User manual for the BJC-55
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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...
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...
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... 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...
... 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...
User manual for the BJC-55
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... arrow and blue text indicate a link to the printer, or the loss of the printer. Windows Indicates information for Macintosh® users (OS 8.1 or later). Macintosh Introduction 6 This User's Manual uses the following symbols depending on the computer system you for purchasing the Canon BJC-55 Color Bubble Jet™ Printer. Always observe the instructions indicated by these symbols. Welcome Thank you are intended...
... arrow and blue text indicate a link to the printer, or the loss of the printer. Windows Indicates information for Macintosh® users (OS 8.1 or later). Macintosh Introduction 6 This User's Manual uses the following symbols depending on the computer system you for purchasing the Canon BJC-55 Color Bubble Jet™ Printer. Always observe the instructions indicated by these symbols. Welcome Thank you are intended...
User manual for the BJC-55
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... printer during transport. Operation Panel Operation Panel Power Lock Switch In LOCK position prevents you are feeding. Battery Pack Must be installed in printer at all times. Getting Ready to install the battery pack or feed paper. Paper Guide Adjusts to install or change the BJ cartridge. Power Connector Provides the connection point for printing here. Front Cover Open to Print 27 Paper Feed Slot Insert sheets for the universal AC adapter plug. I Front View Top Cover Open to the size...
... printer during transport. Operation Panel Operation Panel Power Lock Switch In LOCK position prevents you are feeding. Battery Pack Must be installed in printer at all times. Getting Ready to install the battery pack or feed paper. Paper Guide Adjusts to install or change the BJ cartridge. Power Connector Provides the connection point for printing here. Front Cover Open to Print 27 Paper Feed Slot Insert sheets for the universal AC adapter plug. I Front View Top Cover Open to the size...
User manual for the BJC-55
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... printer is turned off with the POWER button, the BJ cartridge will be using the printer for normal operation. RESUME Button Press to start print head cleaning. When no error exists, press once to feed a sheet of time, turn off before the printer is standing by and ready for a long period of paper. If the power cord is unplugged before you remove the AC adapter power cord from the power outlet. • Always press the POWER button to Print 29 Flashing Printer...
... printer is turned off with the POWER button, the BJ cartridge will be using the printer for normal operation. RESUME Button Press to start print head cleaning. When no error exists, press once to feed a sheet of time, turn off before the printer is standing by and ready for a long period of paper. If the power cord is unplugged before you remove the AC adapter power cord from the power outlet. • Always press the POWER button to Print 29 Flashing Printer...
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... page of the Nozzle Check Pattern. When the POWER light stops flashing, print head cleaning is complete and the printer is on while the battery pack in the following situations: • During print head cleaning. The CHARGE/ERROR lights orange and the printer beeps three times to remind you are performing routine print head maintenance such as replacing a BJ tank, replacing a BJ Cartridge, changing the BJ cartridge, or replacing the BJ cartridge with the IS-12 Color Image Scanner Cartridge...
... page of the Nozzle Check Pattern. When the POWER light stops flashing, print head cleaning is complete and the printer is on while the battery pack in the following situations: • During print head cleaning. The CHARGE/ERROR lights orange and the printer beeps three times to remind you are performing routine print head maintenance such as replacing a BJ tank, replacing a BJ Cartridge, changing the BJ cartridge, or replacing the BJ cartridge with the IS-12 Color Image Scanner Cartridge...
User manual for the BJC-55
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Setting Up and Using a Wireless Connection I Confirming That the Infrared Transmission Driver Has Been Installed 1 2 Click Start, select Settings, and click Control Panel to your Windows documentation for instructions on installing the infrared driver. Look at the Control Panel window and confirm that the Infrared Monitor icon is already installed. If the Infrared Monitor icon is not displayed, refer to open the Control Panel Window. Getting Ready to Print 36 If the Infrared Monitor icon is displayed, the required infrared transmission driver is displayed.
