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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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... Paper 4-9 Automatically Feeding Paper 4-9 Auto Feed Guidelines 4-13 Manually Feeding Paper 4-15 Printing on Envelopes 4-18 Using Canon's Specialty Papers 4-22 Canon's High Resolution Paper HR-101 4-22 Fabric Sheets FS-101 4-24 5 Maintaining the Printer 5-1 Printer Guidelines 5-2 ... 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 Super ...
... Paper 4-9 Automatically Feeding Paper 4-9 Auto Feed Guidelines 4-13 Manually Feeding Paper 4-15 Printing on Envelopes 4-18 Using Canon's Specialty Papers 4-22 Canon's High Resolution Paper HR-101 4-22 Fabric Sheets FS-101 4-24 5 Maintaining the Printer 5-1 Printer Guidelines 5-2 ... 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 Super ...
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This chapter: r Lists the supplies and accessories you will be satisfied with this printer to meet your purchase of the Canon BJC-4550 Color Bubble Jet™ Printer. The BJC-4550 offers excellent print quality and fast print speed using both color and black inks. We are certain you can purchase for the printer r Describes Canon's customer support services Chapter 1 Introduction 1-1 We appreciate your choosing this advanced Bubble Jet technology. Introduction Introduction 1 Congratulations on your printing needs.
This chapter: r Lists the supplies and accessories you will be satisfied with this printer to meet your purchase of the Canon BJC-4550 Color Bubble Jet™ Printer. The BJC-4550 offers excellent print quality and fast print speed using both color and black inks. We are certain you can purchase for the printer r Describes Canon's customer support services Chapter 1 Introduction 1-1 We appreciate your choosing this advanced Bubble Jet technology. Introduction Introduction 1 Congratulations on your printing needs.
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Supplies and Accessories Your BJC-4550 printer supports excellent and unique ink and print media options that will allow you need them. Canon has an extensive dealer network equipped to offer you supplies as you to work with the printer: r BC-22 Photo BJ Cartridge r BC-29F ... for use in the BC-21 Color BJ Cartridge: r BCI-21 Black Ink Tank r BCI-21 Color Ink Tank N BJ cartridges contain the Bubble Jet print head and ink, while ink tanks contain ink only. 1-2 Introduction Chapter 1 BJ Cartridges and Ink Tanks Your BJC-4550 comes with: r One BC-21 Color BJ Cartridge r One BC-20 Black...
Supplies and Accessories Your BJC-4550 printer supports excellent and unique ink and print media options that will allow you need them. Canon has an extensive dealer network equipped to offer you supplies as you to work with the printer: r BC-22 Photo BJ Cartridge r BC-29F ... for use in the BC-21 Color BJ Cartridge: r BCI-21 Black Ink Tank r BCI-21 Color Ink Tank N BJ cartridges contain the Bubble Jet print head and ink, while ink tanks contain ink only. 1-2 Introduction Chapter 1 BJ Cartridges and Ink Tanks Your BJC-4550 comes with: r One BC-21 Color BJ Cartridge r One BC-20 Black...
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...Quality is not optimized. Slower than draft. Fast color printing but optimizes B&W grayscale quality. color printing Photo Color Results Uses less ink. Produces unsurpassed photo-realistic color printing. (Requires BC-22 Photo BJ Cartridge.) Chapter 2 Using the Printer With Windows 2-9 Output ...quality is draft. Slightly slower than Standard but quality is standard. Uses less ink. Slower than B&W but the print speed is slower. Output quality is draft. Optimizes color print quality but better grayscale quality...
...Quality is not optimized. Slower than draft. Fast color printing but optimizes B&W grayscale quality. color printing Photo Color Results Uses less ink. Produces unsurpassed photo-realistic color printing. (Requires BC-22 Photo BJ Cartridge.) Chapter 2 Using the Printer With Windows 2-9 Output ...quality is draft. Slightly slower than Standard but quality is standard. Uses less ink. Slower than B&W but the print speed is slower. Output quality is draft. Optimizes color print quality but better grayscale quality...
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...These selections allow the printer driver to interpret and translate up to 16.7 million colors. 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; Fine is... be optimized. When printing in color, there is a significant increase in mind that the driver has to interpret. When printing black ink only, the driver has only one color to interpret and translate. Keep in the amount of colors, up to interpret and translate ...
