BJ-230 USER MANUAL Canon
Contents Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Appendix A Introduction Features and Benefits Using This Manual Customer Support Setting Up the Printer Unpacking the Printer Choosing a Location for Your Printer Examining the Printer Assembling the Printer Loading Paper Automatically Feeding Paper Printing On Envelopes Manually Feeding Thick Paper or Transparencies Loading Paper in Landscape Orientation Using the Operator Panel Turning On the Printer Pausing
Appendix B Appendix C Interface Specifications Printer Command Summaries and Character Set BJ-10 Command Summary BJ-10 Character Sets Epson LQ Command Summary Epson LQ Character Sets Glossary Index editiing by Jason Plank and Cindy Cassat
Chapter 1 Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of the Canon Bubble Jet Printer BJ230. We appreciate you choosing this printer to meet your printing needs. It offers exceptional print quality, flexible paper handling, fast printing speeds, and trouble-free operation. This chapter introduces you to the features of your new printer and describes how to use this User's Manual. Features and Benefits The Bubble Jet Printer BJ-230 produces high-quality printing by incorporating many useful features.
quietness: HQ (high quality) mode provides high quality and high speed at 173 characters per second (cps) HS (high speed) mode provides draft quality at 248 cps SHQ(super high quality) mode provides the highest quality print at 124 cps Quiet printing Non-impact printing method offer quiet operation Simple maintenance The replacement ink cartridge contains both the ink and the print head; when it runs out of ink, you simply replace it Compact desktop design Lightweight (7.7 1b/3.
Describes how to clean the printer and replace the ink cartridge. Chapter 7, Troubleshooting Provides procedures to help you solve problems that may occur with the printer. Chapter 8, Customizing the Printer Describes the printer's DIP switches and explains how you can customize the factory default settings of the printer by changing the DIP switches. The appendices include printer specifications.
Friday from 8 am to 10 pm Eastern Standard Time(EST), except on holidays. If you seem to have an operational problem, try to solve it by referring to the information in Chapter 7, Troubleshooting. If you cannot quickly resume normal operation, contact CCSI's experienced support personnel at the help desk. Canon also provides a bulletin board service (BBS). Call the help desk to obtain the number for the BBS. If you use CompuServe, you can access the Canon Peripherals Forum.
Chapter 2 Setting Up the Printer This chapter describes the steps you follow to unpack and set up your printer. It offers guidelines for finding a suitable location for the printer, explains how to install the ink cartridge, and describes how to connect the power and interface cable. If you have already set up your printer using the Quick Start Guide, you may want to scan this chapter for the additional information it supplies. Unpacking the Printer Carefully remove all items from the box.
Canon Bubble Jet Quick Start Guide Printer BJ-230 BC-02 ink cartridge Windows driver diskette (in envelope) Paper exit support Product Warranty card AC power cord Registration Card If your printer was damaged in shipping, or if any items are missing, notify your dealer immediately. NOTE: In addition to the items shipped with your printer, you need a Centronic®-compatible, parallel interface cable, which you can purchase from your dealer.
Place the printer in a cool, dry, clean, well ventilated area. Avoid placing it in direct sunlight. Set the printer on a sturdy, level surface. Do not set the printer on an angled printer stand. Place the printer where the temperature is stable and set for human comfort. Locate the printer near an electrical wall outlet that accepts a three-prong, grounded plug. NOTE: Use only the power cord that came with your printer.
Examining the Printer Before setting up your printer, you should become familiar with its components and understand their functions.
Sheet feeder Stacks ups to 100 sheets of lette- or- legal size paper or 50 sheets of ledger-size paper for automatic feeding. You can also manually feed a single sheet, such as a transparency or card stock. Paper guide Aligns paper in the sheet feeder. You can adjust the guide for paper widths of up to 11 inches (279 mm). Paper rest Keeps the paper straight in the sheet feeder and helps prevent misfeeds. Extend this support before loading a stack of paper in the sheet feeder.
exit support from side to side to match the width of the paper on which you are printing such that the paper will be centered on the support. (How you attach this support is describe later in this chapter.) Dip switch cover Protects the DIP switches. You use these switches to change the printer's factory default settings. For information about changing the default settings, see Chapter 8, Customizing the Printer. From the Back Parallel interface port Allows you to attach the printer's interface cable.
