Canon BJC-8200

BUBBLE JET PRINTER

User’s Guide

QA7-0884-V01

Contents

Main Page Trademarks About this document International ENERGY ST AR Program Conventions Caution Using the Printer Safely Choosing a location Power supply Cleaning the printer Maintaining the printer Working around the printer Choosing a location Power supply Working around the printer BJ Print Head and ink tanks Switching the printer off Using the printer near appliances and fluorescent lamps Regulations for the United Kingdom bereinstimmungserklrung entsprechend EN55 022 Table of Contents Appendices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79 About your guides Quick Start Guide Reference Guides (on CD-ROM) On-line Help Printing Is everything ready? Have you completed setting up the printer? Is the printer ready to print? Printing photographs Summary of printing photographs Printing a photograph in Windows 98, Windows 95 8. Printing a photograph with the Macintosh Page Using the Scanner Cartridge What you need Page Remove the BJ Print Head and insert it into the storage container. Install the Scanner Cartridge in the printer. Close the front cover. Perform white level calibration Scan the original photograph Saving the scanned image Install the BJ Print Head and print the image Set the media in the printer. Start the print job. Page Page Saving the scanned image Install the BJ Print Head and print the image Page Page Save to a file the photograph taken with the digital camera Set the media in the printer Perform the printer driver settings Starting the print job Perform the printer driver settings Starting the print job Using the Printer Driver Using the Printer Driver From the File menu, select Print. Click the Properties button. Opening the printer driver Selecting the printer driver options Main tab Page Layout tab Maintenance tab Choosing a print mode Selecting a media type Changing the page size Opening the printer driver Selecting the printer driver options Selecting a print mode Selecting a media type Changing the paper size For general printing Loading Paper and Special Print Media Media that you can use with this printer Canon media for quality image printing Canon creative media Loading Paper and Special Print Media Paper thickness Load limit and Paper Thickness Lever position Paper or media you should never load in the printer Setting media correctly Loading Photo Paper Pro PR - 101 Loading plain paper or High Resolution Paper HR - 101 Page Loading Glossy Photo Paper GP - 301 Page Page Other media for creative printing Transparencies CF-102 T-Shirt Transfer TR-201 Banner Paper BP-101 Welcome to House Warming Party!! Troubleshooting Here is an overview of what is described in this chapter. Cannot install the printer driver or the scanner driver Printer prints meaningless characters and symbols Cancelling a print job A Cancelling a print job while the computer is sending the printing data to the printer Printing on thick paper Paper Jams Paper or media jammed during auto feed Paper jammed during manual feed. Low ink alert Troubleshooting Printer beeps and it does not print Beeps Cause Solution Error message appears Operating System Errors Printing quality is unsatisfactory Using the recommended paper or special media Changing the printer driver settings Page Aligning the print head Page Page Troubleshooting 4 Reading the print head alignment pattern Adjusting color A printout is unclear, faded Summary of correcting the problem Printing a nozzle check pattern Page Cleaning the print head Page Deep cleaning the print head Page Page Color is strange Check the position of the ink tanks in the BJ Print Head Scanner Cartridge does not operate correctly When connected via USB Page Page Appendices Appen 10/2/99 6:42 AM Page 79 Specifications BJC-8200 Printer Page Canon Technical Support About the operating environment