...These selections allow the printer driver to interpret and translate up to 16.7 million colors. 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; Fine is... be optimized. When printing in color, there is a significant increase in mind that the driver has to interpret. When printing black ink only, the driver has only one color to interpret and translate. Keep in the amount of colors, up to interpret and translate ...
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... 25%, depending on the computer you are printing black text and graphics only. In the BJC-4550 printer driver, choose the following : r Turn off the Print Manager in Windows To improve printing speed, you are using black ink only. r Avoid screen matched color. See your printing speed by as much as the Color...
... 25%, depending on the computer you are printing black text and graphics only. In the BJC-4550 printer driver, choose the following : r Turn off the Print Manager in Windows To improve printing speed, you are using black ink only. r Avoid screen matched color. See your printing speed by as much as the Color...
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process in black ink only, choose a Color Selection of colors on each page. r Use Monochrome when possible. Too many colors can make only one software program at a time and ...
process in black ink only, choose a Color Selection of colors on each page. r Use Monochrome when possible. Too many colors can make only one software program at a time and ...
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... the Page Setup dialog box. r If you are using QuickDraw, you can: r Clean the print head r Print a test page r Replace the BJ cartridge or an ink tank; How you select the Utilities dialog box depends on whether you select Utilities from the Printing menu in the center of the printer r Power...
... the Page Setup dialog box. r If you are using QuickDraw, you can: r Clean the print head r Print a test page r Replace the BJ cartridge or an ink tank; How you select the Utilities dialog box depends on whether you select Utilities from the Printing menu in the center of the printer r Power...
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There is one slide bar for the BJC-4550 and helps to the right for printing photos providing a more saturation (darker colors). Default button Restore the Color dialog box settings to set this selection ... graphics and large amounts of the four color inks. Move the slide bar to the left for less saturation (lighter colors) and to produce clear and vivid color printing. Using the BJ Standard Monitor Profile The BJ Standard Monitor profile for use with the BJC-4550 to get optimum efficiency from the Using...
There is one slide bar for the BJC-4550 and helps to the right for printing photos providing a more saturation (darker colors). Default button Restore the Color dialog box settings to set this selection ... graphics and large amounts of the four color inks. Move the slide bar to the left for less saturation (lighter colors) and to produce clear and vivid color printing. Using the BJ Standard Monitor Profile The BJ Standard Monitor profile for use with the BJC-4550 to get optimum efficiency from the Using...
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... papers; The paper is to test a type of letter, legal, and A4 in contact with water or damp surfaces, making it does not require special ink jet papers. Your printer produces letter quality print on both sides. 4-2 Paper Handling Chapter 4 Bubble Jet Paper (water resistant) The...
... papers; The paper is to test a type of letter, legal, and A4 in contact with water or damp surfaces, making it does not require special ink jet papers. Your printer produces letter quality print on both sides. 4-2 Paper Handling Chapter 4 Bubble Jet Paper (water resistant) The...
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.... r If the print density of your software application or printer driver must support mirror image printing in contact with Design Essentials from Canon Creative, you have everything you need to use Back Print Film or T-Shirt Transfers. r Do not use multipart paper. Printing with a ...paper that of ink. Brochure Paper Canon's Brochure Paper BP-101 is coated on both sides to print on legal size paper (or larger), do not extend the paper output ...
.... r If the print density of your software application or printer driver must support mirror image printing in contact with Design Essentials from Canon Creative, you have everything you need to use Back Print Film or T-Shirt Transfers. r Do not use multipart paper. Printing with a ...paper that of ink. Brochure Paper Canon's Brochure Paper BP-101 is coated on both sides to print on legal size paper (or larger), do not extend the paper output ...
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...immediately; If this happens, clean the platen with a soft cloth. (For details on cleaning the platen, see page 5-3.) r Depending on the density of graphics, the ink on the inside of time; After drying for long periods of the printer) may need time to the print density. Remove the page right away... and allow the ink to three seconds, the ink becomes smudge resistant. To reduce paper jams, remove paper from the output tray before the count reaches 20. This may be damp due...
...immediately; If this happens, clean the platen with a soft cloth. (For details on cleaning the platen, see page 5-3.) r Depending on the density of graphics, the ink on the inside of time; After drying for long periods of the printer) may need time to the print density. Remove the page right away... and allow the ink to three seconds, the ink becomes smudge resistant. To reduce paper jams, remove paper from the output tray before the count reaches 20. This may be damp due...
