Install Windows NT drivers for the BJC-5000 series printer
Article ID: ART126218 | | | Date published: 05/12/2015 | | | Date last updated: 08/14/2015 |
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How to install Windows NT drivers for the BJC-5000 series printer.
CONTENTS
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1.0 Overview
2.0 Key Features
3.0 System Requirements
4.0 Installing the Printer Driver from Floppy Diskette
5.0 Accessing the Printer Properties Dialog Box
6.0 Accessing Help Information
7.0 Hints for Color Printing
8.0 Hints for Photo-Realistic Printing
9.0 Hints for Grayscale Printing
10.0 Cautions, Limitations and Restrictions
1.0 Overview
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This printer driver software allows you to print documents from any Windows
NT 4.0 compatible application to your Canon BJC-5000 Series Bubble Jet
printer. This printer driver software does not operate with any other
version of Windows, such as Windows 3.1, Windows 95 or Windows 98.
Please contact your local Canon sales company regarding support for other
versions of Windows.
2.0 Key Features
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This printer driver software provides a variety of basic and advanced
capabilities to give you high-speed and high-quality printed output and
complete control over the printing process. This driver includes several
key features that are designed for ease of use and flexibility:
- high-quality color and grayscale printing
- fast processing time for rapid return-to-application time
- built-in access to troubleshooting and maintenance tools
- direct links to Canon's home page on the World-Wide Web.
3.0 System Requirements
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The Canon BJC-5000 Series Windows Printer Driver does not require any
additional system configuration beyond those required to run WindowsNT
4.0. However, you can improve the performance of your Canon printer
if you:
1. The minimum amount of RAM memory required is 16 MB, although at least
32 MB is highly recommended for optimal performance. Increasing the
amount of RAM will result in faster printing and reduce compatibility
problems with some applications. For higher-resolution printing (such
as 720x720 dpi or 1440x720 dpi), the minimum amount of RAM required
is 16 MB, although at least 32 MB is recommended for best performance.
2. Allow at least 10 MB of free hard disk space on the drive that contains
your system's TEMP directory. If you will be printing lengthy documents
consisting of many pages, or if you will be printing at higher resolutions,
you should allow additional hard disk space on your system.
4.0 Installing the Printer Driver from Floppy Diskette
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1. Start Windows NT 4.0 on your system.
2. Click on the "Start" button.
3. Point to the "Settings" item.
4. Click on the "Printers" item to display the Printers folder.
5. Double-click on the "Add Printer" icon to start the "Add Printer Wizard".
6. Click on the "Next" button.
7. Click on the "Have Disk" button.
8. Insert the driver diskette into the floppy disk drive of your computer
system. If the floppy disk drive is drive A, click on the "OK" button
and continue with the next step. Otherwise, type the letter name of your
floppy disk drive (such as "B:") and then click on the "OK" button.
9. 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 software application packages.
The printer driver software will automatically detect whether color or black
ink cartridges are installed in your printer, and it will print the image
correctly without the need for any customized setup.
5.0 Accessing the Printer Properties Dialog Box
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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, use the following procedure:
1. Click on the "Start" button.
2. Point to the "Settings" item.
3. Click on the "Printers" item to display the Printers folder.
4. Click on the icon for your printer to highlight it.
5. Click with the right mouse button on the icon, and then click with the
left mouse button on "Properties".
This will display the Printer Properties dialog box, which contains the
following tabs:
General - Lets you print a test page and define separator pages.
Ports - Lets you define printer port assignments.
Scheduling - Lets you define printer spooler settings.
Security - Lets you view or set permission on the printer.
Sharing - Lets you share the printer for network access on networked systems.
Troubleshooting - Provides helpful information about solving common problems.
Maintenance - Includes diagnostic tools for maintaining your printer.
