User manual CANON BJC-8000

[. . . ] Table of Contents Safety Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Loading the paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Printing photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 BJ Cartridges you can use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Compatible media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Printer maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Printing a Nozzle Check Pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Cleaning the print heads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Replacing BJ tanks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Replacing BJ Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Cleaning the printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Appendix ___________________________________________________________________ Printer part names and functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Windows 98 and Windows 3. 1 users All the Printer Properties dialog boxes shown in this Guide are for Windows 95. If you are using Windows 98, the screens are almost identical and are used in precisely the same way. If you are running Windows 3. 1, the design of the Printer Driver Setup window differs slightly and the screens are used differently as a result. Refer to the "Quick Start Guide" and the printer driver help screens for details. 1 Safety Precautions Please read the safety warnings provided in this manual to ensure that you use the printer safely. [. . . ] To switch the printer off, always use the POWER button on the printer. To check the specified values, see "Printing a Nozzle Check Pattern" (page 16). Check that there is paper loaded in the printer and click OK. Check the new printout and type in the numbers of the patterns in which the lines in (E), (F), (G) and (H) are printed exactly over each other in the same way as step 4. Then click OK. 7 Click OK. This completes print head alignment. 26 Cleaning the printer Cleaning the paper outlet The printer's paper outlet will gradually become soiled as more pages are printed. When the soiling becomes noticeable, clean the printer as described below. 1 Switch the printer off by pressing the POWER button on the printer. Warning Never use flammable solvents such as thinners, benzene or alcohol. If such substances come in contact with electrical components inside the printer, they could cause a fire or electric shock. 2 Check that the POWER lamp is off and unplug the printer from the power outlet. Restriction Do not unplug the printer while it is still switched on as this could make subsequent printing impossible. Caution Always unplug the printer from the power outlet when you are cleaning it. You could touch moving parts inside the printer and suffer injury if you clean the printer while it is still switched on. 3 Wipe the paper outlet clean. If you have been printing on Canon's High Resolution Paper, clean the feed rollers. If you use High Resolution Paper for long periods, paper dust will accumulate inside the printer and prevent paper from being fed through the printer correctly. If this occurs, use the cleaning sheet that comes with the High Resolution Paper to clean the feed rollers inside the printer. 27 Printer maintenance Troubleshooting When a problem occurs while you are using the printer, refer to the topics listed below to resolve the problem. This manual describes the symptoms of only the printer problems you are most likely to encounter. If your problem is not described here, refer to the "Canon Customer Care" information. (page 39) The printer driver cannot be installed. P29 Paper will not feed in from the sheet feeder. / The paper is fed in skewed. s Multiple sheets are fed in together P30 s The paper jams. P30 An error message appears. s "Error writing to LPT1" displayed. P31 s "Application error" or "General Protection Fault" displayed. P32 The printer beeps and the ERROR lamp lights (blinks). Printing stops mid-way. P34 P33 The printout is unsatisfactory. s s s s s Meaningless characters and symbols are printed. P35 The printout is faint or the colors are wrong. P36 The last part of the document is not printed. P37 The colors on the printout do not match the colors on the screen. P38 The paper comes out curled/warped/wrinkled. P38 P39 Refer to the "Canon Customer Care" for information on how to deal with other problems. Customer Care When an error occurs When the ink or paper runs out or the paper jams, the BJ Printer Status Monitor automatically appears. The BJ Printer Status Monitor is an application that uses messages and pictures to display the printing progress and the status of the printer while it is printing. Look at the messages and pictures to determine what type of error has occurred. [. . . ] Select the command used for printing in your application software. Usually, you select "Print" or "Print Setup" in the File menu to open the Print dialog box. Opening the Maintenance dialog box 1. Select the command used for printing in your application software. Check that "Canon BJC-8000" is displayed as the default printer in the Print Setup window and then click Options. . . to open the Printer Driver Setup dialog box. [. . . ]