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- Copyright (c) 1996-1997 Canon Inc.
-
- Canon BJ Raster Printer Driver Version 2.20 for Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
- *********************************************************************
- Thank you for purchasing a Canon Color Bubble Jet Printer. We hope
- that you'll appreciate its exceptional print quality, flexible paper
- handling, fast printing speed, and trouble-free operation.
-
- This README file contains supplemental information to help you install
- and use your printer driver software with Microsoft Windows NT.
- As with most software and hardware products, some information
- is made available after the development of the manual. Updated
- information regarding your printer is provided in this README file.
- If you require additional assistance, please contact Canon. The
- contact addresses and phone numbers are listed in your printer's
- user manual.
-
- Canon and BJC are registered trademarks, and Bubble Jet is a trademark
- of Canon, Inc.
- Microsoft and Windows NT are registered trademarks of the Microsoft
- Corporation.
- Other brand names and product names may be trademarks or registered
- trademarks of their respective companies.
-
-
- CONTENTS
- ======================================================================
- 1. Overview
- 2. System Requirements
- 3. Installing the Printer Driver
- 4. Accessing the Printer Properties Dialog Box
- 5. Cautions, Limitations and Restrictions
-
-
- 1. Overview
- ======================================================================
- This printer driver allows you to print documents from any Windows NT
- application to your Canon Bubble Jet printer. This driver is designed
- to function with Windows NT 4.0.
-
-
- 2. System Requirements
- ======================================================================
- The Canon BJ Raster Printer Driver for Windows NT does not require any
- additional system configuration beyond those required to run Windows NT.
- However, you can improve the performance of your Canon printer if you
- keep the following in mind.
-
- 1. The minimum amount of RAM memory required is 8 MB, although 16 MB is
- recommended. Increasing the amount of RAM memory will result in
- faster printing and reduce compatibility problems with some
- applications. As an alternative, you can increase the amount of
- virtual memory to reduce the possibility of "low memory" conditions
- (although this does not improve printing performance).
- 2. Allow at least 5 MB of free hard disk space on the drive that
- contains your system's TEMP directory.
- 3. Printers Applicable for the following Canon Bubble Jet Printers.
- (BJC-70 / BJC-4000 / BJC-4100 / BJC-600 / BJC-600e /
- BJC-800 / BJC-820 / BJC-210 / BJC-240 / BJC-4200 /
- BJC-4550 / BJC-7000 / BJC-80 / BJC-250 / BJC-4300)
-
-
- 3. Installing the Printer Driver
- ======================================================================
- To use this printer driver with software application packages that
- operate with Microsoft Windows NT, it is important that you follow the
- installation procedure as shown below.
-
- Note: It is necessary to log on with full control access privileges for
- printer settings to install the printer driver successfully.
-
- 1. Start Windows NT on your system and log on as a member of the
- administrators group or power user group.
- 2. Click on the [Start] button.
- 3. Point to [Settings].
- 4. Click on [Printers] to display the Printers folder.
-
- Note: The icons of the existing printer drivers that are installed in
- your system appear in the Printers folder. If an older version of the
- printer driver you wish to install appears in the Printers folder,
- delete the printer driver. Select the icon of the older version of the
- printer driver and click on [Delete] in the [File] menu. Click on the
- [Yes] button when the message appears to delete the printer driver.
- After deleting the older version of the printer driver, restart Windows
- NT.
-
- 5. Double-click on the [Add Printer] icon to start the "Add Printer
- Wizard".
- 6. Follow the instructions of the Add Printer Wizard to proceed.
- 7. Click on the check box next to [LPT1:] or the port you want to use,
- when the list of available ports appears. Click on the [Next]
- button to proceed.
- 8. Click on the [Have Disk...] button when the list of manufacturers
- and models of the printers appears.
- 9. Insert the BJ Raster Printer Driver Disk into the floppy disk drive of
- your computer.
- If the floppy disk drive is drive A, click on the [OK] button and
- continue with the next step. Otherwise, type the letter of your floppy
- disk drive (such as "B:") and then click on the [OK] button.
- 10. Select the desired printer you want to install, and click on the [Next]
- button.
- Depending on your system, if you are upgrading from a previous version
- of this printer driver, you must choose [Replace existing driver] after
- you select your printer even though Windows NT recommends that you keep
- the existing driver. Otherwise the driver will not be upgraded
- successfully.
- 11. Follow the instructions of the Add Printer Wizard until the
- installation is finished.
- An icon for your printer will then appear in the Printers folder.
-
- You are now ready to print from any Windows NT software application
- package. The driver is automatically set for printing in color.
-
- Notes:
- - When installing multiple printers, it is necessary to specify the
- default printer.
- Select the icon of the printer driver you wish to set as a default printer
- and click on [Set As Default] in the [File] menu.
- - If the installation was successful, "Canon Your-Printer-Name Properties"
- should appear for the name of the printer dialog box. Note that the
- Microsoft version will display "Canon Bubble-Jet Your-Printer-Name
- Properties".
-
-
- 4. Accessing the Printer Properties Dialog Box
- ======================================================================
- The Printer Properties dialog box contains several tabs that allow you to
- set up, control and maintain your Canon printer. To access the printer
- Properties dialog box follow the procedure as shown below.
-
- Note: It is necessary to log on with full control access privileges for
- printer settings to change the settings of the printer Properties dialog
- box. For users without full control access privileges, you can check the
- current setting by following the procedure as shown below.
-
- - To open the printer Properties dialog box from within the software
- application:
-
- 1. Click the Print command in the [File] menu of the software application.
