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..., using your computer and your printer. N Canon Creative is not included with the BJC-4550 to know the specifications of the printer. Quick Start Guide This fold-out card describes the steps you print an amazing variety of imaginative possibilities for Windows® or the Macintosh® Printer Driver. Read this card to start printing...
..., using your computer and your printer. N Canon Creative is not included with the BJC-4550 to know the specifications of the printer. Quick Start Guide This fold-out card describes the steps you print an amazing variety of imaginative possibilities for Windows® or the Macintosh® Printer Driver. Read this card to start printing...
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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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... printer with your computer, you must install the BJ Printer Driver before you are using. You define these settings within Windows 3.1 r The Windows tabs r Printing speed versus color Installing a Printer Driver Before you can use the BJC-4550 with your Quick Start Guide for instructions. The printer driver also controls the various settings, such as print quality...
... printer with your computer, you must install the BJ Printer Driver before you are using. You define these settings within Windows 3.1 r The Windows tabs r Printing speed versus color Installing a Printer Driver Before you can use the BJC-4550 with your Quick Start Guide for instructions. The printer driver also controls the various settings, such as print quality...
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...File menu. The exact steps for printing from various Windows applications. Choose Print from the File menu. Make sure the Canon BJC-4550 is selected as appropriate for printing your default printer...Windows Chapter 2 Start your software application's documentation for details.) r Select OK to create the document, application. r After making any adjustments as your document. (See Printer Setup Within Windows 95 or Printer Setup Within Windows 3.1 for the exact printing procedure. Refer to your r Start the program you are using to close the Canon BJC-4550 printer driver...
...File menu. The exact steps for printing from various Windows applications. Choose Print from the File menu. Make sure the Canon BJC-4550 is selected as appropriate for printing your default printer...Windows Chapter 2 Start your software application's documentation for details.) r Select OK to create the document, application. r After making any adjustments as your document. (See Printer Setup Within Windows 95 or Printer Setup Within Windows 3.1 for the exact printing procedure. Refer to your r Start the program you are using 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 printer, click the right mouse button, and then select Properties from the File menu. then click the What's This? r From the Printers folder, you can use the BJC-4550 with all your Windows 95 applications. r... Press F1. r Click ? and then click an item. command. Opening the Printer Properties Dialog Box in Windows 95 You can open the Properties dialog box in Windows 95 The printing options are displayed on ...
...Using the Printer Driver in one of the printing options, you can select the printer, click the right mouse button, and then select Properties from the File menu. then click the What's This? r From the Printers folder, you can use the BJC-4550 with all your Windows 95 applications. r... Press F1. r Click ? and then click an item. command. Opening the Printer Properties Dialog Box in Windows 95 You can open the Properties dialog box in Windows 95 The printing options are displayed on ...
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The Windows Tabs The BJC-4550 printer driver has several tabs 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 specify printer port settings, spool settings, and time-out settings. (You ... not from which you can select your printing options and learn about your printer driver as well as the BJC-4550 printer. r General (Windows 95 only) This tab allows you to add comments regarding the printer driver and print a test page or a separator page. (You see this tab ...
The Windows Tabs The BJC-4550 printer driver has several tabs 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 specify printer port settings, spool settings, and time-out settings. (You ... not from which you can select your printing options and learn about your printer driver as well as the BJC-4550 printer. r General (Windows 95 only) This tab allows you to add comments regarding the printer driver and print a test page or a separator page. (You see this tab ...
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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 optimizes B&W grayscale quality. Produces unsurpassed photo-realistic color printing. (Requires BC-22 Photo BJ Cartridge.) Chapter 2 Using the Printer With Windows 2-9 Output quality is not optimized. Slower than draft. Uses less ink. Fast color printing but better grayscale quality. Recommended Graphics Settings You can select the...
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 optimizes B&W grayscale quality. Produces unsurpassed photo-realistic color printing. (Requires BC-22 Photo BJ Cartridge.) Chapter 2 Using the Printer With Windows 2-9 Output quality is not optimized. Slower than draft. Uses less ink. Fast color printing but better grayscale quality. Recommended Graphics Settings You can select the...
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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 see if any of your choice of printing ... red symbol to select or deselect the inconsistencies and/or fix or ignore the inconsistencies. 2-10 Using the Printer With Windows Chapter 2 Using the Setup Analyzer The Setup Analyzer allows the printer driver to evaluate your settings are inconsistencies, a dialog box similar to this appears: The inconsistencies appear with check boxes. You...
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 see if any of your choice of printing ... red symbol to select or deselect the inconsistencies and/or fix or ignore the inconsistencies. 2-10 Using the Printer With Windows Chapter 2 Using the Setup Analyzer The Setup Analyzer allows the printer driver to evaluate your settings are inconsistencies, a dialog box similar to this appears: The inconsistencies appear with check boxes. You...
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... your Color Model setting. Chapter 2 Using the Printer With Windows 2-11 See your printer. Using the Printer With Windows Using Cartridge Detection Use Cartridge Detection if you want the driver to disable it . Color Advisor is not the correct choice... to disable it . Click on the green . If Cartridge Detection cannot detect the cartridge type, it expands the range of colors you install the BJ Printer Driver from the Canon...
... your Color Model setting. Chapter 2 Using the Printer With Windows 2-11 See your printer. Using the Printer With Windows Using Cartridge Detection Use Cartridge Detection if you want the driver to disable it . Color Advisor is not the correct choice... to disable it . Click on the green . If Cartridge Detection cannot detect the cartridge type, it expands the range of colors you install the BJ Printer Driver from the Canon...
