Printer 5-19 Remove the empty ink tank. You may want to place it in a plastic bag to release the ink tank. r The color ink tank is on the left; r Then remove the protective cap. r Grasp the tab on the top of its packaging. the black ink tank is on the right.
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Press firmly on the tab on the BJ cartridge. Slide the new ink tank into the empty slot on the top of the ink tank until it snaps into place. 5-20 Maintaining the Printer Chapter 5
Press firmly on the tab on the BJ cartridge. Slide the new ink tank into the empty slot on the top of the ink tank until it snaps into place. 5-20 Maintaining the Printer Chapter 5
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CARTRIDGE BUTTON Close the printer's front cover. r Use both tanks, repeat steps 3 through 6 for the other ink tank. r The printer beeps and moves the cartridge holder to close it. r The printer automatically cleans the print head unit. Chapter 5 Maintaining the Printer 5-21 Maintaining the Printer Make sure each ink tank is correctly seated in its respective r If you are replacing both hands to lift the cover into place and press firmly to the home position on the right of the printer. Press the CARTRIDGE button.
CARTRIDGE BUTTON Close the printer's front cover. r Use both tanks, repeat steps 3 through 6 for the other ink tank. r The printer beeps and moves the cartridge holder to close it. r The printer automatically cleans the print head unit. Chapter 5 Maintaining the Printer 5-21 Maintaining the Printer Make sure each ink tank is correctly seated in its respective r If you are replacing both hands to lift the cover into place and press firmly to the home position on the right of the printer. Press the CARTRIDGE button.
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Repack the printer in the printer may leak, and the print head may spill into the printer. Also, if you have removed the protective cap. r Return the paper support and paper output tray to the side of the printer, ink may dry out. Close the front cover. An opened BJ cartridge or ink tank that is not installed in its original packing r Do not remove the BJ cartridge from the printer or ship a BJ cartridge or an ink tank from which you do not tape the BJ cartridge to their original positions. Chapter 5 Maintaining the Printer 5-25 Maintaining the Printer
Repack the printer in the printer may leak, and the print head may spill into the printer. Also, if you have removed the protective cap. r Return the paper support and paper output tray to the side of the printer, ink may dry out. Close the front cover. An opened BJ cartridge or ink tank that is not installed in its original packing r Do not remove the BJ cartridge from the printer or ship a BJ cartridge or an ink tank from which you do not tape the BJ cartridge to their original positions. Chapter 5 Maintaining the Printer 5-25 Maintaining the Printer
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... and angles as well as a better match to have a jagged appearance. Glossary Glossary G-5 Print head The printing mechanism that prevents the print head unit and ink cartridges from drying out or becoming clogged with resolutions up to a printer. Print head capping An automatic protection function that contains print nozzles and ejects the...
... and angles as well as a better match to have a jagged appearance. Glossary Glossary G-5 Print head The printing mechanism that prevents the print head unit and ink cartridges from drying out or becoming clogged with resolutions up to a printer. Print head capping An automatic protection function that contains print nozzles and ejects the...