- The Print command may be referred to as [Print...], [Printer
- Settings...], etc., depending on the software application.
- 2. Click the [Properties] button. The Main tab of the printer Properties
- dialog box opens.
- 3. Click on the desired tab (i.e., Main, Paper, or Control tab where
- applicable) to see all of the settings, and make your changes as
- necessary.
-
- Note:
- Specify the [Paper Size:] and [Orientation:] settings from within the
- software application whenever possible.
- (Click [Page Setup...], [Printer Settings...], etc., in the [File] menu
- to set the paper size and orientation depending on the software
- application.)
- The procedures for the printer settings may vary depending on the
- software application. Refer to the User's Manual of your software
- application for more details.
-
- - To open the printer Properties dialog box from the Windows NT
- [Start] button:
-
- 1. Click the [Start] button, point to [Settings], and then click
- [Printers] on Windows NT.
- 2. Click the icon of your printer in the [Printers] folder.
- 3. Click [Document Defaults...] in the [File] menu.
- The Main tab of the printer Properties dialog box opens.
- (Check and make sure that a check mark appears beside [Set As Default]
- in the [File] menu.)
- 4. Click on the desired tab (i.e., Main, Paper, or Control tab where
- applicable) to see all of the settings, and make your changes as
- necessary.
-
- This will display the printer Properties dialog box, which contains the
- following tabs.
- Refer to the On-line Help file for more details on the selection items for
- each tab by clicking on the [Help] button. Press the F1 key when the Help
- file is open to learn how to use Help.
-
- - Main tab
- The Main tab contains the print mode settings. Simply select the
- appropriate print mode so that the optimum settings for the document
- and media type you wish to use are applied automatically for printing.
- Specific settings for the print mode in the Main tab can be changed
- readily at any time. When a suitable print mode does not exist for a
- particular print job, you can partially modify an existing print mode
- for optimum printing. You can save these settings as a new print mode
- also.
-
- - Paper tab
- The Paper tab contains the paper settings (i.e., Paper Size, Printer Paper
- Size, Enlarge/Reduce, Enlarge/Reduce Rate, Orientation, Color/Monochrome,
- Copies and Banner printing).
-
- - Control tab
- The control tab contains the necessary settings for the maintenance of your
- printer (i.e., Print Head Cleaning, Test Prints, Change Ink Tank, Change BJ
- Cartridge, Power and Custom Setting).
- The Control tab is applicable for BJC-210, BJC-240, BJC-4100, BJC-4200,
- and BJC-4550, BJC-80, BJC-250, BJC-4300, and BJC-7000 only.
- Note that some of the selections in the Control tab may not be
- available for some printer models.
-
-
- 5. Cautions, Limitations and Restrictions
- ======================================================================
- - To delete a print job while printing when other print jobs are queued,
- reset the printer once all print jobs are canceled.
-
- - To use custom defined paper sizes, click on [Server Properties] in the
- [File] menu of the Printers dialog box of Windows NT. Click on the
- "Forms" tab and create and save a new form. The minimum size that can
- be saved for the BJ printers are 100 x 100 mm, and the maximum size are
- shown below.
-
- BJC-70 / BJC-4000 / BJC-600 / BJC-600e / BJC-210: 241.3 x 431.8 mm
- BJC-800 / BJC-820: 297.0 x 431.8 mm
- BJC-80 / BJC-250 / BJC-4300 241.3 x 584.2 mm
- BJC-4100 / BJC-4200 / BJC-240 / BJC-7000: 241.3 x 594.2 mm
- BJC-4550: 297.0 x 594.2 mm
-
- For more details on creating and saving new forms in the Forms tab, refer
- to the User's Manual or On-line Help file of Windows NT.
-
- -If you install the printer driver in a system that incorporates Windows
- NT 4.0 Service Pack 2, the printer does not appear in the
- [Manufacturers/Printers] dialog box of the [Add Printer Wizard].
- Because of this, you cannot install the printer driver as a substitute
- driver for Windows NT 3.5x when sharing the printer.
- This problem only arises when Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 2 has been
- installed in a system. It does not occur in systems incorporating
- Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 3.
-
- - Microsoft Word Version 7.0/97 (Microsoft Corporation)
- To use custom defined paper sizes in Word Version 7.0, click on [Server
- Properties] in the [File] menu of the Printers dialog box of Windows NT.
- Click on the "Forms" tab and create and save a new form. Then, select this
- custom paper size from within Word.
-
- - Microsoft Excel Version 7.0/97 (Microsoft Corporation)
- When using the Enlarge/Reduce printing feature, use the Enlarge/Reduce
- printing feature in Microsoft Excel. For proper printing results, do not use
- the Enlarge/Reduce printing feature of the printer driver.
-
- - Lotus Organizer 2.1S/97 (Lotus)
- When printing in monochrome, turn on the monochrome printing setting in
- Lotus Organizer.
- If the monochrome printing setting in Lotus Organizer is turned off,
- printing in monochrome is not possible even if the printer driver is set
- to monochrome printing.
-
- - Lotus Word Pro 96/97 and Lotus Approach 96/97 (Lotus)
- A known bug exists in Lotus Word Pro 96/97 and Lotus Approach 96/97 that
- may cause the color of the color bars in the Color sheet not to appear.
- This is not a malfunction and will not affect the function of the printer
- driver in any way.
-
- - Lotus 1-2-3 (Lotus)
- When using the Enlarge/Reduce printing feature, enable the Enlarge/Reduce
- feature in the printer Properties dialog box of the printer driver before
- starting Lotus 1-2-3.
-
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