BJ Printer Driver Guide For Windows 2000 and Windows NT 4.0 Users

CANON BJ PRINTER DRIVER GUIDE
BJ Printer Driver Guide for Windows 2000 and

Windows NT 4.0 Users
This guide tells you how to use the Canon BJ Printer Driver under Windows 2000
and Windows NT 4.0. Before reading it and using the printer, be sure to install the
BJ Printer Driver.
Note
?0 This guide contains procedures and screen shots for the Windows 2000 version
of the BJ Printer Driver. However, it is designed for users of both the Windows
2000 and Windows NT 4.0 versions of the driver. Where an item is different for
Windows 2000 and Windows NT 4.0, the NT version is described in parentheses,
like this: (NT 4.0: Xxxxxxxxxx). Where an item applies only to Windows 2000, it is
indicated like this: (Windows 2000 only).
?1 The screen shots in this guide show the printer driver dialogue box. Depending
on your printer model, the dialogue box that actually appears on your computer
screen may be different.
?2 The screen shots are optimised for printing and so may look slightly blurry on
your computer screen.
Canon and BJC are registered trademarks, and Bubble Jet is a trademark, of Canon,
Inc.
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of their respective companies.
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Contents
Contents 2
Getting To Know the BJ Printer Driver 4
Printer Driver Basics 4
Opening the Printer Properties Dialogue Box 4
From your application 4
Directly from the Start menu 4
Setting Up the Printer Driver 5
Using the Print Advisor 5
Using the Tabs 5
Specifying the BJ Cartridge and Media Type 5
Setting the Page Size 6
Confirming the page size 7
Changing the page size (regular paper sizes) 7
Changing the page size (custom paper sizes) 7
Changing the Paper Source 7
Confirming the paper source 8
Changing the paper source 8
Using On-line Help 8
Getting information on a particular topic 8
Getting information on an operation procedure 9
Closing the Printer Properties Dialogue Box 9
Making the print settings take effect 9
Making the Most of the BJ Printer Driver 10
Printing Enlarged and Reduced Documents (Scaled Printing) 10
Scaling to fit 10
Scaling to order 11
Printing a Banner 12
Setting banner printing 12
Changing the Number of Copies 12
Arranging Pages (Windows 2000 only) 12
Creating Effects 13
Simulate Illustration 13
Monochrome Effects 14
Optimizing Images 15
Changing the Print Quality/Halftoning 16
Setting the print quality/halftoning 16
Adjusting Images 17
Adjusting the colours 17
Adjusting the intensity 18
Using Maintenance Functions 19
Cleaning the Print Heads 19
Normal print head cleaning 19
Deep print head cleaning 19
Printing a Nozzle Check Pattern 20
Printing a nozzle check pattern 20
Aligning the Print Heads 20
Starting print-head alignment 20
If your printer has automatic print-head alignment 21
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If your printer has only manual print-head alignment or you've selected manual
alignment 21
Cleaning the Paper Feed Rollers 22
Switching the Printer On and Off 22
Switching the printer off 22
Setting the Auto-Power feature 22
Using the Special Settings 23
Changing the printer operation mode 23
Starting the BJ Status Monitor 24
Using ECP mode 24
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Getting To Know the BJ Printer Driver
Printer Driver Basics

The printer driver is a program that converts text or image files you've created with
an application into print data and sends that data to the printer. The printer driver
processes print data so the printer can use it.
To use a BJ printer connected to your computer, a printer driver must be installed.
For instructions on installing the printer driver, see the file Readme.txt.
Opening the Printer Properties Dialogue Box

To specify the print settings or use maintenance functions such as print head
cleaning, open the printer properties dialogue box. There are two ways you can do
this.
Note
?3 This section describes the general procedures for opening the printer properties
dialogue box. Depending on the application program you use, different menu items
may be used for printing. For more details, see the user's manual for your
application program.
From your application