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... print speed will not be slower than with other setting combinations. Printing Speed Versus Color The BJC-4550 Windows printer driver can significantly decrease the time needed to interpret. When printing in the amount of information that the printer driver has to interpret, you can interpret and translate the full spectrum of colors that the...
... print speed will not be slower than with other setting combinations. Printing Speed Versus Color The BJC-4550 Windows printer driver can significantly decrease the time needed to interpret. When printing in the amount of information that the printer driver has to interpret, you can interpret and translate the full spectrum of colors that the...
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...or photographic images. Using the Printer With Windows For Monochrome Printing Use the optional BC-20 Black BJ cartridge to optimize the printer's performance when you can try the following settings to print using . In the BJC-4550 printer driver, choose the following : r Turn ...off the Print Manager in the Windows Control Panel (Windows 3.1 only). r Add a permanent swap file in Windows To improve printing speed, you are using black ink only. Choosing ...
...or photographic images. Using the Printer With Windows For Monochrome Printing Use the optional BC-20 Black BJ cartridge to optimize the printer's performance when you can try the following settings to print using . In the BJC-4550 printer driver, choose the following : r Turn ...off the Print Manager in the Windows Control Panel (Windows 3.1 only). r Add a permanent swap file in Windows To improve printing speed, you are using black ink only. Choosing ...
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..., or torn paper can cause paper jams and poor print quality. r If the print density of your software application or printer driver must support mirror image printing in order to the large amount of ink. create cards, invitations, announcements, and more. Combined with Design...do not extend the paper output tray. 4-4 Paper Handling Chapter 4 Brochure Paper Canon's Brochure Paper BP-101 is specifically designed for this printer. If you need to come in an application outside Windows, your page is slightly less than meets the specifications for creating high quality brochures...
..., or torn paper can cause paper jams and poor print quality. r If the print density of your software application or printer driver must support mirror image printing in order to the large amount of ink. create cards, invitations, announcements, and more. Combined with Design...do not extend the paper output tray. 4-4 Paper Handling Chapter 4 Brochure Paper Canon's Brochure Paper BP-101 is specifically designed for this printer. If you need to come in an application outside Windows, your page is slightly less than meets the specifications for creating high quality brochures...
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Chapter 4 Paper Handling 4-17 r Slide in the BJC-4550 printer driver for about two seconds. r After manually feeding a sheet of the sheet feeder. Paper Handling Start your print operation. r Adjust the paper guide to accept manually fed paper. r If you are using Windows, you must select Manual Feed in the paper until it stops inside...
Chapter 4 Paper Handling 4-17 r Slide in the BJC-4550 printer driver for about two seconds. r After manually feeding a sheet of the sheet feeder. Paper Handling Start your print operation. r Adjust the paper guide to accept manually fed paper. r If you are using Windows, you must select Manual Feed in the paper until it stops inside...
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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. Click on the Tests option and then click on the Control tab in your print quality. You can use the Tests option on the Print button. 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 From Your Macintosh You select the Test Print function from the Utilities dialog box.
Printing the Test Pages From Windows You use these test prints to print a self test, demonstration page, or a nozzle test pattern. Click on the Tests option and then click on the Control tab in your print quality. You can use the Tests option on the Print button. 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 From Your Macintosh You select the Test Print function from the Utilities dialog box.
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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 driver. Both of these functions move the cartridge holder to ensure constant high quality printing. Cleaning the Print Head From Your Macintosh From the Utilities dialog ...
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 driver. Both of these functions move the cartridge holder to ensure constant high quality printing. Cleaning the Print Head From Your Macintosh From the Utilities dialog ...
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...: • Try to look for a unique printer driver: • Contact Canon through the Visual Guide for these services, see Getting Help From Canon in a variety of places to ensure that the most problems you are an MS-DOS user (and do not have Windows): • Use Canon's Fax Retrieval system to obtain information regarding how...
...: • Try to look for a unique printer driver: • Contact Canon through the Visual Guide for these services, see Getting Help From Canon in a variety of places to ensure that the most problems you are an MS-DOS user (and do not have Windows): • Use Canon's Fax Retrieval system to obtain information regarding how...
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... most basic problems you may have. You can select the Super Solver from the Visual Guide tab in the BJC-4550 Printer Driver or from Canon Creative. Once installed, you can install it along with Canon Creative. Chapter 6 Troubleshooting 6-3 r If the printer does not print • Check all your cable connections • Check your printer... quality is not satisfactory • 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 included with the Visual Guide or separately from the...
... most basic problems you may have. You can select the Super Solver from the Visual Guide tab in the BJC-4550 Printer Driver or from Canon Creative. Once installed, you can install it along with Canon Creative. Chapter 6 Troubleshooting 6-3 r If the printer does not print • Check all your cable connections • Check your printer... quality is not satisfactory • 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 included with the Visual Guide or separately from the...
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m Right Click on some machines. Troubleshooting Compaq Presario Problem A Compaq Presario running Windows 95 will print only 3/4 page out of LPT1. Cause This occurs with the Windows 95, Windows 3.1, and Win95 mini drivers. Solution Change the Resource Setting of any windows application. m Go To Control panel m System m Device Manager Chapter 6 Troubleshooting 6-7 If unsuccessful, then try the...
m Right Click on some machines. Troubleshooting Compaq Presario Problem A Compaq Presario running Windows 95 will print only 3/4 page out of LPT1. Cause This occurs with the Windows 95, Windows 3.1, and Win95 mini drivers. Solution Change the Resource Setting of any windows application. m Go To Control panel m System m Device Manager Chapter 6 Troubleshooting 6-7 If unsuccessful, then try the...
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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...