Ink cartridge holder Allows you to install the ink cartridge (as described later in this chapter). Paper thickness lever Identifies the thickness of your paper. The setting you choose adjusts the distance between the print head and the paper. There are two settings: left for normal paper and right for thick paperor envelopes. (After you remove the tape that protects this lever during shipping, slide the lever to the left.
To avoid spilling ink, follow these precautions: Do not touch the print head on the ink cartridge or the sharp edges around it. Do not hold the ink cartridge, or place it on your table, with the print head facing down, except when you are installing it. Do not attempt to disassemble the cartridge. Do not vigorously shake the ink cartridge while handling it. CAUTION: Keep the ink cartridge out of children's reach; the ink contains isopropyl alcohol 67-63-0.
remove the orange tape. 4. Locate the cartridge holder on the right side of the printer. CAUTION: Avoid touching the yellow mounting base on which you place the cartridge -- especially the circuit board on the side of the mounting base and the film cable that extends from the cartridge holder. 5. Lift the green lock lever on the cartridge holder.
6. Fit the ink cartridge over the yellow mounting base with the print head facing down. (When installed correctly, the label on the cartridge will appear upside down.) 7. Push the lock lever down until it snaps into place.
Make sure there is no resistance when you press on the lock lever, and be sure no gap exists between the ink cartridge and cartridge holder. When secure, the ink cartridge makes contact with the circuit board inside the cartridge holder. CAUTION: Do not move the ink cartridge after installing it. Moving the ink cartridge to the left and leaving it there may uncap the print head and cause it to dry out. 8. Close the front cover.
Chapter 3 Loading Paper This chapter descibes how to load paper, envelopes, thick paper, and transparencies in the printer. To ensure the best performance of your printer, you want to select the best paper and load it correctly. The wide-carriage capabilities of your printer allow you to load lettersize paper in either portrait or landscape orientation and legal-or ledgersize paper in portrait orientation.
Purchase a small amount of paper and test it to see if it meets your printing requirements. NOTE: Attempting to print on damp, curled, wrinkled, or torn paper can cause paper jams and poor print quality. You can automatically feed single sheets of plain papers: Size: Letter -- 8.5 x 11 inches (210 x 279 mm) Legal -- 8.5 x 14.0 inches(216 x 356 mm), portrait orientation only Ledger -- 11 x 17 inches(279 x 420 mm), portrait orientation only Thickness: Less than 0.008 inches (0.
NOTE: You set the paper selection lever to the front position only when loading envelopes or manually feeding paper. If it is set to the front position when you are automatically feeding stacks of normal paper, the printer may feed multiple sheets or jam. 2. Fan the paper before stacking it in the sheet feeder. 3. Align the stack of paper with the right edge of the sheet feeder and slide in the stack until it stops. Do not force the paper into the printer.
6. Make sure the printer is on-line and start your print operation. NOTE: Do not leave paper stacked in the printer for long periods os time; longer sheets of paper may become bent or curled over time. This may cause multiple sheets to feed or the paper may jam. Remove paper from the paper exit support before the count reaches 20 sheets. Printing On Envelopes You can stack up to 10 envelopes in the sheet feeder. Before printing on envelopes, you need to turn on the envelope mode.
When you are ready to load envelopes, follow these steps: 1. Make sure the printer is turned on and on-line. 2. Turn on the envelope mode by pressing and holding the LF/FF button, and then pressing the ON LINE button. The beeper sounds once and the indicator light for the current print mode blinks quickly. Press ON LINE to set the printer back on-line. 3. Set the green paper thickness lever on the inside of the printer to the right. 4.
5. Arrange the stack of envelopes on a firm surface and press down firmly on the edges to make the folds crisp. Press all the way around the envelopes to remove any curls and expel air from inside the envelopes. 6. Align the stack of envelopes with the right edge of the sheet feeder and slide in the stack until it stops. 7. Adjust the paper guide to the stack of envelopes, and adjust the paper exit support to match the width of the envelopes. 8. Start your print operation.