You can open the Canon XXXX Properties dialogue box from your application
before printing. (XXXX is your printer's model name.) Here's how:
1. Select the command used for printing (for instance, Print or Print Setup in the
File menu) in your application.
2. Make sure Canon XXXX is selected in the Select Printer (NT 4.0: Name) box.
(XXXX is your printer's model name.)
If another printer is displayed, find the Canon XXXX icon (you can scroll the icons
horizontally if necessary) and select it (NT 4.0: click the down-arrow and select
Canon XXXX from the drop-down list).
3. (NT 4.0: Click Properties.
The Canon XXXX Properties dialogue box opens.
Make sure the Main, Page Setup, Effects, Profiles, and Maintenance tabs are
displayed in the dialogue box.)
Directly from the Start menu

To specify print settings that are common to all the applications you use, open the
Canon XXXX Printing Preferences (NT 4.0: Canon XXXX Default) dialogue box
from the Start menu. (XXXX is your printer's model name.)
This method is also helpful when you want to use maintenance functions such as
print head cleaning without starting up an application.
Here's how you do it:
1. Click Start. Point to Settings, then click Printers.
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2. When the Printer window is displayed, click the Canon XXXX icon. (XXXX is your
printer's model name.)
3. Select Printing Preferences... (NT 4.0: Document Defaults...) from the File
menu.
The Canon XXXX Printing Preferences (NT 4.0: Canon XXXX Default) dialogue
box opens.
Make sure the Main, Page Setup, Effects, Profiles, and Maintenance tabs are
displayed in the dialogue box.
Setting Up the Printer Driver

Before you start a print job, open the Canon XXXX Properties or Canon XXXX
Printing Preferences (NT 4.0: Canon XXXX Default) dialogue box and specify the
printer driver settings needed to carry out the print job. The easiest way to do this is
to use the Print Advisor, which will make the basic settings for you. Alternatively, you
can manually specify any setting you like with the different tabs in the printer
properties dialogue box, allowing you fine control over such aspects as print quality
and colour adjustment.
Using the Print Advisor

The easiest way to set the printer driver up to handle a particular print job is to use
the Print Advisor. The Print Advisor wizard takes you through a simple step-by-step
question-and-answer sequence to find out what kind of print job you want to do.
Based on your responses, the Print Advisor suggests how the printer driver should
be set up to handle your print job, and will automatically apply these settings if you're
satisfied with them.
To use the Print Advisor, simply click Print Advisor on the Main tab of the Canon
XXXX Properties or Canon XXXX Printing Preferences (NT 4.0: Canon XXXX
Default) dialogue box and then respond to the questions that appear. After
responding to each group of questions, click Next to go to the next group. If you
change your mind about anything, you can click Back to change your previous
responses.
Using the Tabs

To specify printer driver settings manually with the different tabs in the printer
properties dialogue box, follow the instructions below.
Specifying the BJ Cartridge and Media Type

For correct printing, it's important you match the BJ Cartridge and Media Type
settings in the printer driver with the BJ Cartridges and print medium in the printer.
Here's how:
1. Open the Canon XXXX Properties or Canon XXXX Printing Preferences (NT
4.0: Canon XXXX Default) dialogue box and click the Main tab.
2. Click the down-arrow in the BJ Cartridge box and select the appropriate cartridge
specification from the drop-down list. (Not applicable to single-cartridge
printers.)
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3. Click the down-arrow in the Media Type box and select the appropriate print
medium from the drop-down list.
Note
?4 It's possible to set BJ Cartridge automatically by clicking the Detect... button
on the Main tab. For this feature to work, your printer cable must allow
bidirectional communication and bidirectional support must be enabled in
Windows. You can confirm bidirectional support is enabled by opening the Canon
XXXX Properties dialogue box from the Start menu and making sure Enable
bidirectional support on the Ports tab is checked.
Setting the Page Size

