Maintaining the Printer, Recharging the battery pack | Canon K10158

Chapter 6

Maintaining the Printer

This chapter covers the care and maintenance of your Canon BJC-50 printer including instructions for transporting, storing, and cleaning the printer, replacing BJ Cartridges, and cleaning the print head.

Your printer requires little maintenance but to keep it in top operating condition, you should perform the following routine maintenance.

■Recharging and replacing the battery pack

This section shows you how to recharge and replace your battery pack.

Install and use only a Canon Li-Ion Battery LB-50 in this printer. You must install the battery pack and leave it installed in the printer even if you intend to use the printer only with the AC adapter. If the battery pack is not installed, the printer CHARGE/ERROR lamp will light orange and the printer will beep six times.

Recharging the battery pack

When the power in the battery pack runs low, the CHARGE/ERROR lamp flashes orange and the printer beeps four times. When the power in the battery pack is depleted, the CHARGE/ERROR lamp lights orange and the printer beeps twice (one long and one short beep).

Follow this procedure to recharge the battery pack.

NEVER ATTEMPT TO RECHARGE THE BATTERY PACK WITH

ANYTHING OTHER THAN THE UNIVERSAL AC ADAPTER AD-360U

SUPPLIED.

For best results, charge the battery pack at room temperature 10°C to 30°C (50°F to 86°F). The battery pack will recharge very slowly at low temperature and will not charge fully at high temperature.