After printing on envelopes, follow these stepa before printing on normal paper again: 1. Set the paper selection lever (on the right side of the sheet feeder) to the back postion. 2. Set the green paper thickness lever (inside the printer) to the left position. 3. Disable the envelope mode: make sure the printer is on-line; then press and the hold the LF/FF button and press the ON LINE button.
NOTE: When printing on a transparency, insert the sheet so the transparency side is facing you and the backing is toward the sheet feeder. Insert the top of the transparency (where it is attached to its backing) into the sheet feeder first. 5. Slide in the sheet until it stops, and hold it for about two seconds. The printer will automatically load the paper into position. 6. Start your print operation.
The printer prints faster on letter-size paper loaded in landscape orientation than it does when actually printing in landscape mode. When you load paper in landscape orientation, you can use reduction mode to fit even more text on next page. (See Chapter 4, Using the Operator Panel, for details on using reduction mode.
Chapter 4 Using the Operator Panel You can control basic printer operations through teh operator panel. The indicator lights reflect the current status and modes of the printer. Most software applications, such as word processing, spreadsheet, and database programs, automatically handle the printer control operations. For example, your word processing programs tells the printer what typeface to use and when to perform a line feed or form feed.
will stop. To start printing again, press the ON LINE button. Feeding Paper When the printer is off-line, you can use the LF/FF button to advance the paper in the printer. You can perform a line feed or a form feed, or you can eject a sheet of paper. Line feeding When a sheet of paper is loaded and the printer is off-line, press the LF/FF button to advance the paper one line. Press the button repeatedly to feed as many lines as you want.
Use HQ mode for most of your printing needs. The printer automatically prints in HQ mode unless you change the mode with the PRINT MODE button. Use the SHQ mode when you want extremely high quality print or you want the printer to be very quiet. In this mode, the printer uses a higher quality print density and consumes more ink than in HQ mode. Your printer text may appear bolder than in HQ mode. Use the HS mode when you are printing draft documents.
NOTE: Use reduction mode only when you are printing on letter wide paper in landscape orientation or you are using ledger-size paper in portrait orientation. It is recommended that you use the reduction mode with MS-DOS applications only (not Windows applications). Windows applications have a fit-to-page feature that is not compatible with reduction mode. In reduction mode, the printer ignores the page length command and the perforation skip command.
NOTE: When the printer is in the envelope mode, it ignores the reduction mode setting. Printing the Test Prints The printer includes two tests prints: the self test and the font list. Use these test prints to check the operation of the printer. To print the self tests, you must be automatically feeding paper. The self tests are not available when you are manually feedign paper. Self Test You can print the self test in both printer control modes: BJ-10 mode or Epson LQ mode.
In Epson LQ mode, the self test looks like this: Font List You can print this sample in both printer control modes: BJ-10 mode or Epson LQ mode. The printer prints all characters in the available print styles and pitches.
To start the font list, follow these steps: 1. Press the POWER button to turn off the printer. 2. Make sure paper is loaded correctly in the sheet feeder. 3. Press and hold the ON LINE button, and press the POWER button until the beeper sounds. Stopping the test To stop printing the font list, press and hold the ON LINE button for one second. The printer stops printing, ejects the current sheet of paper, and goes on-line.
Performing Automatic Line Feeds You can set the printer so that it performs an automatic line feed each time it recieves a carriage return. Then, when the printer receives a carriage return code from the computer, it moves to the beginning of the next line. You only need to set this function if you are using an application program that does not include a carriage return with a line feed. To set the automatic line feed function, follow these steps: 1. Make sure the printer is turned off. 2.
Chapter 5 Using the Printer With Software Your printer will work with a wide variety of applications, such as spreadsheet, word processing, and graphics programs. This chapter describes how to set up your software application for your printer. Setting Up Windows for Your Printer This sections contains the procedures you perform to install the Bubble Jet Printer BJ-230 driver for the Microsoft Windows operating system environment, versions 3.1 and 3.0.
NOTE: Your screen may show printers in the Installed Printers box. This means other printers have been installed for your system; this should not cause any problems. 3. Choose the Add button to display all the List of Printers box. 4. Select Install Unlisted or Updated Printer from the beginning of the List of Printers, and then choose Install. A dialog box appears instructing you to insert the diskette that contains the printer driver. 5.