Setting Up and Using a Wireless Connection I Confirming That the Infrared Transmission Driver Has Been Installed 1 2 Click Start, select Settings, and click Control Panel to your Windows documentation for instructions on installing the infrared driver. Look at the Control Panel window and confirm that the Infrared Monitor icon is already installed. If the Infrared Monitor icon is not displayed, refer to open the Control Panel Window. Getting Ready to Print 36 If the Infrared Monitor icon is displayed, the required infrared transmission driver is displayed.
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... Print Side Printer Driver Settings Page Size Letter, A4 Letter, Legal Letter, Legal Letter, A4 Letter, A4 Letter, A4 Letter, A4 Letter, A4 #10 Env. Printing With Windows 98 or Windows CE Printing With Windows 2000 Printing With Macintosh Media Plain Paper Back Print Film Brilliant White Paper Bubble Jet Paper Glossy Photo Cards Glossy Photo Paper High Gloss Film Transparencies Envelopes: US Com. Media Type Back Print Film Plain Paper Plain Paper Glossy Photo Cards Glossy Photo Paper High Gloss Film High Resolution Paper...
... Print Side Printer Driver Settings Page Size Letter, A4 Letter, Legal Letter, Legal Letter, A4 Letter, A4 Letter, A4 Letter, A4 Letter, A4 #10 Env. Printing With Windows 98 or Windows CE Printing With Windows 2000 Printing With Macintosh Media Plain Paper Back Print Film Brilliant White Paper Bubble Jet Paper Glossy Photo Cards Glossy Photo Paper High Gloss Film Transparencies Envelopes: US Com. Media Type Back Print Film Plain Paper Plain Paper Glossy Photo Cards Glossy Photo Paper High Gloss Film High Resolution Paper...
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Paper Handling 44 You cannot use continuous feed paper with this printer. Plain Paper Specifications Paper Size Letter Legal A4 B5 A5 8.5 × 11 in. 8.5 × 14 in. 210 × 297 mm 182 × 257 mm 148 × 210 mm Weight 17 to 28 lb. (64 to 105 g/m2) • Paper must be fed one sheet at a time (unless you install the optional auto sheet feeder). • Remove each sheet as it is ejected from the printer. Paper and Other Print Media I Plain Paper • Use Canon Bubble Jet Paper or any plain copier paper that meets the requirements listed below.
Paper Handling 44 You cannot use continuous feed paper with this printer. Plain Paper Specifications Paper Size Letter Legal A4 B5 A5 8.5 × 11 in. 8.5 × 14 in. 210 × 297 mm 182 × 257 mm 148 × 210 mm Weight 17 to 28 lb. (64 to 105 g/m2) • Paper must be fed one sheet at a time (unless you install the optional auto sheet feeder). • Remove each sheet as it is ejected from the printer. Paper and Other Print Media I Plain Paper • Use Canon Bubble Jet Paper or any plain copier paper that meets the requirements listed below.
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... a black pattern will be printed in the Nozzle Check Pattern are broken or irregular, the print heads may be printed. If the horizontal lines in the Nozzle Check Pattern. To print a Nozzle Check Pattern, follow these steps: 1 2 3 Set a sheet of plain paper in your printed output, print a Nozzle Check Pattern to turn the printer off. Press and hold down the POWER button until you see colors missing or broken in the printer. You can also use the printer driver to print. The Nozzle Check Pattern begins to print a Nozzle Check Pattern. The printer prints one page...
... a black pattern will be printed in the Nozzle Check Pattern are broken or irregular, the print heads may be printed. If the horizontal lines in the Nozzle Check Pattern. To print a Nozzle Check Pattern, follow these steps: 1 2 3 Set a sheet of plain paper in your printed output, print a Nozzle Check Pattern to turn the printer off. Press and hold down the POWER button until you see colors missing or broken in the printer. You can also use the printer driver to print. The Nozzle Check Pattern begins to print a Nozzle Check Pattern. The printer prints one page...
