Chapter 4
Using the Printer With Your Software
Your printer will work with a wide variety of applications, such as spreadsheet, word processing, and graphics programs. This chapter describes how to set up your software applications for your printer.
Application programs include a group of programs, called printer drivers, that help the application communicate correctly with specific printers. Before using the printer with your application program, you need to tell the application what type of printer you are using by selecting the printer driver that corresponds to your printer.
Canon provides a BJ-200ex printer driver for Microsoft Windows. The easiest way to use your printer is to install the Windows driver and perform your print operations through the Windows environment.
If you are using Microsoft Windows, you have already installed the driver (as described in Chapter 2, Setting Up the Printer). Also, in the last chapter, Using the Printer, you learned that there are certain print options you can select through your printer driver.
BJ-200ex
Contents
Using the Printer With Your Software
Appendix a
Chapter Introduction
Features and Benefits
Excellent Print Quality
Simple Maintenance
Reduction Mode
Convenient Paper Handling
Software Compatibility
Ink Cartridge
Options and Supplies
Print Media
Related Publication
Customer Support
Bulletin Board Services
Help Desk
Fax Number
Canada
Servicing the Printer
Supplies
Unpacking the Printer
Chapter Setting Up the Printer
Follow these steps to unpack your printer
Carefully remove all items from the box
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 Versus Page Printers
DIP Switches
Line Printers and Processing
Line Printers
Printers and Processing
Congratulations
Selecting Paper Types
Chapter Using the Printer
Plain Papers
Transparencies
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
Specifying Manual Feed
Printing Single Sheets
Manually Feeding Paper
Make sure the printer is turned on and on-line
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
Starting
Self Test
To start the Self Test, follow these steps
Stopping
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
Media Type option
Paper Source option
Plain Paper
Transparency
Print Quality options
Print Selection option
Black and White
Grayscale
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
Print mode Function Speed at 10 cpi
Selecting a Print Mode
Form feeding
Line feeding
Two-thirds Reduction Mode
Using the Reduction Modes
Select your print mode as follows
Selecting reduction mode cancel Smoothing mode if set
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
Transporting the Printer
Follow these guidelines when storing your ink cartridges
Storing Ink Cartridges
Ink Cartridges Continually Run Out of Ink
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Check List
Chapter Troubleshooting
Error Light Problems
If the error persists, call the Canon help desk
Operational Problems
Reinstall the ink cartridge checking that it is
Securely latched in place. Make sure there is no gap
Printing Problems
Paper Loading Problems
Make sure the stack of paper is straight in the sheet feeder
Print Quality Problems
Jagged look. Changing the resolution to 360 dpi
Windows Problems
Should correct this problem
Feed a few sheets of paper through the printer
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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
Sheet Feeder Capacity
Appendix a Printer Specifications
Paper Size
Printing Speed
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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
Ink Cartridge
Interface
Operating Environment
Storing Environment
Printing Envelopes in Microsoft Windows
Appendix B Application Notes
AmiPro
To print envelopes in AmiPro 3.0, follow these steps
Microsoft Word 6.0 for Windows
Microsoft Word for Windows
Microsoft Word 2.0 for Windows
WordPerfect
WordPerfect
First time printing envelopes
Printing envelopes other than the first time
Works 3.0 for Windows