7. If you need to change the port designation, make sure the Canon BJ-230 is selected in the installed Printers box. Then select the Connect button to display the Connect dialog box. 8. Choose your port and select OK. 9. If you want to use the Bubble Jet Printer BJ-230 for all of your work, make sure Canon BJ-230 is highlighted and select the Set As Default Printer button from the Printers dialog box. 10. Select the Close button to complete the installation of the Canon BJ-230 Windows driver. Windows 3.
choose Install. The Add unlisted printer window appears. 5. Insert the diskette containing the Canon BJ-230 Windows printer driver into disk drive A: (or any other available drive). 6. In the directories box, select A: (or the name of the drive you are using). The BJ-230.DRV filename appears in the Driver Files box. 7. Select BJ-230.DRV and select OK. BJ-230 appears in the Installed Printers box. 8. To change the port designation, make sure the BJ-230 is selected in the Installed Printers box.
If you are using Windows 3.1, select the Setup button from the Printers dialog box. If you are using Windows 3.0, select the Configure button and then the Setup button. When you start the Setup program, Windows displays the main dialog box for your printer: From this screen, you can select the paper size, media type, paper source, print selection, print quality, and orientation.
NOTE: When you load letter-wide paper in landscape orientation, the printer actually prints in portrait mode. So make sure you select portrait for your printing orientation in the printer driver. If you select User Defined Size, the Setup program displays the following dialog box: First select the unit of measurement you are using (inches or millimeters), and then specify the width and length of your paper.
You can select either Portrait or Landscape orientation by clicking on the appropriate selection in the Orientation box. The default is portrait orientation. Click on About in the main dialog box to display copyright information regarding the Windows driver and its version number. Click on Help in the main dialog box to enter Microsoft's Universal Driver Help program. The Printer Setup screen displays information that will help you specify your printer settings.
printing procedure. 1. Start the program you used to create the document, and open the document you want to print. 2. Choose Printer Setup from the File menu. 3. Select the Canon BJ-230 as your printer, and select Setup. 4. Make any adjustments as appropriate for printing your document, and select OK. 5. Select OK to close the Printer Setup Window. 6. Choose Print from the File menu. 7. After making any necessary changes to the printing parameters, select OK to start the print job.
Jet Printer BJ-230. NOTE: Software developers continuously create printer drivers. If your application software does not list a Canon BJ-230 drivers, call your software application's technical support line and ask if a BJ-230 driver is available. If they are unable to assist you, call the Canon help desk at 1800-423-2366 to see if the driver is available.
Your printer has two resident printer control modes: BJ-10 mode and Epson LQ mode. BJ-10 mode is the default. If you were able to select a Canon BJ printer or the IBM Proprinter X24E through your application program, you will want to use the printer in BJ-10 mode. This mode gives you the fullest range of features. If your application program does not support the Canon BJ or the IBM Proprinter X24E printers, but does support an Epson LQ printer, you can use the printer in LQ mode.
The following table lists the print styles that are available in each printer control mode. Print Style Italic Emphasized Double-high Double-wide Slashed zero Printer Control Mode BJ-10 No Yes (via ESC E sequence) Yes (via ESC [ @ sequence) Yes (via ESC W sequence) Yes (via ESC [ K sequence) Epson LQ Yes Yes (via ESC E sequence) Yes (via ESC w sequence) Yes (via ESC W sequence) No You use DIP switch 12 to select the printer control mode.
Chapter 6 Maintaining the Printer This chapter covers the care and maintenance of your Canon Bubble Jet Printer BJ-230. This includes cautions, cleaning the printer, replacing the ink cartridge, and transporting the printer. Cautions Follow these guidelines to avoid damage to your printer and harm to you or others: Set the printer on a stable surface. Keep the front cover closed when printing. Do not set anything on top of the printer.
2. Clean the exterior of the printer with a soft cloth moistened with water. Clean any smudges or dust. CAUTION: Make sure the printer is turned off before cleaning it, and unplug the power cord. When cleaning inside the printer, avoid the area near the print head on the ink cartridge. Do not touch the print head. Ink may leak out and cause stains. Do not use any oil or cleanser inside the the printer. Use a soft cloth to clean the printer; do not use paper towels or tissues.
