Copyright CANON INC. 2000. All Rights Reserved.
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Microsoft Windows 2000
BJ Printer Driver Version 1.20
Instructions
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Introduction
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1. Foreword
This Readme gives you important information about setting up and using
the BJ Printer Driver with which the Readme is distributed. The BJ
Printer Driver allows you to print on your Canon BJ printer from
applications running under Microsoft (R) Windows (R) 2000. Before you
can use your printer, you must install the printer driver on your
computer.
2. Installation Components
The following components make up the installation package:
- Installer ([Setup.exe])
Installs the BJ Printer Driver on your computer.
- BJ Printer Driver (referred to as the "printer driver" in this
document)
The software that allows you to print on your printer.
- Uninstaller
Lets you remove the printer driver from your computer.
- Readme ([readme.txt])
This document. It contains important information about the printer
driver. To view it after installation, select [Start]-[Programs]-
[XXXXX]-[Readme]. (XXXXX is the model of your printer.)
- Guide ([NT_Guide400.doc])
Instructions on using the printer driver. To view it after
installation, select [Start]-[Programs]-[XXXXX]-[Guide]. (XXXXX is
the model of your printer.)
3. System Requirements
This software requires the following system configuration:
Operating System
Windows 2000 Professional (English) or
Windows 2000 Server/Advanced Server (English)
Hardware
Intel x86 base computer
CPU: Pentium 166 MHz or better microprocessor (or
equivalent)
Display: VGA or better
Hard drive: At least 25 MB free space prior to installing driver
Other drive: CD-ROM drive
Interface: Parallel or USB interface
Printer cable: Bi-directional Centronics cable or USB cable
Memory: Windows 2000 Professional: At least 32 MB (64 MB
recommended)
Windows 2000 Server: At least 64 MB (128 MB
recommended)
Note:
This printer driver cannot be used to print on a print server from a
client machine running an operating system other than the above.
4. Installation Method
This printer driver is designed to be installed under Windows 2000.
To install the printer driver, it is recommended you use the BJ Printer
Driver Installer rather than installing the driver with the [Found New
Hardware] Wizard. When the [Found New Hardware] Wizard starts, click
[Cancel] to stop it.
To install using the BJ Printer Driver Installer, follow the procedure
below.
Note:
- If you intend to connect to your printer via your computer's IrDA
interface, see your printer manual for details on installing the
driver for IrDA use.
- Before starting installation, see your printer manual for details on
connecting your printer to your computer.
- If you have an earlier version of the printer driver installed on your
computer, you must remove it with the uninstaller before installing
the new driver. Note, however, that when you do this, you will lose
any printing profiles you have created. Therefore, before deleting the
old driver, you should make a note of your printing profile data so
you can reenter it after installing the new driver.
- You must have full-control access to printer settings to carry out an
installation.
1) Make sure your printer is turned OFF.
Note:
If the printer is on, the Windows Plug and Play feature's [Found
New Hardware] Wizard will automatically appear when you start your
computer. If this happens, click [Cancel].
2) Log on to Windows 2000 as a member of the [Administrators] group.
3) Close any applications that are running.
4) If you have a CD-ROM setup disk, load the CD-ROM into your
computer's CD-ROM drive.
Alternatively, if you've downloaded the setup software from a Canon
web site, do this:
1) Decompress the downloaded file into a temporary folder.
2) Open the temporary folder and double-click Setup.exe.
The BJ Printer Driver Installer starts.
5) On the [Welcome] screen click [Next].
6) Read the [License Agreement] and if you agree to it click [Yes].
Note:
If a message dialogue box appears telling you the driver is already
installed and asking if you want to continue, click [Yes].
7) If you're installing from CD-ROM, click the Start button on the
main Installer screen to start the file copying process.
If you're installing from a downloaded installer, file copying
starts immediately.
Note:
If a digital signature confirmation dialogue box opens, click [Yes].
8) When the [Printer Port] dialogue box appears, make sure the printer
cable is properly connected to both your printer and computer, then
turn your printer on.
Note:
- If you want to select the printer port yourself, click [Manual
selection], select the port in the [Select port] dialogue box,
and click [Next].
- If automatic port detection fails, make sure the printer cable
really is properly connected to both your printer and computer,
then turn your printer on. Alternatively, click [Manual
selection] and select the port in the [Select port] dialogue box
and click [Next].
9) When the [Installation Complete] screen appears click [Finish].