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... printer driver. Flashing Steady flash 2 alternating flashes 3 alternating flashes Meaning Black BJ tank requires replacement Color BJ tank requires replacement Color and black BJ tanks require replacement You can also turn off . Press and hold down the POWER button until the printer beeps 8 times then release the POWER button. To turn on the low-ink alert manually, follow these steps: 1 2 Press the POWER button to turn on , and the ink supply in a BJ tank runs low. The type and number...
... printer driver. Flashing Steady flash 2 alternating flashes 3 alternating flashes Meaning Black BJ tank requires replacement Color BJ tank requires replacement Color and black BJ tanks require replacement You can also turn off . Press and hold down the POWER button until the printer beeps 8 times then release the POWER button. To turn on the low-ink alert manually, follow these steps: 1 2 Press the POWER button to turn on , and the ink supply in a BJ tank runs low. The type and number...
User manual for the BJC-55
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... to change a BJ cartridge. The POWER light flashes during the print head cleaning. You can also use the printer driver to recognize the BJ cartridge. Printing With Windows 98 or Windows CE Printing With Windows 2000 Printing With Macintosh Maintaining the Printer 81 The printer then moves the cartridge holder to the home position and automatically starts cleaning the print heads. Changing or Replacing a BJ Cartridge 7 Press down on . Wait about three seconds and press the CARTRIDGE button once...
... to change a BJ cartridge. The POWER light flashes during the print head cleaning. You can also use the printer driver to recognize the BJ cartridge. Printing With Windows 98 or Windows CE Printing With Windows 2000 Printing With Macintosh Maintaining the Printer 81 The printer then moves the cartridge holder to the home position and automatically starts cleaning the print heads. Changing or Replacing a BJ Cartridge 7 Press down on . Wait about three seconds and press the CARTRIDGE button once...
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use this button to replace a BJ tank. Deep clean the print heads only after consecutive print head cleanings fail to improve the print quality. 2 2 Test Prints 3 3 Change BJ Tank Click this test print to check the condition of the print heads Printing a Nozzle Check Pattern Click the appropriate icon when you need to print the Nozzle Check Pattern; Replace the black BJ tank in the BC-10 Black BJ Cartridge Replace the color BJ tank in the BC-11e Color BJ Cartridge or BC-12e Photo BJ Cartridge Replace the black BJ tank in the BC-11e...
use this button to replace a BJ tank. Deep clean the print heads only after consecutive print head cleanings fail to improve the print quality. 2 2 Test Prints 3 3 Change BJ Tank Click this test print to check the condition of the print heads Printing a Nozzle Check Pattern Click the appropriate icon when you need to print the Nozzle Check Pattern; Replace the black BJ tank in the BC-10 Black BJ Cartridge Replace the color BJ tank in the BC-11e Color BJ Cartridge or BC-12e Photo BJ Cartridge Replace the black BJ tank in the BC-11e...
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... 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...
... 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...
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... In the printer driver you can use with combinations of large and small dots, resulting in truly stunning color photographs on special media like transparencies for OHP presentations, back print film, glossy photo paper, high gloss film, or glossy photo cards. Problems and Solutions I Strange characters printing The text or the image on the screen appears normal but for professional jobs you may...
... In the printer driver you can use with combinations of large and small dots, resulting in truly stunning color photographs on special media like transparencies for OHP presentations, back print film, glossy photo paper, high gloss film, or glossy photo cards. Problems and Solutions I Strange characters printing The text or the image on the screen appears normal but for professional jobs you may...
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... following message is displayed File cannot be installed correctly. Double-click Universal serial bus controller, and make sure that Canon BJC-55 is selected. First, check the status of the USB controller 1 2 3 4 5 Check the USB cable and make sure that it and then re-install the printer driver. Troubleshooting 282 If the USB driver is not performing correctly, remove it is securely connected to the computer and the printer, and make sure that the printer is turned on the computer. Checking the status of the USB driver...