If your print quality is not crisp and clear, see Chapter7, Troubleshooting, for possible solutions. If the problem seems to be your ink cartridge, be sure to clean the print head before determining that you need to replace the cartridge. If you clean the print head five times and your print quality does not improve, you need to replace the cartridge. ( The print head cleaning procedure is described in Chapter 2, Setting Up the Printer, and late in this chapter.
CAUTION: Keep the ink cartridge out of children's reach; the ink contains isopropyl alcohol 67-63-0. To install a new ink cartridge, follow these steps: 1. Make sure the printer is turned off. 2. Open the front cover. 3. Lift the green lock lever on the cartridge holder. Slide the old ink cartridge out of the holder and dispose of it properly. 4. Take the new ink cartridge out of its protective packaging. Slide off the orange protective cap from the print head and then remove the orange tape.
5. Fit the ink cartridge over the yellow mounting base with the print head facing down. (When installed correctly, the label on the cartridge will be upside down.) CAUTION: Avoid touching the yellow mounting base on which you place the cartridge--especially the circuit board on the side of the mounting base and the film cable that extends from the cartridge holder. 6. Push the lock lever down until it snaps into place.
CAUTION: Do not move the ink cartridge after installing it. Moving the ink cartridge to the left and leaving it there may uncap the print head and cause it to dry out. 7. Close the front cover. When you are not using the printer, make sure the ink cartridge is in its home position, which is on the right side of the printer. Cleaning the Print Head The print head on a new ink cartridge needs to be cleaned to ensure the best possible print quality.
procedure. Transporting the Printer If you plan to move the printer from one location to another, or if you want to store it, follow these steps: 1. Press the POWER button to turn off the printer. This moves the print head to the home position. 2. Remove any paper from the sheet feeder. 3. Detach the interface cable and the power cord. 4. Close the front cover (if necessary). 5. Return the paper rest and paper exit support to their original positions. 6.
Chapter 7 Troubleshooting This chapter contains information to help you solve printer problems. A problem may have one or a combination of causes, including a malfunction in your computer, software, the printer cable, or the printer. Many printing problems are related to how your software interacts with the printer. If your printer is not operating properly, try the suggestions in this chapter. The following list shows the problems covered here.
Windows Problems Printer Prints Garbage or Does Not Print Large Gaps Appear Between Text or Graphics Envelopes Do Not Print Correctly in Word for Windows NOTE: If you have a problem with your printer and you cannot resolve it by referring to the information in this chapter, contact the Canon help desk at 1-800-423-2366. Attempting to repair the printer yourself may void the warranty. Operational Problems This section contains problems and solutions related to the operation of your hardware.
6. Print a screen dump from your computer. If it still does not print, there is a problem with your software or your interface port. Call the Canon help desk at 1-800-423-2366. Print Head Moves, Ink Does Not Appear If the print head is moving, but no ink comes out, the ink cartridge may not be installed properly. 1. Remove the ink cartridge and check that the film is removed from the cap. 2. Reinstall the ink cartridge checking that it is securely latched in place.
If the ERROR indicator lights, follow these steps: 1. Check the sheet feeder. If the printer is out of paper, load paper into the sheet feeder and press ON LINE to continue printing. 2. Check the printer for a paper jam. If a paper jam has occurred, clear is as described later in this chapter. (See the Paper Jams Occur section.) Paper Loading Problems This section contains problems and solutions related to loading paper and envelopes into your printer.
1. Check that the paper rest is extended and the paper selection lever is back. 2. Make sure the stack of paper is straight in the sheet feeder. 3. Check that the right side of the stack of paper is aligned against the right side of the sheet feeder and the left side is aligned against the paper guide. Envelopes Do Not Load 1. Set the paper selection lever to the front position. 2. Make sure the envelope is loaded properly: The flap is toward the sheet feeder.
3. To resume printing, press the ON LINE button. Paper Jams Occur If a paper jam occurs, the ERROR indicator lights and the printer goes off-line. Follow these steps to clear the paper jam: 1. Press the POWER button to turn off the printer. 2. Gently pull out the sheet of paper with one hand while holding down the printer body with your other hand. 3. If the paper tears leaving part of the sheet inside the printer, open the front cover and remove the paper from inside the printer. 4.