Note:
In certain cases, a Windows 2000 printer driver provided by Microsoft
will already be installed on your computer. However, it is recommended
that you use a Canon driver. If you see a printer name of the form
"Canon Bubble-Jet BJXXXX" in your [Printers] folder, a Microsoft driver
has been installed.
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Specifying Printer Driver Settings
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1. Opening the Printer Driver Dialogue Box
- Opening from your application
A typical way to open the printer driver from your application is to
select [File]-[Page Setup] and click [Printer], or select [File]-
[Print...] and click [Properties].
- Opening directly
To specify a regularly-used setup or to access your printer's
maintenance functions, use the procedure below. Don't try to use the
maintenance functions while printing.
1) Select [Start]-[Settings]-[Printers].
2) In the [Printers] folder, click the icon for your printer.
3) From the [File] menu select [Printing Preferences].
2. Dialogue Box Tabs
The printer driver dialogue box is organised into five tabs, as follows:
- [Main] tab
Specifies what BJ Cartridge is installed and what media is loaded.
With this tab you can specify the ink and paper you're using. ([BJ
Cartridge] settings depend on printer model.)
- [Page Setup] tab
Specifies [Orientation], [Page Size], [Scaling], and related
settings.
- [Effects] tab
Specifies optional effects for altering or enhancing printed images.
- [Profiles] tab
Lets you save the settings on the [Main], [Page Setup] and [Effects]
tabs. Settings you use regularly can be saved and restored. You can
also delete unwanted saved settings.
- [Maintenance] tab
Executes print head cleaning, test printing, and other printer-
maintenance-related functions.
Note:
To get information on any dialogue box item, use the online help.
Click [?] at the top right of the box, then click the item to get an
explanation. To get help on an entire tab, click the Help button at
the bottom of the dialogue box. For help on using [Help], press [F1]
when the [Help] window opens.
3. Using the Printer Driver
When printing something with this printer driver, restrictions on what
you can do sometimes apply. Keep the following points in mind when
printing:
- If you cancel printing, delete the current and all pending print
jobs and reset the printer.
- With certain applications, the [Copies] setting is non-effective
when setting is attempted from the printer driver. In such cases,
specify the setting in the applications' [Print] dialogue box.
- With certain applications, if you attempt multiple-copy printing of
a document with [Collate] checked on the printer driver's [Page
Setup] tab or in the application's [Print] dialogue box, printing
will not be done correctly. To work around this, uncheck [Collate]
before printing.
- In some cases, printing will fail if there isn't enough virtual
memory available. You can remedy this by increasing the size of the
paging file. To do this, open the [System Properties] dialogue box
by double-clicking [System] in the Control Panel or right-clicking
[My Computer] and choosing [Properties]. Then click the [Advanced]
tab, click [Performance Options...], click [Change...], specify the
new paging file size, click [Set], and click [OK].
- With certain applications, printing may not be done properly if
[Print Type] or [Halftoning] is set to [Auto]. In this case, start
[Print Advisor] on the [Main] tab and be sure to select [Print a
top-quality photo] or [Print tables and charts]. Alternatively, set
[Print Quality] on the [Main] tab to [Custom] and select a setting
other than [Auto] for [Halftoning]. Next set [Colour Adjustment] to
[Manual] and select a setting other than [Auto] for [Print Type].
- When printing graduated or graphics-intensive print data, sometimes
print data may not be printed. This occurs when there is not enough
free space on your hard disk to temporarily store the data. To
remedy this, make sure there is 40-50 MB of free space on the drive
where Windows 2000 is installed. Alternatively, use the [Spool
Folder] setting of [Server Properties] to allocate sufficient space
for the spool folder.
- If, during printing, you cancel the print job from the Printer's
folder, there will be a delay before printing actually stops.
- It is not possible to use the IrDA interface to print on a BJC-85.
- When printing on a BJC-55 via the IrDA interface, functions that
rely on bi-directional communication do not work. Thus you will not
be able to use the driver's cartridge detection function, the BJ
Status Monitor will not start automatically when you print
something, and cartridge mismatches will not be reported.
- The [Page Layout], [Reverse Order], and [Collate] settings on the
printer driver's [Page Setup] tab cannot be specified if you select
the [Print directly to the printer] option or uncheck [Enable
advanced printing features] on the [Advanced] tab of the Printer
Properties dialogue box.
- With certain applications, the [Page Layout], [Reverse Order], and
[Collate] settings on the printer driver's [Page Setup] tab are
ineffective. Examples are applications that don't support EMF
spooling, such as PhotoShop 4.0 and PowerPoint.
- The [Page Layout], [Reverse Order], and [Collate] settings on the
printer driver's [Page Setup] tab are ineffective if you check
[Print to file] in your application's [Print] dialogue box.