Set the page size you want to use from within your application before printing.
Also make sure the Page Size setting on the Page Setup tab of the Canon XXXX
Printing Preferences (NT 4.0: Canon XXXX Default) or Canon XXXX Properties
dialogue box matches the paper size setting in your application.
Confirming the page size

You can view the page size you're using in the graphic on the Page Setup tab. Make
sure Page Size matches the setting in your application before printing.
(NT 4.0: Page Layout box and Page Border, Reverse Order and Collate checkboxes absent)
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Changing the page size (regular paper sizes)

If Page Size doesn't match the setting in your application, do this:
1. Click the Page Setup tab.
2. Click the down-arrow in the Page Size box, then select the appropriate size from
the drop-down list.
Changing the page size (custom paper sizes)

To use a custom paper size, do this:
1. Click the Page Setup tab.
2. Click the down-arrow in the Page Size box, then select Custom... from the drop-
down list.
The Custom Paper Size dialogue box opens.
3. Select millimeters or inches as the units of measurement with the Units radio
buttons, and enter the desired height and width.
4. Click OK.
Changing the Paper Source

Normally standard print media such as plain paper are loaded in the printer's auto
sheet feeder. So the default paper source setting is Auto Sheet Feeder.
Note
?5 Certain models only have an auto sheet feeder. The paper source setting
cannot be changed for these models.
?6 With the BJC-8500, the default paper source setting is Standard Cassette.
If you're using a special print medium that needs to be fed manually, change the
Paper Source setting from Auto Sheet Feeder to Manual Feed on the Main tab of
the Canon XXXX Printing Preferences (NT 4.0: Canon XXXX Default) or Canon
XXXX Properties dialogue box. Also, if your printer supports paper cassettes, you
can use these by selecting the appropriate Paper Source setting.
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Confirming the paper source

You can see the paper source in use in the graphic on the Main tab.
Changing the paper source

To change the paper source, do this:
1. Click the Main tab.
2. Click the down-arrow in the Paper Source box and select the appropriate paper
source from the drop-down list.
Using On-line Help

To find out about a particular topic, the on-line help function provides the necessary
information on your computer screen.
Getting information on a particular topic

1. Click ? at the top right of the Canon XXXX Printing Preferences (NT 4.0: Canon
XXXX Default) or Canon XXXX Properties dialogue box.
The mouse pointer changes to "?".
2. Click the item you want to know more about.
A simple explanation appears.
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Getting information on an operation procedure

1. Click Help at the bottom right of the Canon XXXX Printing Preferences (NT 4.0:
Canon XXXX Default) or Canon XXXX Properties dialogue box.
An overview of the current tab appears.
2. Click any of the listed features to find out more about that feature.
Closing the Printer Properties Dialogue Box

After the necessary print settings are completed, close the Canon XXXX Printing
Preferences (NT 4.0: Canon XXXX Default) or Canon XXXX Properties dialogue
box and start your print job.
Making the print settings take effect

1. Make sure the printer is set up as shown in the graphic on the Main tab.
2. Click OK.
The print settings are applied and the printer properties dialogue box closes.
Note
?7 If you don't want to apply the print settings, click Cancel.
?8 To restore the print settings to their standard values, click Defaults on each tab.
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Making the Most of the BJ Printer Driver
Printing Enlarged and Reduced Documents (Scaled Printing)

