Canon 8200 manual

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2 Using the Printer Safely Read and follow all of these cautions and warnings to ensure the safe use of the printer. To avoid the hazards of fire, personal injury, or damage to the printer, never attempt to use the printer in any way other than the methods described in this guide. Choosing a location Never place the printer near flammable solvents [...]

3 About your guides Cleaning the printer Use only a slightly damp cloth to clean the printer. Never use flammable solvents like alcohol, benzene, thinner, etc. If a flammable solvent contacts an electrical component inside the printer, this could cause a fire or electric shock. Always unplug the printer power cord before you clean the printer. If y[...]

Always carry the printer with both hands gripping both ends of the printer. To avoid dropping the printer and causing injury, always carry it carefully when moving it to another location. Power supply Always grasp the plug when you unplug the power cord. Pulling on the power cord could damage the cord and cause a fire or electric shock. Never use a[...]

BJ Print Head and ink tanks For safety always store BJ Print Head and ink tanks out of the reach of small children. If a child accidentally licks or ingests any ink, consult a physician immediately. Never subject a BJ Print Head or ink tank to shocks or excessive vibration. Shaking could cause ink to leak and stain clothing. Never touch the print h[...]

T able of Contents Using the Printer Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 About your guides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Chapter 1 Printing Is everything ready? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Printing photographs . . [...]

7 Chapter 4 T roubleshooting Cannot install the printer driver or the scanner driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Printer prints meaningless characters and symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Cancelling a print job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Printing on a thick paper . . . . . . .[...]

About your guides With the BJC-8200 you are provided with three guides, in addition to the on-line Help in the printer driver. Read the “Quick Start Guide” to set up the printer, read the “User’s Guide” for instructions on how to use the printer, then refer to the “Reference Guide” or on-line Help when you have a question. Here is a b[...]

9 About your guides Refer to the Reference Guides on the CD-ROM for full descriptions of the printer features and how to use the printer. Two guides are provided on the CD-ROM: the BJC-8200 Reference Guide for the printer and the IS-52 Reference Guide for the Scanner Cartridge. You can open the guides on the screen for more details about printing t[...]

Printing 10 1 Is everything ready? Before you begin, make sure that you have everything that you need. Make sure that you have read the Quick Start Guide and completed all the steps to set up the printer and prepare it for operation. This chapter describes how to print a photograph and how to use the optional Scanner Cartridge. Have you completed s[...]

Printing photographs The BJC-8200 is designed to reproduce the highest quality reproduction of color in photographic images, and in order to achieve this, some special settings are required in the printer driver. When the printer driver is opened, it is usually set for printing on plain paper documents created with a word processor or similar progr[...]

12 Windows Follow this procedure to print a photograph. Set the media in the printer. • The procedure to set the media may differ depending on the media you are using. For details, refer to the “Loading Paper and Special Print Media” in Chapter 3. Make sure that the printer is switched on. • The POWER lamp should be lit green. Make sure tha[...]

Printing Printing photographs 13 Click the Properties button. • The Printer Properties dialog box opens. Click the SuperPhoto for the Print Mode and select the Media Type for your print job, then click the OK button. • If you want to print an image taken by a digital camera, click Camera for the Print Mode. • You can not only reproduce photos[...]

14 Macintosh When you want to print image data, follow the instructions below. Set the media in the printer. • The procedure to set the media may differ depending on the media you are using. For details, refer to the “Loading Paper and Special Print Media” in Chapter 3. Make sure the printer is switched on. • The POWER lamp should be lit gr[...]

Printing About your guides 15 Click the (Photo) icon for the Print Mode. Select the Media Type for your print job. Click the Print button. • The image begins to print. 7. 6. 5. Click! Click! chap-1 (E) 10/2/99 6:08 AM Page 15[...]

16 Using the Scanner Cartridge Your printer can also perform as a scanner. To convert the printer to scanner, install the optional Color Image Scanner Cartridge IS-52. With the Scanner Cartridge installed, you can scan and print photographs. In this section we will show you how to install the Scanner Cartridge, scan a photograph, and print the scan[...]