- When using the LPT port, to ensure the Status Monitor is responsive,
open the [Printer Properties] dialogue box, click the [Ports] tab,
click [Configure Port...] and change [Transmission Retry] to a value
less than the default of 90 seconds. Restart your computer to make
the new setting take effect.
- With the following models, you might possibly want to consider
setting the parallel port to ECP mode in your computer's BIOS. For
details on changing BIOS settings, see your computer's user manual.
BJC-7100
BJC-8500
BJC-6000
BJC-6100
BJC-6200
BJC-6500
BJC-3000
BJC-8200
S400
S450
Note:
Depending on your hardware, the Status Monitor may not report the
printer status correctly or print jobs may not finish properly with
ECP mode set. If you get such problems, click [Custom Settings] on
the [Maintenance] tab, and uncheck [Set Printer to ECP mode].
- With the BJC-8500 and BJC-7100 printers, you can make prints water-
resistant by using ink optimizer when printing on plain paper or
envelopes. To use ink optimizer, set [Media Type] on the driver's
[Main] tab to [Plain Paper], [Envelope], or [Other Paper]. Note,
however, that if [Print Quality] is set to [Draft], ink optimizer
will not be used.
- With the BJC-8500 and BJC-7100 printers, if you set [Media Type] on
the driver's [Main] tab to [Envelope], remove each envelope before
the next one is delivered.
- With the BJC-7100 printer, when Photo (Colour) ink has been used up,
by setting [BJ Cartridge] on the driver's [Main] tab to
[Black/Colour] and checking [Don't print in colour], printing will
be done in black and white.
- For more information on configuring Windows 2000, see the Windows
2000 user's manual.
4. Points To Note with Applications
- Microsoft Word/Microsoft Corporation
When changing [Paper size] and [Orientation], do it using Word's
settings, not the printer driver's.
- Microsoft Word 2000/Microsoft Corporation
If you specify a value greater than one for the [Pages per sheet]
setting in Word's [Print] dialogue box, set [Page Layout] on the
driver's [Page Setup] tab to [1-up Printing]. If you specify values
greater than one for both settings, printing will not be done
correctly. When you want to print more than one page per sheet, use
one setting or the other to specify it.
- Microsoft Word 2000/Microsoft Corporation
When using the [Scale to paper size] setting in the [Print] dialogue
box, uncheck [Scaled Printing] on the printer driver's [Page Setup]
tab. If checked, Word 2000's [Scale to paper size] setting will be
overridden by the printer driver's [Paper Size] setting on the [Page
Setup] tab when scaling to fit.
- Microsoft Word/Microsoft Corporation
When selecting [Scaled printing] on the [Page Setup] tab, do this:
1) Open Word's [Print] dialogue box.
2) Open the printer driver dialogue box and on the [Page Setup] tab
select the page size and click [OK].
3) Without starting printing, close the [Print] dialogue box.
4) Open Word's [Print] dialogue box again.
5) Open the printer driver dialogue box and click [OK] again.
6) Start printing.
- Microsoft Word 2000/Microsoft Corporation
When Word's [Allow A4/Letter paper resizing] feature is enabled, if
[Orientation] in Word's [Page Setup] dialogue box is set to
[Portrait] and the driver's [Orientation] setting is specified as
[Landscape], printing is not done correctly. To avoid this, disable
[Allow A4/Letter paper resizing] before printing. To access this
feature, open the [Options] dialogue box from Word's [Tools] menu
and click the [Print] tab.
- Lotus Organizer 2.1/97/Lotus Corporation
Lotus Organizer will print in colour even though monochrome printing
has been selected. To stop this, check [Don't Print in Colour] in
the printer driver.
- Photoshop/Adobe Systems Inc.
Printing may not be done if you don't have system administrator
privileges. Log on with system administrator privileges to print.
- Lotus Notes/Lotus Corporation
The system can lock up with certain print jobs. Make sure that in
Notes' [Page Layout] settings you specify top and bottom margins of
22.86 mm (0.9 in.) or 27.94 mm (1.1 in.).
- Microsoft Outlook 97/Microsoft Corporation
If you cancel printing from the application, the next print job will
crash. On the Outlook [Schedule] tab, select spooling for the print
document.
- CorelDraw 8/Corel Corporation
There are instances where problems arise if you try to open the
printer driver's dialogue box from CorelDraw 8.0. For instance, a
crash may occur or characters may be corrupted. To get round this,
open the driver from the [Printers] folder, specify the settings you
want, then print from the application. This problem does not occur
with CorelDraw 9.0.