You can also display the Printer Properties dialog box from within a software
application by clicking on the Print item from the File menu, and then clicking
on the Properties button. In other applications, you can click on the Printer
Setup item from the File menu and then click on the Setup button. Notice that when you access the printer Properties dialog box from within a software application, the
General, Scheduling, Security, Sharing and Ports tabs are not available. However, the Setting tab will be available. The Setting tab lets you define or change the print mode and settings.
6.0 Accessing Help Information
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From the Printer Properties dialog box, you can click on the "Help" button to
display additional information about every feature and option in the Canon
printer driver. You can also use the Windows NT 4.0 "What's this?" method,
by using the right mouse button to click on any item for information about that
item and its operation. Alternatively, you can click on the question-mark
(?) symbol in the upper right corner of each dialog box, and then click on
any item to display help for that item.
7.0 Hints for Color Printing
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For the best color printing speed and quality, you should install at least
one color ink cartridge (BC-21e) into Holder 1 of your printer and click on
the "Regular" button in the Settings tab of the printer driver. If you are
printing primarily color graphics, you can improve printing speed by adding
a second color ink cartridge in Holder 2. If you are printing a mixture of
some color graphics and lots of black text, you can improve the printing
speed by using a color ink cartridge (BC-21e) in Holder 1 and a black-only
ink cartridge (BC-23) in Holder 2.
8.0 Hints for Photo-Realistic Printing
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For the best photo-realistic color printing quality, you should install
a color ink cartridge (BC-21e) in Holder 1 and a photo ink cartridge (BC-22e)
in Holder 2. You should also click on the "Photo-realistic" button in the
Settings tab of the printer driver.
9.0 Hints for Grayscale Printing
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For the best grayscale printing speed, you should use one or two black-only
ink cartridges (BC-23). It is possible to use only the black ink of a color
ink cartridge, but the printing speed will be considerably slower. To print
in grayscale when a color ink cartridge is installed, you must click on the
"Print with black ink only" check-box.
10.0 Cautions, Limitations and Restrictions
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1. A known problem in Corel Mosaic Version 5.0 may cause incomplete printed
output. Please contact Corel Corporation for an update.
2. When sharing a document file among several computer systems, make sure that
all of the fonts used by the document are installed on all computer systems.
Otherwise, some text fonts will not be printed correctly.
3. When printing from Adobe Photoshop, you must select the "RGB" mode rather
than the "CMYK" mode to avoid printing some incorrect colors.
4. Banner Printing Tips
a) MS Publisher 97 - to avoid some overlapping printed results between
page boundaries, you must select "File/Print/Tile Printing Options"
and set the value of "Overlap tiles" to 0.
b) Print Shop Ensemble III
To avoid any gaps between pages, use Graphics quality mode instead of
Standard quality mode.
c) For best results, you should only print one copy of a banner at a time.
If you request multiple copies, the printed results may be unpredictable.
d) Although it is possible to feed banner media through the Automatic Sheet
Feeder, the paper will feed more smoothly if you insert it through the
Manual Feed slot in the back of the printer. When using the Manual Feed
slot, be sure to click on the "I will feed paper manually" check-box.
5. Certain page sizes may be supported by the printer and its driver software,
but not supported by the application software. These are limitations of
your application, and you should contact your application vendor in such
cases.
6. Some applications such as Microsoft Internet Explorer v3.0, Microsoft
Exchange v4.0 or v5.0 and Netscape Navigator v3.0 or v4.0 do not support
printing of multiple copies on printers with limited memory. For such
applications, the selection for the number of copies is disabled so you
can only print one copy at a time. In some cases, this is corrected in
a later version of the application. Please check with your application
vendor for an updated version.
7. When printing from Corel Presentations v7.0 or Corel Quattro Pro v7.0
and v8.0, the setting of the "Print with Black Ink Only" check-box is
not recognized if you set it from within the application. To avoid this
problem, exit the application and set this item from the Properties
dialog in the Printers folder.
8. Windows NT 4.0 'Separator Page' feature is not supported by the BJC-5000.
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