Canon BJ-200ex manual Setting Up MS-DOS Application Programs, Foreground Printing

Because most of the print is actually the processing time needed for the computer to prepare the print file, background printing does not usually give you any real advantage.

Foreground Printing

If the Print Manager is not active (turned off), the print file that your application and printer driver create is sent directly to the printer. This means you are printing in the foreground and you cannot use your computer for other work until you have finished printing.

Printing usually works best with the BJ-200ex when the Print Manager is turned off. You can turn off the Print Manager by using the Control Panel in the Main Group window. Select the Printers icon, then click on the X that is in the Use Print Manager check box. (This will make the X disappear.)

Setting Up MS-DOS Application Programs

If you are not using Windows, follow the guidelines in this section for setting up our applications for use with the Bubble Jet Printer BJ-200ex. If you installed the Canon BJ- 200ex Windows printer driver as described in the previous section and will be printing only under Windows, you can ignore this information.