- With some applications, when printing with [Page Layout] on the
[Page Setup] tab set to [2-up Printing] or greater, certain page
images may get cropped. If this happens, use the application to
adjust the layout of the affected pages.
5. Network Printing
This section explains what you must do and what restrictions apply when
configuring clients and print servers for network printing and when
actually printing via a network printer.
<Overview>
With Windows, it is possible to print via the network to a printer
connected to another computer. Such a printer is called a shared
printer.
In the following explanation, a computer to which a shared printer is
directly connected is called a print server, and a computer which uses a
shared printer via the network is called a client.
The following explains how to set up and work with a shared printer, as
well as describing what restrictions apply.
Regarding printer drivers, on the print server, install the driver most
suitable for the print server's operating system; on the client, install
the driver most suitable for the client's operating system.
For example, when using Windows 2000 Server, install the latest version
of the Windows 2000 printer driver; and when using a Windows 98 client,
install the latest version of the Windows 98 printer driver.
When running Windows 2000 or Windows NT 4.0 on a print server, the
printer driver used by clients can be saved on the print server in
advance. On Windows 2000 this function is called [Additional Drivers];
on Windows NT 4.0, [Alternative Drivers].
A driver which has been saved on the print server in advance is
installed on a client automatically when the client connects to the
shared printer. This feature is called point and print installation.
Point and print installation provides a convenient way for the print
server manager to cater for multiple clients. However, because
restrictions and considerations apply with a number of systems
(described later), it is recommended that drivers be installed in
advance on all clients that use the shared printer.
<Notes on the driver version>
The following explains about using the different versions of printer
driver.
* Windows 2000
For a print server or a client, use Version 1.20 of the Windows 2000 BJ
printer driver. Also, if the print server and client are running the
same operating system, use the same version of the driver on each.
* Windows NT 4.0
For a print server or a client, use Version 4.20 of the Windows NT 4.0
BJ Printer Driver. Also, if the print server and client are running the
same operating system, use the same version of the driver on each.
However, with the following printers, which are not supported by Version
4.20, use Version 2.50 of the driver:
BJC-2000, BJC-1000, BJC-4550, BJC-4650, BJC-240, BJC-250,
BJC-4300, BJC-4400, BJC-4200, BJC-7000, BJC-5500, BJC-2000SP,
BJC-265SP, BJC-4300SP, BJC-255SP, BJC-4200SP
* Windows 98 or Windows 95
For a client, use the latest version of the Windows 98/95 driver.
Note:
- Versions 3.xx, 4.00, and 4.10 of the Windows NT 4.0 driver cannot be
used.
- With Windows 2000 and Windows NT 4.0, network printing cannot be done
by combining a Windows printer driver (Microsoft) and a Canon printer
driver. Use a Canon driver on both the print server and client.
<Driver installation procedure>
The method of installing the driver is described below. First, install
the printer driver on the print server. Next, specify the shared
printer. Then install the printer driver on the client. Lastly, connect
the shared printer of the print server to the client.
Use the following procedure:
1) Install the appropriate printer driver on the print server. The
installation method is more or less the same as for a local printer.
Note:
If the print server is running Windows 98 or Windows 95, bi-
directional communication with the printer is not possible, so the
printer status cannot be determined. As a result, a cartridge-
mismatch warning message is displayed on the print server even though
the correct cartridge is installed, and printing sometimes stops or
cannot be done at all. To avoid these problems, open the printer
driver on the print server (Windows 98/95), click [Spool Settings...]
on the printer properties [Details] tab, and select [Disable bi-
directional support for this printer].
2) Specify the printer connected to the print server as a shared
printer. For information on how to do this, see the Windows online
help.
3) Install the appropriate printer driver on the client. The
installation method is more or less the same as for a local printer.
Note:
- Any port can be selected for installation. After choosing a
suitable port, complete installation.
- When using the installer to do the installation, a dialogue box
telling you to turn the printer on appears. However, you can ignore
this instruction.
4) Connect the shared printer of the print server to the client.
From the client, open the print server computer, right-click the icon
for the shared printer in the [Printers] folder, and do one of the
following:
- On a Windows 2000 client, choose [Connect...] from the menu.
- On a Windows NT 4.0 client, choose [Install...] from the menu.
- With a Windows 98 or Windows 95 client, do the following:
1. Select [Start]-[Settings]-[Printers] on the client.
2. Right-click the icon of the type of printer you want to use, and
select [Properties].