17 Using the Scanner Cartridge Printing Summary of the scanning procedures Here is a brief summary of the general steps required to convert the printer into a scanner, scan an original, and print it. 5 5 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 1 Install the Scanner Cartridge in the printer. Perform white level calibration. Scan the original photograph. Save the scanned imag[...]

18 The Scanner Cartridge is installed after removing the BJ Print Head. Switch on the printer and open the front cover. • The BJ Print Head moves to the centre automatically. Remove the BJ Print Head and insert it into the storage container. 1 Raise the lock lever and remove the BJ Print Head. 2 Place the BJ Print Head in the storage container. ?[...]

The first time that you use the scanner, you must perform white level calibration with the white calibration sheet provided with the Scanner Cartridge. White calibration defines the base color white for the computer. Start IS Scan Plus. • Click the Start button, point to Programs, click IS Scan Plus, then click IS Scan Plus. IS Scan Plus starts. [...]

Now you are ready to use the Scanner Cartridge installed in the printer to scan the original photograph. Click the Capture Photo button. Set the original in the scanning holder. Set the scanning holder with the original in the Sheet Feeder. 1 Slide the paper guide completely to the left. 2 With the closed end of the scanning holder pointing down an[...]

Printing Using the Scanner Cartridge 21 You can select a portion of the scanned image, name it, and save to a file. Select the portion of the scanned image that you want to save. If you want to save the entire image, you can skip this step. • Use the black handles on the corners and sides of the selection box to resize the selection box. Click th[...]

22 Set the media in the printer. • For details about loading paper in the sheet feeder, see Chapter 3. Start the print job. 1 Click the Print button. 2 Click the Printer Settings button. 3 Click the Properties button. 4 In the Choose Print Mode box click SuperPhoto, select the Media Type and click the OK button. 5 Click the OK button. 6 Make sure[...]

Printing 23 Using the Scanner Cartridge Macintosh The first time that you use the scanner, you must perform white level calibration with white calibration sheet provided with the Scanner Cartridge. White calibration defines the base color white for the computer. Double-click the IS Scan BJC-8200 icon. • If you want to use IS Scan from within a TW[...]

24 Now you are ready to use the Scanner Cartridge installed in the printer to scan the original photograph. Click the Menu button and select Settings from the pop- up menu. Click Paper Size and select A5 from the pop-up. Click the OK button. Set the original in the scanning holder. Set the scanning holder with the original in the sheet feeder. 1 Sl[...]

Printing Using the Scanner Cartridge 25 You can select a portion of the scanned image, name it, and save to a file. Select the portion of the scanned image that you want to save. If you want to save the entire image, you can skip this step. • Point to one of the corners or sides of the selection box, and when the pointer changes shape, drag in an[...]

26 Install the BJ Print Head. 1 Install the BJ Print Head in the BJ Print Head holder where you removed the Scanner Cartridge. 2 Lower the lock lever to lock the BJ Print Head in place. Close the front cover. Set the media in the printer. • For details about loading paper in the sheet feeder, see Chapter 3. Start the print job. 1 Open the image t[...]

Printing Printing a photograph from a digital camera 27 Printing a photograph from a digital camera This section describes how to print a photograph taken with a digital camera. In order to print a photograph from a digital camera, you must select the correct setting in the printer driver for printing a digital image. Follow this procedure to print[...]

28 • For details about loading paper in the printer, see Chapter 3. Reference Use the software application provided with the digital camera to capture the photograph and save it to a file. For details about downloading a photograph from the camera and saving it to a file, refer to your digital camera instructions. Windows In order to print a phot[...]

Printing Printing a photograph from a digital camera 29 Macintosh In order to print a photograph taken with a digital camera at the best possible quality, you must select the (Photo) icon for the Print Mode and select the media that you set in the printer. From the File menu, select Print to open the Print dialog box. Make sure that the Print dialo[...]