The Scaled Printing feature of the printer driver lets you set a scaling value to print
an enlarged or reduced page image. There are two ways of using this feature.
Scaling to fit
This method is used when you specify a paper size different from the original page
size. It allows you to achieve the best print-image fit for the paper size being used.
1. Open the Canon XXXX Printing Preferences (NT 4.0: Canon XXXX Default) or
Canon XXXX Properties dialogue box and click the Page Setup tab.
2. Check Scaled Printing. The Scaling and Printer Paper Size settings are
enabled.
3. Click the down-arrow to the right of the Printer Paper Size box and select the
desired paper size.
The enlargement or reduction ratio is calculated automatically and Auto is
displayed in the Scaling box. (If you need to make a fine adjustment, check the
Scaling checkbox and change the value in the Scaling box.)
4. Confirm the layout of the printout in the graphic and click OK.
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Note
?9 To change back to the original value (100%), uncheck Scaled Printing.
Scaling to order
You can use this method to apply a specific scaling factor even though you're
printing on the right size of paper for the print job. You can also use this method to
fine-tune the scaling factor when scaling to fit.
2. Check Scaled Printing. The Scaling and Printer Paper Size settings are
enabled.
3. Check Scaling.
4. Set the desired enlargement or reduction ratio in the Scaling box.
To change the value of the enlargement or reduction ratio, click the up- or down-
arrow to the right of the Scaling box. (You can also enter the value directly.)
5. Confirm the layout of the printout in the graphic and click OK.
Note
?10 To change the scaling factor back to its original value (100%), uncheck Scaled
Printing.
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Printing a Banner
With certain BJ printer models, you can print banners by loading special banner
paper in the printer. For details on how to load banner paper, see your printer
manual.
This section describes the print settings for printing on banner paper.
Setting banner printing

Canon XXXX Properties dialogue box and click the Main tab.
2. Click the down-arrow of the Media Type box and select Banner.
A confirmation message appears.
If you click Help, detailed instructions on banner printing are displayed. To skip
these instructions, click OK.
3. Confirm the printer settings by looking at the graphic and click OK.
Note
?11 To turn Banner Printing off, select any media type except Banner in the Media
Type box.
Changing the Number of Copies

You can specify how many copies of a document you want printed. Here's how:
2. Specify the number of copies in the Copies box by entering a number between 1
and 999.
3. Click OK.
The printer properties dialogue box closes.
Note
?12 If Banner is selected in Media Type on the Main tab, you cannot change the
number of copies.
Arranging Pages (Windows 2000 only)

If you're using the Windows 2000 version of the printer driver, you can control the
order in which pages are printed.
1. Open the Canon XXXX Printing Preferences or Canon XXXX Properties
dialogue box and click the Page Setup tab.
2. Check Reverse Order and Collate appropriately.
Reverse Order
Prints pages starting with the last one and ending with the first. This results in
the pages of a document being stacked in the correct order.
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Collate
Groups all the pages of each copy together when printing more than one copy
of a document. If you don't check this box, all the page 1's will be grouped
together, then all the page 2's, and so on. This checkbox is greyed out if
Copies is set to 1.
3. Click OK.
Note
?13 The Page Layout box and Page Border, Reverse Order and Collate
checkboxes will be greyed out if you've selected Print directly to the printer or
turned Enable advanced printing features off on the Advanced tab of the Canon
XXXX Properties dialogue box.
Creating Effects
You can make printed images more interesting or eye-catching by applying different
effects to them. The printer driver offers two effects: Simulate Illustration and
Monochrome Effects. These effects are available on the Effects tab.
Simulate Illustration
The Simulate Illustration effect lets you make photographs look like hand-drawn
illustrations.
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To turn the Simulate Illustration effect on, do this:

Canon XXXX Properties dialogue box and click the Effects tab.
2. Check Simulate Illustration.
The graphic on the tab shows you what the effect looks like.
3. Looking at the graphic, drag the Contrast slider to lighten or darken the effect if
required.
4. Click OK.
The printer properties dialogue box closes and printing starts.
Note
?14 You can further modify the effect by using Monochrome Effects. See the next
item for details.
Monochrome Effects
Monochrome Effects lets you turn a colour image into a tinted monochrome image.
You can also use it to colourize a black and white image.
To turn Monochrome Effects on, do this:
2. Check Monochrome Effects.
The graphic on the tab shows you what the effect looks like.
3. Choose the tint you want to give your picture.
If you don't like the Sepia, Blue, Pink or Green preset tints, choose Select
Colour and drag the Colour slider to find a suitable tint. You can see the selected
tint in the colour swatch above the slider.
4. Click OK.
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Optimizing Images
Low-resolution images, such as web-page graphics downloaded via the Internet, and
images you've enlarged with a graphics application often contain jagged edges. To
smooth these edges when printing, turn the Image Optimizer on.
Without Image Optimizer With Image Optimizer

