7.Make sure the printer is turned on and on-line. Start your print operation.
Auto Feed Guidelines
When automatically feeding stacks of paper, follow these guidelines:
§Do not leave paper stacked in the printer for long periods of time; longer sheets of paper may become bent or curled over time. This may cause the paper to misfeed or jam.
§If your printed page contains lots of graphics, the ink on the page may be damp due to the print density. Remove the page right away and allow the ink to dry.
§The capacity of the paper output tray is 20 sheets of paper. To reduce paper jams, remove paper from the output tray before the count reaches 20.
§If paper curls after printing, remove it immediately; otherwise, paper jams may occur.
§The platen (a roller on the inside of the printer) may become inked if you print data beyond the width of the page. If this happens, clean the platen with a soft cloth. (For details on cleaning the platen, see Chapter 6, Maintaining the Printer.
§Depending on the density of your printed pages, the ink may need time to dry.
§Do not try to load paper into the sheet feeder beyond the paper limit mark (>) on the right side of the sheet feeder; stacking too much paper may cause paper feeding or printing problems
BJ-200ex
Contents
Using the Printer With Your Software
Appendix a
Chapter Introduction
Features and Benefits
Excellent Print Quality
Software Compatibility
Reduction Mode
Simple Maintenance
Convenient Paper Handling
Related Publication
Options and Supplies
Ink Cartridge
Print Media
Fax Number
Bulletin Board Services
Customer Support
Help Desk
Canada
Servicing the Printer
Supplies
Carefully remove all items from the box
Chapter Setting Up the Printer
Unpacking the Printer
Follow these steps to unpack your printer
Check to see that you have the following items
Removing the Shipping Materials
Remove the shipping tape inside the printer
Remove the shipping tape from the outside of the printer
Selecting a Location for Your Printer
From the Front
Examining the Printer
Operator Panel
From the Back
Inside the Printer
Attaching the Power Cord
Connecting Your Printer to the Computer
Installing the Ink Cartridge
To install the in cartridge, follow these steps
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Close the front cover
Push the lock lever down until it locks into place
Turning On the Printer
To turn on the printers power, follow these steps
Loading a Stack of Paper
Cleaning the Print Head
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Do not force the paper into the printer
Printing a Test Pattern
Press the Power button to turn off the printer
Installing a Printer Driver
Printer starts to print Demo Print
Installing the Windows Printer Driver and Visual Guide
Using the BJ-200ex Windows Driver
Using the Visual Guide
Installing the Canon TrueType Fonts for Microsoft Windows
Software Applications
Managing Your Printers Features
Operator Panel Buttons
Line Printers
DIP Switches
Line Printers Versus Page Printers
Line Printers and Processing
Printers and Processing
Congratulations
Transparencies
Chapter Using the Printer
Selecting Paper Types
Plain Papers
For complete paper specifications, see Appendix a
Setting the Paper Thickness Lever
Before Loading Paper
Setting the Paper Selection Lever
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Printing Documents
Printer Settings for Various Print Media
Paper Thickness Selection Loading Paper type Lever Method
Automatically Feeding Paper
Specifying Print Options
See your applications documentation for details
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Slide the stack of paper into the printer until it stops
Adjust the paper guide to the stack of paper
Auto Feed Guidelines
Make sure the printer is turned on and on-line
Printing Single Sheets
Specifying Manual Feed
Manually Feeding Paper
Set the paper selection lever to the front
Open the top cover and check the paper thickness lever
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Start your print operation
Printing on Transparencies
Printing on Envelopes
Preparing Your Software
Turning On the Printers Envelope Mode
Preparing the Printer
Insert the envelopes
Adjust the paper guide to the stack of envelopes
Printing on Legal-size Paper
Turning Off Envelope Mode
Printing in Landscape Orientation
Printing the Test Patterns
Stopping
Self Test
Starting
To start the Self Test, follow these steps
Epson LQ mode, the self Test looks like this
Font List
To start the Font List, follow these steps
Demo Prints 1
To start the Demo Prints, follow these steps
Pausing a Print Operation
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Chapter Using the Printer With Your Software
Printer Setup Within Windows
Paper Size option
Selecting Printing Options
Transparency
Paper Source option
Media Type option
Plain Paper
Grayscale
Print Selection option
Print Quality options
Black and White
Orientation option
Special Options
Other selections
Pattern 1 and Pattern
Halftone
Diffusion
Intensity
Printing a Document
To improve printing speed, you can try the following
Ways to Improve Print speed in Windows
§ Avoid diffusion halftones
Background Printing
Using the Windows Print Manager
Foreground Printing
Setting Up MS-DOS Application Programs
Selecting a Printer Driver
Printer control mode Typeface BJ mode Epson LQ mode
Selecting a Printer Control Mode
Your printer has two resident printer control modes
Printer control mode Print style BJ mode Epson LQ mode
Setting Up WordPerfect for Your Printer
Software and Printer Compatibility
For details
Feeding Paper
Chapter Using the Operator Panel
Line feeding
Selecting a Print Mode
Print mode Function Speed at 10 cpi
Form feeding
Selecting reduction mode cancel Smoothing mode if set
Using the Reduction Modes
Two-thirds Reduction Mode
Select your print mode as follows
Selecting the Reduction Mode
One-half Reduction Mode
Performing Automatic Line Feeds
Chapter Maintaining the Printer
Cleaning the Printer
Printer Guidelines
Replacing the Ink Cartridge
Clean the exterior of the printer
To avoid spilling ink, follow these precautions
Using Ink
Ink Cartridge Guidelines
Installing the Ink Cartridge
Take the new ink cartridge out of its protective packaging
Push the lock lever down until it locks into place
Cleaning the Print Head
Ink Cartridges Continually Run Out of Ink
Follow these guidelines when storing your ink cartridges
Transporting the Printer
Storing Ink Cartridges
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Check List
Chapter Troubleshooting
Error Light Problems
Securely latched in place. Make sure there is no gap
Operational Problems
If the error persists, call the Canon help desk
Reinstall the ink cartridge checking that it is
Printing Problems
Paper Loading Problems
Make sure the stack of paper is straight in the sheet feeder
Print Quality Problems
Feed a few sheets of paper through the printer
Windows Problems
Jagged look. Changing the resolution to 360 dpi
Should correct this problem
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To verify a proper SET Temp statement, follow these steps
If you are using MS-DOS 5.x or lower, type the following
Clearing Paper Jams
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Function Setting
Factory Default Settings
Chapter Customizing the Printer
BJ-10 Mode
DIP Switch Settings
DIP switch Function
DIP switches Character set
DIP switches 5, 6
DIP switch
Epson LQ Mode
DIP switches Typeface
Changing a DIP Switch Setting
Make sure the printer is turned off
Close the DIP switch cover after making your selections
Printing Speed
Appendix a Printer Specifications
Sheet Feeder Capacity
Paper Size
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Reduction Mode
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Line Feed Pitch
Resident Printer Control Modes
Printing Characters
Graphic Image Print
Mode Pitch Characters per line
Storing Environment
Interface
Ink Cartridge
Operating Environment
To print envelopes in AmiPro 3.0, follow these steps
Appendix B Application Notes
Printing Envelopes in Microsoft Windows
AmiPro
Microsoft Word 6.0 for Windows
Microsoft Word for Windows
Microsoft Word 2.0 for Windows
Printing envelopes other than the first time
WordPerfect
WordPerfect
First time printing envelopes
Works 3.0 for Windows