Using the Printer Driver 30 2 This chapter describes the printer driver options which are available for setting up a variety of print jobs. We will show you how to open and use the printer driver and explain its basic features. What is a printer driver? The text and image data file you create with a software application on a computer cannot be sent[...]

31 Using the Printer Driver Using the Printer Driver Windows Follow this procedure to open the printer driver. In this example we will show you how to open the printer driver from WordPad provided with Windows. Start WordPad. • Click the Start button, point to Programs, point to Accessories, and then click WordPad. From the File menu, select Prin[...]

32 Selecting the printer driver options 2 2 In the printer driver you can select various options set the paper size, select the media type, set the scale for enlargement or reduction of the printed image, adjust quality and the amount of ink used, and so on. These options are available under the four main tabs of the Printer Properties dialog box. [...]

Using the Printer Driver 33 Choosing a print mode 3 3 This step describes the print modes that are available for selection based on the content of the file that you created with the software application. Choose a print mode that is best suited for the print job. Using the Printer Driver You can create your own print modes by performing the settings[...]

34 You can also select a page size other than the size selected for you after selecting the print mode. If you do not change the settings, the page size selection in the software application is used. If you want to change the size of the page to print on, you can select another page size in the printer driver. This may also allow you to select a pa[...]

Using the Printer Driver 35 Using the Printer Driver Macintosh Here we will show you how to open the printer driver with Simple Text provided with Macintosh. To start a print job to print a text or illustration created with software application, pull down the File menu and select Print or Page Setup. This procedure opens the printer driver. • The[...]

36 I n the printer driver you can select various options to set the paper size, select the media type, set the scale for enlargement or reduction of the printed image, adjust the amount of ink used, and so on. These options are available in the three main dialog boxes of the printer driver. The print job options are found on the three main dialogs:[...]

Using the Printer Driver 37 Using the Printer Driver Selecting a print mode 3 3 The palette provides selections for a variety of print jobs. Just click the icon that suits the content of the print job that you want to execute. Selecting one of the icons automatically selects the print quality, color adjustment, and resolution. The meaning of these [...]

You can also select a paper size other than the size selected for you after selecting the Print Mode. From the File menu, select Page Setup to open the Page Setup dialog. Click the Paper Size down-arrow and select the paper size from the pull-down list. • To enable the setting, click the OK button to close the Page Setup dialog box. 2. 1. 38 This[...]

For general printing Loading Paper and Special Print Media 39 3 This chapter describes the media that you can use with the printer and how to load it. To ensure the best performance of the BJC-8200 printer, select the suitable paper for your print job and load it in the printer correctly. Loading Paper and Special Print Media Media that you can use[...]

40 Canon media for quality image printing Photo Paper Pro PR-101 Thick paper coated with a glossy surface, ideal for reproducing the natural color of photographic images. This is best choice for printing photographs with the BJC- 8200. High Gloss Photo Film HG-201 A film sheet with a higher gloss than glossy photo paper. Use this media to obtain hi[...]

Loading Paper and Special Print Media 41 Loading Paper and Special Print Media Paper thickness Here are some important points to keep in mind when selecting paper for the printer. ● Automatic feed or manual feed Feed Method Sheet feeder Manual Thickness Range 64~90 gsm 90~500 gsm Comment Load plain paper or other media that is within this range o[...]

42 Setting media correctly Follow the instructions below to load the paper in the printer. • For details about loading Transparencies (OHP film), T-Shirt Transfer, and Banner Paper, see the “BJC-8200 Reference Guide” provided on the CD-ROM. Reference Raise the paper thickness lever to the mark. Raise the paper rest, lower and pull out the pap[...]

Loading Paper and Special Print Media 43 Loading Paper and Special Print Media Raise the paper thickness lever to the mark. Raise the paper rest, lower and pull out the paper output tray. Fan the edges of the sheets to remove static cling. Tap the edges of the stack against a flat surface so the stack is aligned. • To prevent paper jams, always f[...]