For example, you can use the Image Optimizer when printing a low-resolution image
from a Web page on the Internet.
To turn the Image Optimizer on, do this:
2. Check Image Optimizer to enable the Image Optimizer setting.
3. Click OK.
Note
?15 The Image Optimizer setting may have little or no effect on printing, depending
on the application you're using.
?16 The Image Optimizer setting has more effect on low-resolution images than on
high-resolution ones.
?17 Using the Image Optimizer may slow printing down.
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If you want to print an image taken with a digital camera or acquired by a scanner,
you may want to correct any problems with the image-for instance, colour shift,
overexposure or underexposure. You can do this by applying photo optimisation with
Photo Optimizer or Photo Optimizer PRO, depending on which of these two features
your printer supports.
Without Photo Optimisation With Photo Optimisation

To turn photo optimisation on, do this:
2. Check Photo Optimizer or Photo Optimizer PRO to enable photo optimisation.
3. When printing image data that has been processed in some way, such as being
cropped or rotated, check Apply Throughout Page so the entire page will be
treated as a single image to be optimised.
4. Click OK.
Note
?18 Photo optimisation does not work if you are doing banner printing.
Changing the Print Quality/Halftoning

If your printouts aren't satisfactory, the printer driver lets you make fine adjustments
to the print quality and halftoning settings.
Setting the print quality/halftoning

Note
?19 If there is a problem in the image data you want to print, the print quality and
halftoning settings may not be visible or effective.
1. Open the Canon XXXX Printing Preferences (NT 4.0: Canon XXXX Default)
or Canon XXXX Properties dialogue box and click the Main tab.
2. Select Custom for the Print Quality and click Set....
The Set Print Quality dialogue box opens.
3. Set Print Quality and Halftoning the way you want.
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Print Quality
To improve the print quality, drag the Print Quality slider toward Fine. The
resolution and print mode change according to the setting of the slide bar.
Using a higher setting increases printing time.
Halftoning
The colours and shapes of printouts are reproduced by the ink dots ejected
from the nozzles of the print heads. Halftoning determines the colour
boundaries of intermediate tones.
Dither lines up ink dots of different colours according to rules specified in the
printer driver. Use this setting for printing graphics or charts with clearly-
defined colour boundaries.
Diffusion randomly positions ink dots of different colours. Use this setting for
printing natural images such as photographs.
Auto lets the printer driver automatically distinguish between the types of
image data and use the most appropriate halftoning method.
4. Click OK.
The Set Print Quality dialogue box closes.
5. Click OK.
Note
?20 Depending on the BJ Cartridge and Media Type settings on the Main tab,
some of the Print Quality and Halftoning settings cannot be used.
Adjusting Images
If the colour of your printouts is unsatisfactory, you can adjust the colour balance and
intensity. Use this feature only when you want to make fine adjustments to the colour
balance in the printouts, and do not change the settings too much. (Note that this
feature doesn't correct the overall colour balance of the image data as some image
editing applications do.)
Adjusting the colours

2. Select Manual for Colour Adjustment and click Set....
The Manual Colour Adjustment dialogue box opens.
3. Set the following items as needed:
Colour Balance
Move the sliders for the individual colours. For example, when blues are too
strong in the printouts, drag the slide bar for Cyan to the left.
Print Type
Specifies whether printouts should emphasise intermediate tones or produce
bright and sharp colours. When you select Auto, the printer driver
automatically distinguishes among the types of image data, and switches to the
most appropriate matching method.
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Brightness
Specifies the contrast among intermediate tones between black and white.
Adjusting the brightness towards Light makes the overall image brighter, with
stronger contrast in light areas and lower contrast in dark areas.
4. Click OK.
The Manual Colour Adjustment dialogue box closes.
5. Click OK.
Adjusting the intensity