If your print quality is not what you expect it to be, check the following list for your problem and a possible remedy, or try the suggestions in the sections below.
page will have smudge marks. If this occurs, clean the platen by feeding a few sheets of paper through the printer. Characters Appear Jagged Check your software application to see what resolution is selected. Printing at 180 dpi will give a jagged look to output. Changing the resolution to 360 dpi should correct this. Irregular Print Quality If white streaks appear on the printed page or dots are missing in the printed output, clean the print head as described later in this section.
cartridge. Ink Cartridges Continually Run Out of Ink If your ink cartridges seem to run out of ink before you think they should, make sure you are following these guidelines: 1. Make sure you turn off the printer only when the ink cartridge is in the home position. 2. Only transport the printer when the ink cartridge is in the home position. 3. Never unplug the printer when the power is turned on. When the print head is in the home position, it is capped; this prevents it from being damaged or drying out.
horizontal print position: For letter-size paper, set it to OFF. For envelopes, set it to OFF. For A4-size paper, set it to ON Printout Does Not Match Paper Size 1. Make sure the paper size you select within your printer driver matches the orientation in which you load the paper in the printer. (See chapter 3, Loading Paper, for information on loading paper, and see Chapter 5, Using the Printer With Software, for information on printer drivers.) 2.
If your computer indicates a device time-out, follow these steps: 1. Make sure the printer is on and on-line. 2. Check that the printer's interface cable is securely attached to both the printer and the computer. 3. Make sure paper is properly loaded in the sheet feeder. 4. Try the print operation again. Windows Problems This section contains problems and solutions related to using your printer with Windows applications.
Chapter 8 Customizing the Printer This chapter describes the factory default settings of the printer and the steps you follow to customize these settings for your particular printing needs. You will find that the factory default settings provide features to meet most of your printing needs. With these settings, your printer emulates any Canon BJ printer and the IBM Proprinter X24E. This means you can use the printer with any software application that supports these printers.
( ) Font typeface Horizontal print position Text scale mode Envelope mode Page length Character set Automatic line feed (LF) Alternate Graphics Mode Code page Buffer Printer control mode Courier Letter Disabled Disabled 11 inches Character Set 1 Disabled (no automatic LF after CR) Disabled 437 (IBM USA) Input = Approx. 41.2 KB Download = 0 KB BJ-10 This printer has two printer control modes: BJ-10 mode, which emulates the IBM Proprinter X24E, and Epson LQ mode, which emulates the Epson LQ-510.
The cover slides down into the printer. 3. Use a pointed object, such as a ballpoint pen, to change the DIP switch settings. A DIP switch is OFF when it is up, and ON when it down. 4. Close the DIP switch cover after making your selections. The new DIP switch settings take effect when you turn on the printer.
5 Character set Set 1 Set 2 6 Automatic carriage return (CR) Normal line feed (LF) LF with CR 7 Alternate Graphics Mode (AGM) Disabled Enabled 8 Not used 9 Code page 437 850 10 Buffer size Input: 41.2 KB Download: 0 KB Input: 1.2 KB Download: 40 KB 11 Not used 12 Printer control mode BJ-10 mode Epson LQ mode DIP switch 1 Use this switch to change the horizontal print position according to the size of your paper.
Set this switch ON to enable Alternate Graphics Mode (AGM). In this mode, the printer accepts high-resolution, 24-dot, all-points-addressable (APA) graphics commands similar to those used with conventional 24pin printers. DIP switch 9 When this switch is OFF, the printer uses IBM USA code page 437. When this switch is ON, the printer uses IBM Multilingual code page 850. Each code page has three character sets: Set 1, Set 2, and All Characters Chart. See Appendix C for a sample of each character set.
DIP switch Function OFF ON 1 Horizontal print position Letter size or envelope A4 size 2 Text scale mode Disabled Enabled 3 Reduction mode Disabled Enabled 4 Page length 11 inches 12 inches 5 Character Set Italics Graphics 6, 7, 8 International character set See below 9, 10, 11 Typeface See below 12 Printer control mode BJ-10 mode Epson LQ mode DIP switch 1 Use this switch to change the horizontal print position according to the size of your paper.