44 Raise the paper thickness lever to the mark. Raise the paper rest, lower and pull out the paper output tray. Slide the paper guide completely to the left. With the print side facing up, align a sheet of High Gloss Photo Film with the right side of the sheet feeder and insert the sheet into the printer until it stops. • Handle media carefully b[...]

Loading Paper and Special Print Media 45 Loading Paper and Special Print Media Loading Glossy Photo Paper GP - 301 Raise the paper thickness lever to the mark. Raise the paper rest, lower and pull out the paper output tray. Slide the paper guide completely to the left. Set the Roller Cleaning Plate (provided with the printer) into the Sheet Feeder.[...]

46 Raise the paper thickness lever to the mark. Raise the paper rest, lower and pull out the paper output tray. Slide the paper guide completely to the left. With its glossy side facing up, place one Glossy Photo Card on top of the Loading Support Sheet <A> provided with the pack of Glossy Photo Cards and align both sheets. • Make sure that[...]

Loading Paper and Special Print Media 47 Loading Paper and Special Print Media Lower the paper thickness lever to the mark. Lower and pull out the paper output tray. Prepare the envelopes for loading in the sheet feeder. • Make sure that none of the flaps are overlapping. • If the edges of the envelopes are not sharp, crease them with the side [...]

48 Other media for creative printing In addition to the paper and special media described in previous sections, the following special media are available. • For detailed instructions about loading, printing, and special procedures for each media described below, refer to the “BJC-8200 Reference Guide” on the CD-ROM. Reference T ransparencies [...]

49 Troubleshooting Troubleshooting T roubleshooting 4 Refer to this section if you experience problems with the printer. This chapter provides solutions for some of the most common problems you could encounter with the printer. • If you do not find a description of the problem and a solution, refer to the Troubleshooting section of the “BJC-820[...]

Cannot install the printer driver or the scanner driver Check the following items if you cannot install the printer driver or the scanner driver. If you must re-install either driver, note the following points. Always uninstall the current printer driver before installing it again. • For details about uninstalling the printer driver, refer to the[...]

Printer prints meaningless characters and symbols Troubleshooting Printer prints meaningless characters and symbols Check the items below if the printer prints bizarre, meaningless characters. ● Confirm that a previous print job was not paused before it finished. If the previous print job was paused before it finished, switch off the printer and [...]

The BJ Backgrounder dialog box is displayed on the screen while printing data is being sent to the printer. Follow this procedure to cancel the print job with the BJ Backgrounder: During printing, rapidly press the POWER button twice. • The print job is cancelled and the paper is ejected. If the screen to the right displays, click the Cancel butt[...]

Printing on a Thick Paper Troubleshooting 53 Printing on thick paper When you print on thick paper, feed manually from the manual feed slot in the back of printer. Make sure the printer is switched on and lower the paper thickness lever to the mark. Lower and pull out the paper output tray. With the print side up, carefully align the sheet with the[...]

Paper Jams Follow the procedure below to clear a paper jam. Remove the paper from the sheet feeder. Pull the jammed sheet slowly out of the feed slot or the paper output slot, whichever is easier. • If the paper tears and some of it is left in the printer, switch the printer off, open the front cover and remove the paper fragments. • If the pap[...]

Paper Jams Troubleshooting 55 Pull the jammed sheet slowly out of the manual feed slot or the paper output slot, whichever is easier. • If the paper tears and some of it is left in the printer, switch the printer off, open the front cover and remove the paper fragments. • If the paper will not pull out of the printer easily, do not force it. ?[...]

Low ink alert When the ink supply becomes low in an ink tank, Windows displays a low ink alert with the BJ Status Monitor and Macintosh displays the low ink alert with the BJ Print Monitor. After the low ink alert is displayed, you can continue printing, but you should replace the empty ink tank as soon as possible. • When an ink tank becomes emp[...]