Specifies whether to make the overall printout darker or lighter.
To adjust the intensity, do the following:
2. Select Manual for Colour Adjustment and click Set....
The Manual Colour Adjustment dialogue box opens.
3. Move the Intensity slider to the left (lighter) or right (darker).
4. Click OK.
The Manual Colour Adjustment dialogue box closes.
5. Click OK.
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Using Maintenance Functions
With the printer driver's Maintenance tab, you can access various functions that
affect how your printer performs. These functions vary with the printer model, so
some of the functions described below may not be available for your printer.
Cleaning the Print Heads

Cleaning the print heads clears the nozzles. There are two ways to clean the print
heads: normal print head cleaning and deep print head cleaning. Always try normal
print head cleaning first. If this doesn't correct the problem then try deep print head
cleaning.
Note
?21 Cleaning the print heads uses up a lot of ink, so only do it when absolutely
necessary.
Normal print head cleaning

To clean the print heads normally, do this:
Canon XXXX Properties dialogue box and click the Maintenance tab.
2. Click Cleaning.
Print head cleaning begins.
Note
?22 For details on when to clean the print heads, see your printer manual.
?23 Depending on your printer model, a Print Head Cleaning dialogue box may
open when you click Cleaning, allowing you to select which print heads to clean.
?24 Print a nozzle check pattern to confirm the success of normal print head
cleaning. See Printing a Nozzle Check Pattern for details.
Deep print head cleaning

If normal print head cleaning does not correct the problem, perform deep print head
cleaning. Here's how:
2. Click Deep Cleaning.
Print head cleaning begins.
Note
?25 Always execute normal print head cleaning first. Only when the normal print
head cleaning does not correct the problem, perform deep print head cleaning.
?26 For details on when to clean the print heads, see your printer manual.
?27 Print a nozzle check pattern to confirm the success of deep print head
cleaning. See Printing a Nozzle Check Pattern for details.
Printing a Nozzle Check Pattern

The nozzle check pattern confirms whether the inks are being correctly ejected from
the print head nozzles and whether the print heads are correctly aligned. Print the
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nozzle check pattern when your printouts are streaked or the colour tones are not
correct, or after print head cleaning was performed.
Printing a nozzle check pattern

2. Click Nozzle Check.
3. When a confirmation message appears, make sure paper is loaded in the printer
and the printer is on.
4. Click OK.
5. Look at the check patterns and do the correction procedure.
There are separate patterns for the Black BJ Cartridge and Colour BJ Cartridge.
For details on pattern correction, see your printer manual.
Note
?28 If cleaning has no effect, do normal print head cleaning and deep print head
cleaning again. If, after cleaning the print head several times, the nozzle check
pattern is still not satisfactory, the print heads may be worn out and the BJ
Cartridge must be replaced.
?29 For details on how to replace the BJ Cartridge, see your printer manual.
Aligning the Print Heads

With dual-cartridge and some single-cartridge printer models, each time you replace
a BJ Cartridge or switch BJ Cartridges for a special print job, you must align the print
heads to ensure optimum printing.
Some models have a manual print-head alignment feature, and other models also
have automatic alignment. If you have a model with the automatic print-head
alignment feature, but automatic alignment does not work for some reason, execute
manual print-head alignment.
Normally, you don't have to worry about whether your printer uses an automatic or a
manual print-head alignment system. Just start print-head alignment and follow the
instructions that appear on the screen.
Starting print-head alignment

2. Click Print Head Alignment.
3. When a confirmation message appears, make sure the printer is on and A4- or
Letter-size plain paper is loaded in the printer.
4. Click OK.
What happens next depends on whether your printer has the automatic print-head
alignment feature or not.
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If your printer has automatic print-head alignment