DIP switch 6, 7, 8 These switches allow you to select one of eight international character sets. These character sets provide you with the characters and symbols used in other languages. See Appendix C for information on the character sets. Character set USA United Kingdom Germany France Denmark Sweden Italy Spain DIP switches 6 7 OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF ON OFF ON ON OFF ON OFF ON ON ON ON 8 OFF ON OFF ON OFF ON OFF ON DIP switches 9, 10, 11 These switches allow you to select one of eight font typefaces.
DIP switch 12 ON 1 ON 4 ON 5 ON 8 ON 11 ON Function Epson LQ printer control mode A4-size paper 12-inch page length Graphics character set United Kingdom character set Sans serif typeface NOTE: Unlike some previous Canon printers, internal fonts are available only through software commands. They cannot be selected through the operator panel nor the DIP switches. This is only an issue for some MS-DOS applications and some custom software.
Appendix A Printer Specifications This appendix lists the specifications of your printer. Printing Method Bubble jet ink on-demand Paper Handling Automatic feed Manual feed Sheet Feeder Capacity Plain Paper: Maximum 100 sheets of letter, legal, A4, or B5 (20 lb or 75 g/m2); maximum thickness of stacked paper = 0.39 inch (10 mm) Maximum 50 sheets of ledger, A3 (20 lb or 75 g/m2); maximum thickness of stacked paper = 0.
Horizontal a 8.3 to 11.7 inches (210 to 297 mm) b 0.13 inch (3.4 mm) A4 and A3-size paper 0.25 inch (6.4 mm) Letter-, legal-, ledger-size paper Vertical c 8.3 to 17 inches (210 to 431 mm) d 0.5 inch (12.7 mm) e 0.
Horizontal a 9.5 inches (240mm) b 0.25 inch (6.4mm) c 0.25 inch (6.4mm) Vertical d 4.1 inches (104mm) e 0.67 inch (17mm) f 1.0 inch (25.4mm) Printing Speed HS mode: 248 cps in 10 cpi, 496 cps in 20 cpi HQ mode: 173 cps in 10 cpi, 346 cps in 20 cpi SHQ mode: 124 cps in 10 cpi, 248 cps in 20 cpi Printing Direction Bi-directional in text (both in MS-DOS and Windows) Unidirectional in graphics Printing Width Maximum 10.5 inches (DIP switch 1 OFF) or 11.
BJ-10 mode Epson LQ mode 10 cpi, 12 cpi, 17 cpi, and PS 10 cpi, 12 cpi, 15 cpi, 17 cpi, 20 cpi, and PS Cell Composition: 36 (h) x 48 (v) dot matrix in HQ mode 18 out of 36 (h) x 48 (v) dot matrix in HS mode Character Set: IBM Character Sets 1 and 2 and 3 BJ-10 mode (Code Page 437, 850) Italics character set and Graphics Epson LQ character set mode Maximum Number of Characters per Line BJ-10 mode Mode Pitch 10 cpi 10 cpi double-wide 10 cpi condensed 10 cpi condensed, doublewide 12 cpi 12 cpi double-wide
15 cpi double-wide Proportional spacing 7.5 cpi PS 78 cpl 85 cpl Varies Varies Graphic Image Print Data format: Vertical 8, 24, and/or 48-dot format Resolution: Horizontal 60, 120, 180, 240, or 360 dpi Buffer BJ-10 mode Input buffer: Download buffer: Approx. 41.2 KB (or 1.2 KB) 0 KB (or 40 KB) Epson LQ mode Input buffer: Download buffer: Approx.
Dimensions 16.9 inches (428 mm) W x 8.2 inches (209 mm) D x 7.9 inches (201.2 mm) H Weight Approx. 7.7 lbs (3.
Appendix C Printer Mode Command Summaries and Character Sets This appendix lists the control codes and ESCape sequences you can use in BJ-10 mode and Epson LQ mode, and shows the character sets available in each mode. For a complete description of these programming commands, you can order the Canon Bubble Jet Priner BJ200/BJ-230 Programmer's Manual. Call the Canon help desk at 1-800423-2366 to order this manual. Control codes and ESCape sequences tell the printer how to print a job.
