Canon K10158 manual

Contents

Main FCC Regulations Canadian Radio Interference Regulations International ENERGY STARProgram Table of Contents Page Page Chapter 1 Introduction How to use this manual Conventions Features and benefits Compact portable design Excellent print quality and speed in both colour and black and white Options and supplies BJ Cartridges and ink cartridges Page Print media Power supply Available options Chapter 2 Setting Up the Printer Selecting a location for your printer Examining the printer Front view Page Rear view Operation panel Page Installing the battery pack 1. 2. Page Page Connecting the printer to your computer Connecting the parallel interface 1. 2. 3. Setting up the IrDA wireless interface 1. 2. 3. Attaching the AC adapter To connect the AC adapter 1. 2. 3. Switching the printer on and off 1. 2. 3. Installing the BJ Cartridge Choosing which BJ Cartridge to use BJ Cartridge guidelines BJ Cartridge installation 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Page Performing a test print 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Page Installing and using printer drivers Installing a printer driver for Windows 98/Windows 95/Windows 3.1 Installing a printer driver for DOS applications Selecting a DOS printer driver from your software application Chapter 3 Paper Handling Selecting paper types Plain paper Special media Envelopes Loading paper and other media 1. 2. 3. side up at the edge of the feed slot. Loading Table for Manual Feed 4. loading. 5. sheet with the stopper on the left side of the front cover. Page Chapter 4 Performing Test Prints Starting the test prints 1. 2. 3. 1. 2. Page Page Page Page Chapter 5 Colour Printing and Black-and- White Printing Switching between colour printing and black- and-white printing Printing with Windows Printing with DOS applications Preparing your printer 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Page Printing with a colour BJ Cartridge Understanding your software applications capabilities Matching Colours displayed on your monitor with printouts Page Colour and cost Chapter 6 Maintaining the Printer Recharging and replacing the battery pack Recharging the battery pack 1. 2. 3. Page Page Replacing ink cartridges Handling ink cartridges Examining the ink cartridges The Black BJ Cartridge BC-10 employs only one ink cartridge. Replacing an ink cartridge 1. 2. 3. 4. Ink Cartridges BCI-11 Color and Black Ink Cartridge BCI-10 Black 5. Page Replacing BJ Cartridges 3. 4. Installing the Color Image Scanner Cartridge IS-12 Removing the BJ Cartridge 1. 2. Page 6. Installing the Scanner Cartridge 1. 2. Page Page 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Cleaning the printer Before you start cleaning Cleaning inside and outside the printer 1. 2. 3. Cleaning the print head 1. 2. Preparing the printer for travel or storage 7. 8. Chapter 7 Troubleshooting Check List Errors indicated by the CHARGE/ERROR lamp Page Clearing paper jams Operational problems 1. 2. 3. 4. Page 1. 2. Print quality problems White streaks, dots missing, or irregular dots Page Page Colour printing problems 1. 2. 3. 1. Page Other printing problems 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 1. 2. 3. 4. Page Computer indicates a device time-out 1. 2. Where to Find More Help 98 Paper Specifications Printing area Paper and special media Envelopes European DL size Appendix A Paper Specifications 101 The size of the printing area may vary according to settings done with the printer driver. Code Pages and Character Sets Code pages The code page tables are shown on the following pages. USA English Code Page 437 Multilingual(Latin I) Code Page 850* Slavic (Latin II) Code Page 852 Cyrillic (Russian) Code Page 855 104 Turkish Code Page 857 Portuguese Code Page 860 Canadian French Code Page 863 Arabic Code Page 864 106 Nordic Code Page 865 Greek Code Page 869 Character sets BJ mode Page Page LQ mode Page Graphics Character Table Appendix C Printer Command Summaries Entering a setup string in Lotus 1-2-3 1. 2. BJ mode command summary Basic control codes ESCape sequence codes 116 Page m4determines character width: 118 Alternate Graphics Mode (AGM) codes Miscellaneous control codes ESCape sequence code for colour printing 120 LQ mode command summary All of the control codes shown in the following tables can be used when the printer is in LQ mode. Basic control codes ESCape sequence codes Page Page ESCape sequence code for colour printing 124 Appendix D Options and Supplies D Consumables Page Infrared Communications 1. 2. 3. Page Appendix F Specifications Printer Specifications Page Page F Interface Specifications Glossary Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Index A B C D E F G H I L M O P R S T U W