BJC-210 Printer
General Info:
Adapter
AD-300 120vac
Alternative Drivers
Drivers you can use if the BJC-210 driver is not available.
Cartridges
Cleaning Print Head
To clean the print head hold down the RESUME button with the printer switched on. Release the RESUME button when you hear two short beeps. The POWER LED will blink during print head cleaning. This should be repeated at least 5 times.
Printer Defaults
Switch printer off. Hold down the power button for the following number of beeps,
Self Test
Demo Test : Switch Printer off. Hold down power button for 1 beep. Press
RESUME to stop.
Status Test : Switch Printer off. Hold down power button for 2 beep. Press
RESUME to stop.
Ripple Test : Switch Printer off. Hold down power button for 3 beeps. Press
RESUME to stop.
Nozzle Test : Switch Printer off. Hold down power button for 4 beeps. Press
RESUME to stop.
Serial Number
Location - Label on back of machine near the power cord
Prefixes - EBS.....
Special Paper
Known Issues
Printing Gibberish When Attached to a Packard Bell PC
If the printer is attached to a Packard Bell 9000 Series PC, then go into the Control Panel and then Fonts, and look for the Font WPBOXDRAWING. If it is there, then delete it. Also check that the Canon printer is set as the default printer.
Black Page When Printing Faxes
If when you print a fax, it comes out as a solid black page, go into the printer's properties and set the printer to Mono.
Compressed first line in offline test print
When performing an offline self test, the first line is compressed. This happens when the Smoothing feature for Non-Windows applications is enabled. To stop this, disable the Smoothing function using the DOS based BJSETUP utility.
Problems with Cartridge Detection / Slow Printing With BC-02 Cartridge
When using the BC-02 cartridge, printing is very slow. Cartridge detection (or Status Self Test Page) indicates that the cartridge is either BC-05 (Color) or BC-06 (Photo). To solve this and other problems with cartridge detection,
Will not print in color in DOS Applications
Cannot print in color even though color is selected and a BC-21e print head is installed in the printer.
When printing in color, make sure that the color cartridge (BC-21e) is installed in Holder 1, otherwise the printout will be in monochrome. Also insure that the "Print in black ink only" check box is not checked.
Power light flashes and the printer does not work
Try removing and reinstalling the cartridge.
Printer switches itself off after 1 minute
This printer has an Auto Shutoff mode, check the printer driver properties via the Control Panel under CONTROL. You can disabled it if you wish, note the printer also has an Auto Power ON mode when a print job is sent as well.
Error Codes
|
Power/Error |
Indicator |
Beeps |
Cause / Error |
Solution |
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Off |
Off |
|
No Power |
|
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On |
Green |
|
Ready |
|
|
Blinks |
Green |
|
This indicates the Cartridge is not installed or not installed correctly |
Reinstall the cartridge |
|
Blinks |
Orange |
|
Unknown |
|
|
On |
Orange |
1 |
Paper Pickup Error or out of paper |
Add Paper or clear paper jam and press the RESUME button |
|
On |
Orange |
2 |
Paper Jam |
Clear paper jam and press the RESUME button |
|
Blinks |
Orange |
1 or 2 |
ROM or RAM fault |
Requires service |
|
Blinks |
Orange |
3 |
Cartridge out of position |
Try reinstalling or replacing the cartridge if this fails then it requires service |
|
Blinks |
Orange |
4 |
Carriage home position error |
Requires service |
|
Blinks |
Orange |
5 |
Waste Ink Full |
Requires service |
|
Blinks |
Orange |
6 |
Over Temperature Error |
Try replacing the Cartridge if this fails then the printer requires service |
|
Blinks |
Orange |
7-10 |
Print position or Cleaning fault |
Requires service, however try removing the cartridge and make sure nothing is blocking the cartridges movement. |