Installing the BJ Cartridge

This printer is shipped with a colour and black BJ Cartridge, one of which must be installed before you can use the printer. Each BJ Cartridge contains removable ink cartridges and a print head unit which releases the ink.

The Color BJ Cartridge BC-11e or BJ Cartridge BC-12e Photo is

mainly for colour printing, and the Black BJ Cartridge BC-10 is for2 monochrome printing. Select the cartridge based on the print job (colour

or monochrome).

Choosing which BJ Cartridge to use

Color BJ Cartridge BC-11e/BJ Cartridge BC-12e Photo

Use this cartridge for printing in colour. Use the BC-11e/BC-12e Photo whenever you want to produce brilliant colour output. Do not waste the black ink cartridge of this colour BJ Cartridge by printing drafts of black-and-white text documents. Use the colour BJ Cartridge only for printing colour.

(Illustration below shows the Color BJ Cartridge BC-11e.)

Ink Cartridge

Ink Cartridge

BCI-11 Color

BCI-11 Black

When the colour ink

When the black ink

runs out, replace

runs out, replace only

only this ink

this ink cartridge.

cartridge.

 

 

Print head unit

 

Print head

Color BJ Cartridge BC-11e

 

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Canon BJC-55 user manual Installing the BJ Cartridge, Choosing which BJ Cartridge to use