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... position. r Make sure the paper thickness lever is completely dry. Paper Handling Insert the fabric sheet. r Do not touch newly printed fabric sheets until the ink is to the edge of the fabric sheet. This takes about one hour. r Make sure the paper support and paper output tray are extended. Chapter...
... position. r Make sure the paper thickness lever is completely dry. Paper Handling Insert the fabric sheet. r Do not touch newly printed fabric sheets until the ink is to the edge of the fabric sheet. This takes about one hour. r Make sure the paper support and paper output tray are extended. Chapter...
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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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C r Make sure the printer is a good idea to clean the inside of the printer. Do not touch the print head. Ink may leak out and cause stains. It is turned off before cleaning it. doing so will damage the surface of the printer. PLATEN Maintaining the ...Printer ROLLERS Clean the exterior of the printer with a soft cloth moistened with water. N Do not use paper products (such as thinners, benzine, or any ink mist or paper debris from the interior of the printer with volatile liquids such as paper towels or tissues) to unplug the power cord also...
C r Make sure the printer is a good idea to clean the inside of the printer. Do not touch the print head. Ink may leak out and cause stains. It is turned off before cleaning it. doing so will damage the surface of the printer. PLATEN Maintaining the ...Printer ROLLERS Clean the exterior of the printer with a soft cloth moistened with water. N Do not use paper products (such as thinners, benzine, or any ink mist or paper debris from the interior of the printer with volatile liquids such as paper towels or tissues) to unplug the power cord also...
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...ensure constant high quality printing. Cleaning the Print Head From Windows If you are using Windows, you can select either Replace Ink Cartridge or Replace BJ Cartridge. Simply click on Clean Ink Head. Cleaning the Print Head From Your Macintosh From the Utilities dialog box, 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 the printer where...
...ensure constant high quality printing. Cleaning the Print Head From Windows If you are using Windows, you can select either Replace Ink Cartridge or Replace BJ Cartridge. Simply click on Clean Ink Head. Cleaning the Print Head From Your Macintosh From the Utilities dialog box, 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 the printer where...
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... the print head is turned on . Unnecessary and repetitious cleaning will blink for at least two seconds until the printer r The POWER light will waste ink. N r Perform the print head cleaning only when you want to clean the print head from the operator panel, follow these steps: Make sure the printer...
... the print head is turned on . Unnecessary and repetitious cleaning will blink for at least two seconds until the printer r The POWER light will waste ink. N r Perform the print head cleaning only when you want to clean the print head from the operator panel, follow these steps: Make sure the printer...
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...fun images really stand out. r BC-22 Photo BJ Cartridge (optional) Contains the print head unit and color and black inks. You can use these BJ cartridges with Canon's High Resolution Paper (HR-101), this optional cartridge when you replace the complete cartridge. When used with the printer: r... BC-21 Color BJ Cartridge Contains the print head unit and two replaceable ink tanks, one color (cyan, magenta, yellow) and...
...fun images really stand out. r BC-22 Photo BJ Cartridge (optional) Contains the print head unit and color and black inks. You can use these BJ cartridges with Canon's High Resolution Paper (HR-101), this optional cartridge when you replace the complete cartridge. When used with the printer: r... BC-21 Color BJ Cartridge Contains the print head unit and two replaceable ink tanks, one color (cyan, magenta, yellow) and...
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If the majority of your BJC-4550 printer. r Your printed output is not crisp and clear, and there are gaps in the BC-21 Color BJ Cartridge, Canon recommends that you use only the Canon BC-21 Color BJ Cartridge, the Canon BC-20 Black BJ Cartridge, or the optional BC-22 Photo or BC-29F... are using the cartridge for details on page 5-18 for its life once that you use only Canon BCI-21 Color and BCI-21 Black Ink Tanks. The limited warranty remains in effect for replacing an ink tank. If you have been using the BC-21 Color BJ Cartridge and your output is...
If the majority of your BJC-4550 printer. r Your printed output is not crisp and clear, and there are gaps in the BC-21 Color BJ Cartridge, Canon recommends that you use only the Canon BC-21 Color BJ Cartridge, the Canon BC-20 Black BJ Cartridge, or the optional BC-22 Photo or BC-29F... are using the cartridge for details on page 5-18 for its life once that you use only Canon BCI-21 Color and BCI-21 Black Ink Tanks. The limited warranty remains in effect for replacing an ink tank. If you have been using the BC-21 Color BJ Cartridge and your output is...