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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