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 Canon BJ Background Monitor Help Contents

What is the BJ Background Monitor

BJ Background Monitor Screen

Functions

Background Printing Operation

To Check Printing Status

To Change Printing Order

To Cancel Printing

To Set Background Printing Priority

To Change the Temporary Data Storage Directory


Directory Dialog Box

During Background Printing, printing data from the application program is temporarily spooled to a temporary file in the directory specified here.

Select a drive and directory for temporary background printing files, and click the OK button.

When printing finishes normally, temporary background printing files are deleted automatically.

Notes:

 If there is not enough free space on the drive used for temporary storage, background printing will not function.

Do not specify a CD-ROM or other read-only drive.


Priority Dialog Box

Sets the priority of Background Printing relative to application programs. The priority setting determines the amount of processor time used for background printing relative to that used for other applications while background printing is occurring.

Moving the slider to the right increases the priority (speeds up) background printing and decreases the priority (slows down) application programs.

Note:

 The time required for printing depends on the computer's processor speed. Adjust the Priority according to your operating environment and speed requirements.


What is the BJ Background Monitor

The BJ Background Monitor is a software application that allows you to monitor and cancel printing of a document when Background Printing.

The BJ Background Monitor icon appears during background printing. Clicking the icon opens the BJ Background Monitor, and the names of the printing documents are displayed. Documents are printed from the top of the list.

During background printing, the printing status of a document can be checked using the BJ Backgrounder.


Background Printing

With the usual printing process, the printer driver manages the sending of printing data to the printer, during which other applications cannot be used.

However, if the printing process is executed at the same time as other applications, the other applications can be used while printing. This type of printing management is called Background Printing.


BJ Backgrounder

Displays the printing status of a document during Background Printing.

The Backgrounder only appears when a document is being printed in the background, and allows you to stop and restart printing.


BJ Background Monitor Screen

The following figures are examples of the BJ Background Monitor screen.

Click an item in the figure to see its description.

*Drag the border with the mouse to change the width of an item.


Application/Print Document

The names of the files and the applications from which they are being printed are displayed in order.

The [image] icon indicates the currently printing document.


Size
Pages (Size)

The number of pages and file size of the document to be printed.


Time/Date

The time at which to print the document from the application.


File Menu

The following commands can be selected:

Quit

Closes the BJ Background Monitor.

A confirmation message appears if a document is printing or waiting to print. If you click OK, printing is aborted.

End After Printing

Check here to have the BJ Background Monitor close automatically after all queued documents have printed. However, this item has no function when the BJ Background Monitor is started by double clicking its icon in Windows 3.1.


Edit Menu

The following commands can be selected:

Delete

Stops printing of the queued document. Click on the document to be deleted so it is highlighted, then select the Delete command.


Option Menu

The following commands can be selected:

Directory...

Specify a directory for the temporary files used in background printing.

Priority...

Sets the priority of background printing processing relative to application programs.


Help Menu

The following commands can be selected:

Help

Opens the BJ Background Monitor help contents. Select this if you need help using the program.

About...

Display version and copyright information for the BJ Background Monitor.


Background Printing Operation

Background Printing is set up in the printer driver.

1.	Open the main dialog box of the printer driver.

2	 Place a checkmark next to Background Printing.

3.	Start printing from the application program.

The BJ Backgrounder and the BJ Background Monitor are displayed.


To Cancel Printing

When Background Printing is enabled, printing can be canceled even after it has been started from the application program.

To cancel the currently Printing document.

The printing status of the currently printing document is displayed in the BJ Backgrounder.

1.	Click the Cancel button in the BJ Backgrounder.

Note:

When printing of the current document is canceled, the next document in the print queue starts printing.

To delete a Waiting to Print document.

Documents waiting to print are displayed in the BJ Background Monitor.

1.	Double click the BJ Background Monitor icon to open it.

2.	Click the name of the document to delete printing in the BJ Background Monitor dialog box.

3.	Select Delete in the Edit menu.

Note:

The currently printing document displayed in the BJ Background Monitor can be deleted by the above method.


To Check Printing Status

Printing progress and jobs waiting in the queue for background printing can be monitored using the BJ Background Monitor.

1.	Double click the BJ Background Monitor icon to open it.

2.	Confirm the printing status of each document in the BJ Background Monitor.

Related topics:

BJ Background Monitor Screen


To Change the Print Order
To Change Printing Order

The printing order of documents waiting in the background printing queue can be changed.

1.	Double click the BJ Background Monitor icon to open it.

2.	Drag and drop a queued document to the desired location in the BJ Background Monitor queue.

Related topics:

BJ Background Monitor Screen


To Change the Temporary Data Storage Directory

1.	Double click the BJ Background Monitor icon to open it.

2.	Select Directory from the Option menu.

3.	Set a directory in the Directory dialog box that has enough free space.

Related topics:

Directory dialog box


To Set the Background Printing Priority
To Set Background Printing Priority

1.	Double click the BJ Background Monitor icon to open it.

2.	Select Priority from the Option menu.

3.	Select the desired priority for Background Printing in the Priority dialog box.

Related topics:

Priority dialog box