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Contents

Trademark Notice FCC Regulations International Energy Star Program Canadian Radio Interference Regulations Table of Contents Colour Printing and Black-and-White Printing Appendix B Code Pages and Character Sets How to use this manual IntroductionChapter Conventions High quality ink Features and benefitsSimple maintenance Compact portable design BJ Cartridges and ink cartridges Wireless ConnectionScanner feature Options and supplies Black BJ Cartridge BC-10 BJ Cartridge Storage Container SB-10Color Image Scanner Cartridge IS-12 Print media Power supply Canon Auto Sheet Feeder ASF-50 Available options Selecting a location for your printer Setting Up the Printer Examining the printer Front viewTop cover Battery pack Auto Sheet Feeder ASF-50 connectorPower connector Power lock switch Operation panel Rear view Power button Power lampResume button CHARGE/ERROR lamp Installing the battery pack Setting Up the Printer Setting Up the Printer Connecting the parallel interface Connecting the printer to your computer Setting up the IrDA wireless interface IrDA interface Setting Up the Printer To connect the AC adapter Attaching the AC adapter Switching the printer on and off Choosing which BJ Cartridge to use Installing the BJ Cartridge BJ Cartridge guidelines Raise the top cover BJ Cartridge installation Remove the BJ Cartridge from its protective packaging Insert the BJ Cartridge to Align the marks Performing a test print Mark for the size Above sample was printed with the Black BJ Cartridge BC-10 Installing a printer driver for DOS applications Installing and using printer drivers Printer Name Paper Handling Selecting paper typesPlain paper Envelopes Special media To open the printer driver for Windows 98/Windows Loading paper and other media To open the printer driver for Windows To check the settings for a DOS application Name Media Type Print Side Purpose Loading Table for Manual Feed Paper guide Paper Handling Start the print job with your software application Starting the test prints Performing Test Prints Following table lists the defaults for each setting Demonstration Sample test prints Status Information Sample Printer settingsBJ Mode Ripple Pattern Sample Ripple pattern Font Sample LQ Mode Ripple Pattern SampleBJ Mode Font Sample Nozzle Check Pattern Hexadecimal dump test LQ Mode Font SampleTo turn on the hexadecimal dump mode To turn off the hexadecimal dump mode Colour Printing and Black-and- White Printing Printing with WindowsPrinting with DOS applications Changing the BJ Cartridges Preparing your printer Hold the green tab to remove the BJ Cartridge Mark Protective tape Protective cap Colour Printing and Black-and-White Printing Printing with a colour BJ Cartridge Benefits of colour printingSelecting the print media Understanding your software application’s capabilities Green RGB method Blue MagentaCMYK method Cyan Matching Colours displayed on your monitor with printouts Adjustment of colour from within software applications Adjustments made to the monitor Colour and cost Recharging and replacing the battery pack Recharging the battery packMaintaining the Printer Press the Power button to switch the printer off Replacing the battery pack Maintaining the Printer Handling ink cartridges Replacing ink cartridges Black BJ Cartridge BC-10 employs only one ink cartridge Examining the ink cartridges Replacing an ink cartridge Ink Cartridge BCI-10 Black Ink Cartridges BCI-11 Color and Black Remove the orange protective cap from the new ink cartridge BCI-11BCI-10 Insert the ink cartridge to align the marks Replacing BJ Cartridges Before you replace a worn BJ CartridgeReplacing a BJ Cartridge Removing the BJ Cartridge Installing the Color Image Scanner Cartridge IS-12 Open the top cover Installing the Scanner Cartridge Removing the Scanner Cartridge Tab Before you start cleaning Cleaning the printer Cleaning inside and outside the printer To start cleaning/flushing from the operation panel Cleaning the print head Preparing the printer for travel or storage Maintaining the Printer Check List Troubleshooting Buzzer beeps six times when power is on Errors indicated by the CHARGE/ERROR lampCHARGE/ERROR lamp lights and and buzzer beeps once CHARGE/ERROR lamp flashes green when power is off CHARGE/ERROR lamp flashes and buzzer beeps five times CHARGE/ERROR lamp flashes and buzzer beeps onceCHARGE/ERROR lamp flashes and buzzer beeps three times CHARGE/ERROR lamp flashes and buzzer beeps four times Clearing paper jams Printer does not switch on Operational problems Ink runs out sooner than expected Power lamp comes on, but printer does not print Sheet of paper is ejected upon starting up Windows Print quality problemsWhite streaks, dots missing, or irregular dots Paper does not eject after printing To start flushing Normal print sample To clean the print head Output appears jagged Printout is not clearCharacters are blurred or smudged Smudges on back or edge of printed Colour printing problems Printer prints only in black-and-whiteColours are broken or uneven Printing is slow Colours print incorrectly Strange characters Other printing problems Printing job halts before completion Printer prints incorrect number of lines on a Characters on the screen do not match printed charactersPrinting beyond edge IrDA printing stops and paper is ejected Computer indicates a device time-out Where to Find More Help United States Paper size Paper SpecificationsPaper weight Appendix a Paper and special media Printing area European DL size Code Pages and Character Sets Appendix BCode pages MultilingualLatin I -- Code USA English -- Code Cyrillic Russian -- Code Slavic Latin II -- Code Portuguese -- Code Turkish -- Code Arabic -- Code Canadian French -- Code Greek -- Code Nordic -- Code Character sets BJ mode NUL BEL Pts International character sets LQ mode Epson character tables Table below shows the International Character Sets Graphics Character Table Printer Command Summaries Entering a setup string in LotusAppendix C BJ mode command summary BJ mode exampleLQ mode example ESCape sequence codes Basic control codes ESC E Line Feed Character Height Miscellaneous control codes Alternate Graphics Mode AGM codes ESCape sequence code for colour printing LQ mode command summary ESC SO ESC @ USA Roman 10,12,15,17,20, Proportional Options and Supplies Appendix DConsumables Available options Paper and special media System Requirements Before Installing the IR Communications Driver VersionInfrared Communications Appendix EPage Appendix E Infrared Communications Specifications Printer SpecificationsAppendix F Maximum Number of Characters per Line Interface Operating Environment Temperature IrDA interface Interface SpecificationsAppendix G Parallel interface Glossary Bubble Jet printer BJ modeBit BJ Cartridge Commercial 10 US Commercial CommandConfiguration Code Dot matrix Default settingEmbedded printer commands Dithering Fixed pitch font Factory defaultFont characteristics Fixed pitch spacing Home position Hexadecimal dump modeHigh Quality HQ mode High Speed HS mode IrDA LQ modeInterface port Internal fonts Paper jam Non-impact printerOrientation Paper feed Print head capping Print modePrinter command Printer control mode Spacing ResolutionSaturation Software application Superscript Text modeText scale mode Subtractive colours Index Index High Gloss Film HG-101 colour printing, 58 described For colour BJ Mode miscellaneous codes, 118 Lotus 1-2-3 RGB Index