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Form feeding
If you are loading paper, make sure the printer is off-line. Press the LF/FF button to load the first sheet of paper to its top of form. (If you are running a software application, you don't need to perform this step. The application will tell the printer when to load paper.)
Line feeding
When a sheet of paper is loaded and the printer is off-line, press the LF/FF button to advance the paper one line. Press the button repeatedly to feed many lines.
Ejecting paper
To eject a sheet of paper, make sure the printer is off-line, then press and hold the LF/FF button for more than one second. The printer will eject the current sheet of paper.
Selecting a Print Mode
Your printer incorporates two print modes that allow you to choose between print speed and print quality:
Print mode | Function | Speed at 10 cpi |
HS | High speed and draft | 248 cps |
| quality printing | |
HQ | High quality printing | 204 cps |
Smoothing | High quality print with | |
| polished edges | |
You use the PRINT MODE button to select the current print mode when the printer is off-line. The default selection is HQ mode. Pressing the PRINT MODE button toggles from HQ to HS mode. The HS and HQ lights indicate which mode is selected.
The print mode may be overriden by your software application.
BJ-200ex
Contents
Using the Printer With Your Software
Appendix a
Features and Benefits
Chapter Introduction
Excellent Print Quality
Convenient Paper Handling
Reduction Mode
Simple Maintenance
Software Compatibility
Print Media
Options and Supplies
Ink Cartridge
Related Publication
Help Desk
Bulletin Board Services
Customer Support
Fax Number
Servicing the Printer
Canada
Supplies
Follow these steps to unpack your printer
Chapter Setting Up the Printer
Unpacking the Printer
Carefully remove all items from the box
Removing the Shipping Materials
Check to see that you have the following items
Remove the shipping tape from the outside of the printer
Remove the shipping tape inside the printer
Selecting a Location for Your Printer
Examining the Printer
From the Front
Operator Panel
From the Back
Attaching the Power Cord
Inside the Printer
Connecting Your Printer to the Computer
Installing the Ink Cartridge
To install the in cartridge, follow these steps
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Push the lock lever down until it locks into place
Close the front cover
To turn on the printers power, follow these steps
Turning On the Printer
Cleaning the Print Head
Loading a Stack of Paper
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Printing a Test Pattern
Do not force the paper into the printer
Installing a Printer Driver
Press the Power button to turn off the printer
Printer starts to print Demo Print
Installing the Windows Printer Driver and Visual Guide
Using the Visual Guide
Using the BJ-200ex Windows Driver
Installing the Canon TrueType Fonts for Microsoft Windows
Managing Your Printers Features
Software Applications
Operator Panel Buttons
Line Printers and Processing
DIP Switches
Line Printers Versus Page Printers
Line Printers
Congratulations
Printers and Processing
Plain Papers
Chapter Using the Printer
Selecting Paper Types
Transparencies
Setting the Paper Thickness Lever
For complete paper specifications, see Appendix a
Before Loading Paper
Setting the Paper Selection Lever
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Printer Settings for Various Print Media
Printing Documents
Paper Thickness Selection Loading Paper type Lever Method
Specifying Print Options
Automatically Feeding Paper
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
Manually Feeding Paper
Printing Single Sheets
Specifying Manual Feed
Make sure the printer is turned on and on-line
Open the top cover and check the paper thickness lever
Set the paper selection lever to the front
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Printing on Transparencies
Start your print operation
Printing on Envelopes
Turning On the Printers Envelope Mode
Preparing Your Software
Preparing the Printer
Insert the envelopes
Adjust the paper guide to the stack of envelopes
Turning Off Envelope Mode
Printing on Legal-size Paper
Printing in Landscape Orientation
Printing the Test Patterns
To start the Self Test, follow these steps
Self Test
Starting
Stopping
Font List
Epson LQ mode, the self Test looks like this
To start the Font List, follow these steps
Demo Prints 1
Pausing a Print Operation
To start the Demo Prints, follow these steps
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Chapter Using the Printer With Your Software
Printer Setup Within Windows
Selecting Printing Options
Paper Size option
Plain Paper
Paper Source option
Media Type option
Transparency
Black and White
Print Selection option
Print Quality options
Grayscale
Special Options
Orientation option
Other selections
Halftone
Pattern 1 and Pattern
Diffusion
Printing a Document
Intensity
Ways to Improve Print speed in Windows
To improve printing speed, you can try the following
§ Avoid diffusion halftones
Using the Windows Print Manager
Background Printing
Setting Up MS-DOS Application Programs
Foreground Printing
Selecting a Printer Driver
Selecting a Printer Control Mode
Printer control mode Typeface BJ mode Epson LQ mode
Your printer has two resident printer control modes
Setting Up WordPerfect for Your Printer
Printer control mode Print style BJ mode Epson LQ mode
Software and Printer Compatibility
For details
Chapter Using the Operator Panel
Feeding Paper
Form feeding
Selecting a Print Mode
Print mode Function Speed at 10 cpi
Line feeding
Select your print mode as follows
Using the Reduction Modes
Two-thirds Reduction Mode
Selecting reduction mode cancel Smoothing mode if set
One-half Reduction Mode
Selecting the Reduction Mode
Performing Automatic Line Feeds
Cleaning the Printer
Chapter Maintaining the Printer
Printer Guidelines
Clean the exterior of the printer
Replacing the Ink Cartridge
Using Ink
To avoid spilling ink, follow these precautions
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
Storing Ink Cartridges
Follow these guidelines when storing your ink cartridges
Transporting the Printer
Ink Cartridges Continually Run Out of Ink
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Chapter Troubleshooting
Check List
Error Light Problems
Reinstall the ink cartridge checking that it is
Operational Problems
If the error persists, call the Canon help desk
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
Should correct this problem
Windows Problems
Jagged look. Changing the resolution to 360 dpi
Feed a few sheets of paper through the printer
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If you are using MS-DOS 5.x or lower, type the following
To verify a proper SET Temp statement, follow these steps
Clearing Paper Jams
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Factory Default Settings
Function Setting
Chapter Customizing the Printer
DIP Switch Settings
BJ-10 Mode
DIP switch Function
DIP switches 5, 6
DIP switches Character set
Epson LQ Mode
DIP switch
Changing a DIP Switch Setting
DIP switches Typeface
Make sure the printer is turned off
Close the DIP switch cover after making your selections
Paper Size
Appendix a Printer Specifications
Sheet Feeder Capacity
Printing Speed
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Reduction Mode
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Resident Printer Control Modes
Line Feed Pitch
Printing Characters
Mode Pitch Characters per line
Graphic Image Print
Operating Environment
Interface
Ink Cartridge
Storing Environment
AmiPro
Appendix B Application Notes
Printing Envelopes in Microsoft Windows
To print envelopes in AmiPro 3.0, follow these steps
Microsoft Word for Windows
Microsoft Word 6.0 for Windows
Microsoft Word 2.0 for Windows
First time printing envelopes
WordPerfect
WordPerfect
Printing envelopes other than the first time
Works 3.0 for Windows