Function End command Sound beeper Backspace one character Horizontal tab control; move to next tab Perform line feed Vertical tab control; move to next tab Perform form feed Perform carriage return Set double-wide mode by line Set condensed mode (17 cpi); cancelled by DC2 Set printer on-line Set 10 cpi mode Cancel double-wide mode Cancel data Insert space ASCII NUL BEL BS Decimal 0 7 8 Hexadecimal 00 07 08 HT 9 09 LF 10 0A VT 11 0B FF CR SO 12 13 14 0C 0D 0E SI 15 0F DC1 DC2 DC4 CAN SP 1
1 Set 12-cpi, Prestige mode ESC : Download 24-dot, font ESC = n1 n2 # image Download 48-dot, font ESC = n1 n2 image % Set text line spacing to ESC A n n/72 inch per line; n = 1 to 255 Set vertical tab; ESC B n1 ... n1 ... n64 = line numbers n64 NUL for tab stops Set page length in lines; n ESC C n = 1 to 255 Set page length in inches; ESC C NUL n n = 1 to 14 Set horizontal tabs; ESC D n1 ... n28 = columns for n1...
settings Set super/subscript mode ESC S n 27 83 n n Setting 0 Select superscript mode 1 Select subscript mode Cancel super/subscript ESC T 27 84 mode set by ESC S Select printer direction ESC U n 27 85 n Set/cancel double-wide ESC W n 27 87 n mode n Setting 0 Cancel double-wide mode 1 Start double-wide mode Set horizontal margins; n ESC X n m 27 88 n m and m = 0 to 255 Set double-density image ESC Y n1 n2 27 89 n1 n2 graphics mode Set quadruple-density ESC Z n1 n2 27 90 n1 n2 image graphics mode Set/cancel
Function Select graphics mode (AGM) ASCII ESC * m n1 n2 Set graphics line spacing (AGM); n = ESC 3 n 0 to 255 Set text line spacing (AGM); n = 1 to ESC A n 85 Perform graphics line spacing ESC J n (AGM); n = 0 to 255 Decimal 27 42 m n1 n2 27 51 n Hexadecimal 1B 2A m n1 n2 1B 33 n 27 65 n 1B 41 n 27 74 n 1B 4A n Miscellaneous Control Codes Function Set 360 dpi graphics Set/perform 1/360-inch graphics line spacing ASCII FS C B FS C J n m Decimal Hexadecimal 28 67 66 1C 43 42 28 67 74 n 1C 43 4A n m
USA Code Page 437 Character Set 1 USA Code Page 437 Character Set 2
USA Code Page 437 All Characters Chart Multilingual Code Page 850 Character Set 1
Multilingual Code Page 850 Character Set 2
Multilingual Code Page 850 All Characters Chart Epson LQ Command Summary You can use the control codes listed in the following tables when the printer is in LQ mode; that is, when DIP switch 12 is set to ON. NOTE: Because of hardware differences, the justification code, ESC a, and the perforation skip codes, ESC M and ESC N, are not supported by your printer. Also, they styles of block graphics characters at 12 cpi are different from normal Epson LQ 510 printing.
Function End command Sound beeper Backspace one character Horizontal tab control; move to next tab Perform line feed Vertical tab control; move to next tab Perform form feed Perform carriage return Set double-wide mode by line Set condensed mode (17 cpi); cancelled by DC2 Set printer on-line Cancel condensed mode (17 cpi) set by SI Set printer off-line Cancel double-wide mode Cancel data Start escape sequence Insert space Delete character ASCII NUL BEL BS HT Decimal 0 7 8 9 Hexadecimal 00 07 08 09 LF VT
set n Setting 0 Use ROM character set 1 Use RAM character set Define downloaded characters Select score mode ESC & 27 38 ESC ( - n1 n2 27 40 45 n1 n2 m d1 d2 m d1 d2 Select image graphics mode ESC * m n1 27 42 m n1 n2 n2 Set line spacing ESC + n 27 43 n increments of n/360 per line; n = 0 to 255 Set/cancel underscore mode ESC - n 27 45 n n Setting mode 0 Start underscore 1 End underscore Select vertical tab channel; ESC / n 27 47 n n = 0 to 7 Set 1/8-inch line ESC 0 27 48 spacing (8 lpi) Set 1/6-inch lin