Printer beeps and it does not print Troubleshooting 57 Printer beeps and it does not print When an error occurs, the POWER/ERROR lamp will light or flash orange and the printer will beep. Count the number of beeps and identify the problem in the table below. Press the RESUME button and count the number of beeps. • Press the RESUME button and coun[...]

The BJ Status Monitor opens and displays a message when an error occurs. • The BJ Status Monitor uses graphics and messages to display information about the printer status and the progress of print jobs. (The BJ Status Monitor can operate only in an environment where bi- directional communication between the printer and computer is possible.) •[...]

Error message appears Troubleshooting 59 I f the error messages below are displayed and printing halts, this indicates a problem in your system, so check the following items: • Is the printer switched on? • Are the printer and computer securely connected? • Is the printer port operating correctly? Windows Common system errors include writing [...]

Open the printer driver, select the Print Mode on the Main sheet, and click the Advanced button. Drag the Print Quality slide bar to the Fine setting. 2. 1. Printing quality is unsatisfactory You may be able to improve the printing quality by using the recommended paper or special media and adjusting the color. Follow the procedures below to solve [...]

Open the printer driver and click the Advanced button on the Main tab. On the Quality sheet, click and check on the Photo Optimizer box. 2. 1. Printing quality is unsatisfactory Troubleshooting 61 ● Improving print quality with the Photo Optimizer The desired natural color image may not be reproduced in the printed image depending on the conditio[...]

Aligning the print head If the printed image appears blurred or uneven, aligning the print head could solve the problem. To align the print head correctly, you will need one sheet of High Resolution Paper. Macintosh P. 64 Before aligning the print head 62 After aligning the print head Before aligning the print head After aligning the print head P. [...]

Troubleshooting Printing quality is unsatisfactory 63 Windows Make sure that the printer is switched on, raise the paper thickness lever to the mark, and set one sheet of High Resolution Paper in the sheet feeder with its whiter side up. Click the Start button, point to Settings then select Printers. Right click the Canon BJC-8200 icon and then sel[...]

Make sure that the printer is switched on, raise the paper thickness lever to the mark, and set one sheet of High Resolution Paper in the sheet feeder with its whiter side up. In the software application, from the File menu, select Page Setup. Click the Utilities button. Click the down-arrow to select Test Print. Click the (Print Head Alignment) ic[...]

Printing quality is unsatisfactory Troubleshooting 4 65 • Click the up or down-arrow in the spinboxes to select a number. Horizontal Alignment For (A)~(E) select the number for each column where the pattern appears clearest and smoothest. If you cannot decide which numbers to enter, use the selection method below. • For (A), (B), (C) try to sel[...]

Open the printer driver and click the Advanced button on the Main tab. Click the Color tab and click the Color Adjustment check box to enable the Color Balance, Output Style, and Brightness. • For details about Color Adjustment, Output Style, or Brightness, refer to the on-line Help. Reference 2. 1. Adjusting color You can adjust color by adjusti[...]

A printout is unclear, faded Troubleshooting 67 A printout is unclear , faded The following conditions could cause unclear or faded printing. Printed output which is faded or streaked with while could be caused by the following conditions: • Print media was not loaded with the print side up. • Ink has run out in one of the ink tanks. • BJ Pri[...]

Make sure that the printer is switched on, then load a sheet of plain paper into the Sheet Feeder. • Loading plain paper or High Resolution Paper HR-101 (P.43) Click the Start button, point to Settings, and click Printers. Right-click on the Canon BJC-820 0 icon and select Properties. Click the Maintenance tab and click th e (Nozzle Check Pattern[...]

A printout is unclear, faded Troubleshooting 69 Make sure the printer is switched on, then load a sheet of plain paper in the printer. • Loading plain paper or High Resolution Paper HR-101 (P.43) In the software application from the File menu, select Page Setup. • The procedure you use to open the printer driver may differ slightly, depending o[...]