The printer starts to print the head alignment pattern. Once this pattern has been
printed, print-head alignment is complete.
Note
?30 The automatic print-head alignment feature may not work properly in the
following circumstances:
Ink has run out.
The nozzles of the print heads are clogged.
The printer's paper tray and extension are exposed to strong light.
If this occurs, use the manual print-head alignment feature:
1. Open the Canon XXXX Printing Preferences (NT 4.0: Canon XXXX Default)
or Canon XXXX Properties dialogue box and click the Maintenance tab.
2. Click Custom Settings.
3. Check Align heads manually and click Send.
4. When a confirmation message appears, make sure the printer is on and click
OK.
5. Carry out the Starting Print-Head Alignment procedure described above.
If your printer has only manual print-head alignment or you've selected manual
alignment
The printer starts to print the standard head alignment pattern. Once this pattern has
been printed, do this:
1. Click Yes in the confirmation message dialogue box.
2. Check all the patterns.
For each pattern, enter the appropriate number where the lines come closest
together.
When you finish entering numbers, click OK.
3. When a confirmation message appears, make sure the printer is on and A4- or
Letter-size plain paper is loaded, then click OK.
The printer starts to print the high-speed or high-resolution head alignment
pattern.
4. Check all the patterns.
For each pattern, enter the appropriate number where you see the lines most
perfectly aligned.
5. When you finish entering numbers, click OK.
6. Click OK.
The print heads are now in alignment.
Note
?31 To return the setting from manual print head alignment to automatic print head
alignment, disable Align heads manually in the Custom Settings dialogue box
and click Send.
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Cleaning the Paper Feed Rollers

With frequent use of high-resolution paper and other coated paper, paper dust from
the coated surfaces of such media accumulates on the printer's paper feed rollers
and may cause misfeeds and paper jams. If this occurs, use a special cleaning sheet
to clean the paper feed rollers.
2. Click Roller Cleaning.
3. When a confirmation message appears, make sure the special cleaning sheet is
loaded in the printer and the printer is on.
4. Click OK.
Cleaning begins.
Note
?32 For details on the special cleaning sheet, see Cleaning the Paper Feed Rollers
in your printer manual.
Switching the Printer On and Off

You can switch the printer on and off from the printer properties dialogue box.
In addition, the Auto Power On/Off feature can turn the printer off if no data has been
sent to the printer for a certain period and turn the printer back on when data is sent
to the printer.
Switching the printer off

2. Click Power Off.
3. When a confirmation message appears, click OK.
The printer is turned off.
Setting the Auto-Power feature

2. Click Auto Power.
3. Select the desired settings in the Auto Power Settings dialogue box.
Auto Power On
Click the down-arrow and select either Enable or Disable. When this setting is
enabled, the printer is turned on when data is sent to the printer. The default
setting is Disable.
Auto Power Off
Click the down-arrow and select the desired value. If data has not been sent to
the printer within the set time interval, the printer is turned off automatically.
The default setting is Disable.
4. Make sure the printer is turned on and click Send.
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5. When a confirmation message appears, click OK.

Note
?33 To disable the Auto Power On/Off setting, select Disable for both Auto Power
On and Auto Power Off in the Auto Power Settings dialogue box.
Using the Special Settings

With certain printer models, you can use special settings that allow you to change
the printer operation mode in the printer driver.
Changing the printer operation mode