... following message is displayed File cannot be installed correctly. Double-click Universal serial bus controller, and make sure that Canon BJC-55 is selected. First, check the status of the USB controller 1 2 3 4 5 Check the USB cable and make sure that it and then re-install the printer driver. Troubleshooting 282 If the USB driver is not performing correctly, remove it is securely connected to the computer and the printer, and make sure that the printer is turned on the computer. Checking the status of the USB driver...
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... installed. For details, see your computer documentation. Windows Make sure the infrared driver is installed correctly The Microsoft Infrared Communication Driver must be used Open the Infrared Monitor and verify that the infrared communication has been enabled and that the correct infrared communication driver is set up for a wireless infrared connection with the printer. Confirming the infrared connection 1 2 3 Click Start, select Settings, and click Control Panel. Problems and Solutions I Cannot print...
... installed. For details, see your computer documentation. Windows Make sure the infrared driver is installed correctly The Microsoft Infrared Communication Driver must be used Open the Infrared Monitor and verify that the infrared communication has been enabled and that the correct infrared communication driver is set up for a wireless infrared connection with the printer. Confirming the infrared connection 1 2 3 Click Start, select Settings, and click Control Panel. Problems and Solutions I Cannot print...
User manual for the BJC-55
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.../ERROR light will beep to resume printing. Service error xxx! Re-install the BJ cartridge in the sheet feeder, then load some paper. Make sure that the paper has not fed into the printer. If there is no paper in the cartridge holder if it and try again. If paper is set a new sheet of paper to see if the following messages may also be displayed in the BJ Printer Status Monitor. Changing or Replacing a BJ Cartridge Troubleshooting 324 Loading Paper...
.../ERROR light will beep to resume printing. Service error xxx! Re-install the BJ cartridge in the sheet feeder, then load some paper. Make sure that the paper has not fed into the printer. If there is no paper in the cartridge holder if it and try again. If paper is set a new sheet of paper to see if the following messages may also be displayed in the BJ Printer Status Monitor. Changing or Replacing a BJ Cartridge Troubleshooting 324 Loading Paper...
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Use the printer driver or the printer's operation panel to resume printing. Install the correct BJ cartridge to reset the low-ink alert after replacing the BJ tank. Press the CARTRIDGE button to the printer then plug it into a power outlet, or remove the battery and install a charged battery. Check the ink level in this situation, then press the RESUME button. If you attempt to start a print job with the optional Scanner Cartridge installed, the printer will beep 4 times and the orange CHARGE/ERROR light will...
Use the printer driver or the printer's operation panel to resume printing. Install the correct BJ cartridge to reset the low-ink alert after replacing the BJ tank. Press the CARTRIDGE button to the printer then plug it into a power outlet, or remove the battery and install a charged battery. Check the ink level in this situation, then press the RESUME button. If you attempt to start a print job with the optional Scanner Cartridge installed, the printer will beep 4 times and the orange CHARGE/ERROR light will...
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... turned off. Select the Page Layout tab. Troubleshooting 329 Click the Background Printing box; Uninstall it . Problems and Solutions Determine if the printer driver has been installed properly There may be a problem with a non-Apple generated file extension or a control panel option. I Cannot execute background printing Make sure that background printing has been turned on background printing Windows 1 2 3 Open the printer driver. Uninstall the printer driver and reinstall it and install the printer driver...
... turned off. Select the Page Layout tab. Troubleshooting 329 Click the Background Printing box; Uninstall it . Problems and Solutions Determine if the printer driver has been installed properly There may be a problem with a non-Apple generated file extension or a control panel option. I Cannot execute background printing Make sure that background printing has been turned on background printing Windows 1 2 3 Open the printer driver. Uninstall the printer driver and reinstall it and install the printer driver...