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