To change the printer operation mode settings, follow the steps below. The available
settings depend on the printer model, as indicated.
Canon XXXX Properties dialogue box and click Custom Settings on the
Maintenance tab.
The Custom Settings dialogue box opens.
2. Change the printer operation mode, as needed.
Photo BJ Cartridge Detection
Check to make the driver warn you if a photo BJ cartridge is installed in the
printer when you start normal colour printing.
Pause Page
Check to increase the pause between printed pages after performing high
density printing. Use this setting to prevent the backs of pages being stained
after they are printed and ejected from the printer.
Pause Scan
Check to increase the pause in the print head operation while the print job is
being executed. Use this setting to prevent the next page from stacking on top
of a printed page before it is dry.
Set printer to ECP mode
Check to use the ECP mode setting to operate the printer. For details on the
ECP mode setting, see Using ECP mode, below.
Automatically align heads after replacing BJ cartridge
Check to align the print heads automatically after replacing the BJ Cartridge.
Align heads manually
Check to align the print heads manually. See Manual print head alignment for
details.
3. Make sure the printer is on and click Send.
4. When a confirmation message appears, click OK to close the dialogue box and
send the setting to the printer.
Starting the BJ Status Monitor

Depending on your printer model, the status of the printer can be monitored by the
BJ Status Monitor. Normally, the Status Monitor starts automatically when you print
something and stops when printing completes. If a problem occurs during printing,
the Status Monitor will report it to you so you can correct it.
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If you want to check the printer status when the Status Monitor hasn't automatically
started, you can start the Status Monitor manually from the printer driver like this:
2. Click Start Status Monitor.
The Status Monitor starts.
See the Status Monitor's online help for details on controlling the way the Status
Monitor starts and stops.
Using ECP mode

Normally, data is transferred between the computer and printer in "compatible"
mode, which supports the widely used Centronics printer interface standard.
If you want, you can change the data transfer method to ECP mode. ECP mode
allows data transfer between the computer and printer at a higher speed while
maintaining compatibility with the Centronics standard. Depending on the computer
system, this reduces printing time.
Important
?34 Before changing the data transfer method to the ECP mode, be aware of the
following:
The computer system and printer cable you're using need to support ECP
mode. For details, contact the hardware manufacturer.
The parallel port needs to be set for ECP in the BIOS settings of your
computer. Before you change the BIOS settings of your computer system, see the
documentation of the computer you're using, or contact the computer
manufacturer.
Note
?35 If the print job cannot be executed properly after changing to ECP mode, do
this:
1. Click Custom Settings on the Maintenance tab.
2. Uncheck Set printer to ECP mode in the Custom Settings dialogue box.
3. Click Send.
ECP mode is turned off.
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BJ Printer Driver Guide for Windows 2000 and

Getting To Know the BJ Printer Driver

Printer Driver Basics

Opening the Printer Properties Dialogue Box

From your application

Directly from the Start menu

Setting Up the Printer Driver

Using the Print Advisor

Using the Tabs

Specifying the BJ Cartridge and Media Type

Setting the Page Size

Confirming the page size

Changing the page size (regular paper sizes)

Changing the page size (custom paper sizes)

Changing the Paper Source

Confirming the paper source

Changing the paper source

Using On-line Help

Getting information on a particular topic

Getting information on an operation procedure

Closing the Printer Properties Dialogue Box

Making the print settings take effect

Making the Most of the BJ Printer Driver

Printing Enlarged and Reduced Documents (Scaled Printing)

Setting banner printing

Changing the Number of Copies

Arranging Pages (Windows 2000 only)

To turn the Simulate Illustration effect on, do this:

Without Image Optimizer With Image Optimizer

Without Photo Optimisation With Photo Optimisation

Changing the Print Quality/Halftoning

Setting the print quality/halftoning

Adjusting the colours

Adjusting the intensity

Using Maintenance Functions

Cleaning the Print Heads

Normal print head cleaning

Deep print head cleaning

Printing a Nozzle Check Pattern

Printing a nozzle check pattern

Aligning the Print Heads

Starting print-head alignment

If your printer has automatic print-head alignment

Cleaning the Paper Feed Rollers

Switching the Printer On and Off

Switching the printer off

Setting the Auto-Power feature

5. When a confirmation message appears, click OK.

Using the Special Settings

Changing the printer operation mode

Starting the BJ Status Monitor

Using ECP mode

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