Make sure the printer is switched on. Click the Start button, point to Settings, and click Printers. Right-click the Canon BJC-8200 icon and select Properties. Click the Maintenance tab then click the (Print Head Cleaning) icon. • To start print head cleaning with the printer operation panel, press down and hold the RESUME button until you hear o[...]

Troubleshooting A printout is unclear, faded 71 Make sure that the printer is switched ON. In the software application, from the File menu, select Page Setup. • The procedure you use to open the printer driver may differ slightly, depending on the software application that you are using. Click the Utilities button. Make sure the Print Head Cleani[...]

Make sure the printer is switched on. Click the Start button, point to Settings, and click Printers. Right-click the Canon BJC-8200 icon and select Properties. Click the Maintenance tab and click the (Print head deep cleaning) icon. Read the message and click the OK button. Read the message and click the OK button. • The BJ Status Monitor opens a[...]

A printout is unclear, faded Troubleshooting 73 Make sure the printer is switched on. In the software application, from the File menu, select Page Setup. • The procedure you use to open the printer driver may differ slightly, depending on the software application that you are using. Click the Utilities button. Make sure the Print Head Cleaning pa[...]

When an ink tank runs out of ink, follow this procedure to replace the ink tank. Make sure the printer is switched on then open the front cover. • The BJ Print Head holder moves to the centre automatically. Remove the empty ink tank. • If you need to replace more than one empty ink tank, remove and replace each tank one by one to prevent instal[...]

Color is strange Troubleshooting 75 Color is strange Inserting an ink tank in the wrong slot of the BJ Print Head will cause colors to print incorrectly. Check the positions of the ink tanks in the BJ Print Head. • Match the color code on the ink tank with the color guide label on the BJ Print Head. If some ink tanks are out of position, remove t[...]

Scanner Cartridge does not operate correctly If the Scanner Cartridge does not operate after it is installed, follow the procedure below to correct the problem. Is the Scanner Cartridge installed correctly? • Make sure the scanner cartridge is installed correctly. (P.16) Reference 1 76 Is the printer cable connected securely to the computer and p[...]

Replacing the BJ Print Head Troubleshooting 77 Replacing the BJ Print Head After cleaning and deep cleaning the print head, and replacing empty ink tanks, if the nozzle check patterns are still not crisp and clear, the BJ Print Head is worn out or damaged and must be replaced. Purchase a new BJ Print Head BJ-50 and follow the procedure below to rep[...]

Insert the BJ Print Head into the BJ Print Head holder. Lower the lock lever until you hear it lock. Install the ink tanks in the new BJ Print Head. • You can install new ink tanks or remove the ink tanks from the old BJ Print Head and install them in the new BJ Print Head. • Install ink tanks as soon as you remove them from their package, or f[...]

79 Appendices Specifications ● BJC-8200 Printer Printing method Printing resolution Print speed (Printing Canon standard pattern) Print direction Print width Resident print control mode Receive buffer Interface Interface connectors Recommended Material printer cables Type Length Connectors Acoustic noise level Operating environment Storage enviro[...]

Sheetfed Scanner (Band method) CCD 3-Color LED (RGB) 600 x 600 dpi, 300 x 300 dpi, 200 x 200 dpi, 150 x 150 dpi, 75 x 75 dpi 208.2 mm (8.2 in.) 10.8 mm (0.43 in.) 600 dpi 300 dpi 150 dpi 75 dpi 12 min. 50 sec. 4 min. 37 sec. 4 min. 21 sec. 3 min. 18 sec. 1 min. 25 sec.. 45 sec. 37 sec. 37 sec. 4 min. 20 sec. 1 min. 36 sec. 1 min. 18 sec. 1 min. 9 s[...]

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● Computer IBM compatible PC capable of running Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, with a 36-pin parallel port connection or USB connection. Apple iMac or Power Macintosh G3 with USB support. ● Operating System Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, or Macintosh OS 8.1 or higher . (The BJC-8200 printer cannot be used with Window[...]

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