3. On the [Details] tab, click [Add port...].
4. Select [Network] and click [Browse...].
5. From the printer list, select the shared printer you want to use
and click [OK].
As a result of this procedure, a printer icon allowing you to print to
the shared printer is created on the client computer.
Note:
A second printer icon is created With a Windows 2000 or Windows NT 4.0
client, a printer icon for the shared printer is created separately from
the original one associated with the local printer. When printing on the
shared printer, use the printer icon for that printer. Since the
original printer icon is no longer needed, it can be deleted.
<Additional restrictions on network printing>
* Point and print installation
Point and print installation is possible when the print server is
running Windows 2000 or Windows NT 4.0.
If print server and client are both running Windows 2000 or Windows NT
4.0, but a printer driver has not been installed on the client, by
right-clicking the icon for the shared printer of the print server and
selecting [Connect...] or [Install...], the printer driver will be
automatically installed on the client.
Also, if the print server and client are running different operating
systems, by using the [Additional Drivers] (Windows 2000) or
[Alternative Drivers] (Windows NT 4.0) feature, the driver needed by the
client is saved on the print server and is automatically installed on
the client when it connects to the shared printer.
Note the following when doing point and print installation:
* Bi-directional support is displayed as being off
With a Windows 2000 or Windows NT 4.0 client, [Enable bidirectional
support] on the client printer properties [Ports] tab is shown as being
off. Because of this, if the client user, having opened the properties
[Ports] tab then closes it by clicking [OK], bi-directional
communication with the print server will be disabled.
You can avoid this problem by installing the driver on the client in
advance and connecting to the shared printer. Also, by modifying the
permissions of the shared printer, it is possible to restrict the access
rights of the client user and so prevent misoperation.
* The driver for point and print installation cannot be saved properly
When saving a client driver with [Additional Drivers] or [Alternative
Drivers], if its name is not exactly the same as that of the print
server driver, it cannot be saved properly.
With Windows 2000 and Windows NT 4.0, there are some drivers whose names
end with "(BJRSTR)".
Example: Canon BJC-6000 (BJRSTR)
However, the corresponding Windows 98/95 drivers have names that do not
end with "(BJRSTR)". In these cases, client drivers for Windows 98/95
cannot be saved properly, and although it appears a driver was saved,
printing from Windows 98 or Windows 95 will malfunction.
To allow printing, install the correct driver by following the procedure
described under 4, "Installation Method", in the Introduction to this
Readme.
* "The file 'xxx.dll' on Windows 95 or 98 is needed." is displayed
In the middle of saving a Windows 98/95 driver with [Additional Drivers]
or [Alternative Drivers], the message "The file 'xxx.dll' on Windows 95
or 98 is needed." may appear. The message, if it appears at all, will be
repeated several times since the required driver files are distributed
among a group of folders. Each time this message appears, specify the
appropriate folder in the sequence Disk1, Disk2, Disk3 and so on until
all the folders in the group have been processed.
* Windows NT 4.0 driver installed under Windows 2000
If the print server is running Windows NT 4.0 and the client is running
Windows 2000, point and print installation will install the Windows NT
4.0 printer driver under Windows 2000 on the client. Since Windows NT
4.0 driver operation under Windows 2000 is not guaranteed, it is
necessary to install the correct driver manually by following the
procedure described under 4, "Installation Method", in the Introduction
to this Readme.
<Restrictions on use>
- When using a network printer, if the client's cartridge detection
function ([Main] tab [Detect...] button) is used or the BJ Status
Monitor is activated, a command is sent to the printer to obtain its
status. If you have checked [Notify when remote documents are printed]
on the [Advanced] tab of the print server's [Server Properties]
dialogue box, a print completion notification message is displayed on
the client in response to each command. In particular, if the BJ
Status Monitor has been activated, a command requesting the printer
status is issued frequently, with a completion notification message
being displayed each time. To stop these messages appearing, uncheck
[Notify when remote documents are printed] on the [Advanced] tab of
the print server's [Server Properties] dialogue box, then restart the
print server to make the setting effective.
- When using a network printer, sometimes the BJ cartridge cannot be
detected correctly by clicking the [Detect...] button on the [Main]
tab. If this happens, use the [Detect...] button of the printer driver
installed on the print server.
- When using Axis Communications' PrintPort 140 BJC ethernet print
server, although printing is possible, bi-directional communication is
not.
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Find the device and model you want to update in the device list.
Double-click on it to open the Properties dialog box.
From the Properties dialog box, select the Driver tab.
Click the Update Driver button, then follow the instructions.
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