Canon BJ-200ex manual Printing Problems

		between the ink cartridge and the holder.
		Perform the print head cleaning procedure
		described in Chapter 6, Maintaining the Printer.
		If cleaning the print head does not resolve the
		problem, your ink cartridge my be out of ink.
		Replace the ink cartridge and try printing again.
Overall printing	Smoothing mode may be	Disable the Smoothing mode.
is slow from	enabled.
MS-DOS.
	High Quality mode may be	Try turning off HQ mode via the operator panel.
	enabled.
Overall printing	The Print Manager my be	Make sure the Print Manager is turned off.
is slow from	turned on.
Windows.
	Print options may be too	In the Windows driver or your software application, set all
	complex.	print options to their defaults.
		See page 75 for ways to improve speed.

Printing Problems

If you are having printing problems, check the problems and solutions in the following table.

Problem	Cause
Data from	There may be a communication
computer	problem between the printer and
printed, but is	your computer.
not what you
expected.
	Cable connections may not be
	secure.

Solution

Check the computer or the application to see if the host is configured correctly: printer port, printer driver, print manager.

Check that your cable connections are secure.

NOTE: Make sure your interface cable is no longer than 6.6 feet. Avoid useing A/B switch boxes or switch boxes that have a total cable length of more than 6.6 feet.

	Printer control mode may not
	match the printer device.
	Previous software settings may not
	be cleared.
Printed	Many graphics characters and
characters do not	special symbols are produced by
match characters	different ASCII codes according to
on the screen.	the type of printer and computer
	being used.
Printing beyond	Paper may not be aligned correctly
edge of page.	in sheet feeder.
	Software settings may be
	incorrect.
	DIP switch 1 may be set
	incorrectly.

Check that the printer control mode (BJ-10 or Epson LQ) matches the printer driver you selected.

Check that the printer was cleared of the previous software settings before the print job started.

Set the correct character table and printer control mode using the printer's DIP switches. For details on character sets, contact the Canon fax retrieval system and request the BJ-200ex Printer Command Summary.

Make sure the paper is aligned correctly in the sheet feeder.

Check the software setting for the right margin.

Check the setting of DIP switch 1. This DIP switch controls the horizontal print position:

§For Letter size paper, set it to OFF.