Canon BJC 50 - Color Inkjet Printer Manuel utilisateur

QY8-1358-000

REVISION 0

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1998 CANON INC. CANON BJC-50 0498 AB 2.00-0 PRINTED IN JAPAN (IMPRIME AU JAPON)

APR. 1998

0498 AB 2.00-0

Target Readers

This manual is published by Canon Inc. for qualified persons and contains the necessary technical

information for technical theory, installation, maintenance, and repair of products. This manual covers

all localities where the products are sold. For this reason, it may contain information that does not

apply to your locality.

Revisions

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changes in the products. When amendments are made to the content of this manual, Canon will issue

technical information as the need arises. In the event of major alterations to the content of this manual

over a long or short period, Canon will publish a revised version of the manual.

The following paragraph does not apply to any countries where such provisions are

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CANON INC.

BJ Products Quality Support Dept.

16-1, Shimonoge 3-chome, Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa 213, Japan

This manual was produced on an Apple MacintoshPower Mac 7300/180 personal computer and Apple

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I. ABOUT THIS MANUAL

This manual is divided into five parts containing the information required for servicing the BJC-

50 printer.

Part 1: Safety and Precautions

This part contains information on how to service the unit safely. It is very important, and

must be read.

Part 2: Product Specifications

This part outlines the product and its specifications.

Part 3: Operating Instructions

This part explains how to operate the unit properly, how it is installed, and how to use

the service mode.

Part 4: Technical Reference

This part outlines the unit operation giving a technically.

Part 5: Maintenance

This part explains maintenance of the unit. It includes details of disassembly/assembly,

adjustments required when assembling, troubleshooting procedures, and wiring/circuit

diagrams, etc.

This manual does not contain complete information required for

disassembling and assembling the BJC-50 printer. Please also refer to the

separate Parts Catalog.

II. TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Part 1: SAFETY AND PRECAUTIONS

1 - 1 1. PERSONAL SAFETY PRECAUTIONS

1 - 1 1.1 Moving Section of the Printer

1 - 2 1.2 Ink Stains

1 - 2 1.2.1 Ink path

1 - 3 1.2.2 Ink mist

1 - 4 1.3 BJ Cartridge Aluminum Plate

1 - 5 2. MACHINE PRECAUTIONS

1 - 5 2.1 BJ Cartridge

1 - 5 2.1.1 BJ cartridge handling

1 - 6 2.1.2 Automatically capping

1 - 6 2.1.3 When not using the printer

1 - 6 2.1.4 Ink conductivity

1 - 7 2.2 Ink Cartridge

1 - 7 2.2.1 Ink cartridge handling

1 - 8 2.3 Lithium Ion Battery Handling

1 - 8 2.3.1 Initial precautions

1 - 8 2.3.2 Storage precaution

1 - 9 2.4 Printer Handling

1 - 9 2.4.1 Precautions to prevent damage from static electricity

1 -10 2.4.2 Ink leakage precautions

1 -11 3. PRECAUTION FOR SERVICE

1 -11 3.1 Precautions Concerning the Memory Data

1 -12 3.2 Precautions to Prevent Damage from Static Electricity

1 -13 3.3 Precautions for Disassembly/Assembly

1 -14 3.4 Built-in Self-diagnostic Functions

Part 2:

PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS

2 - 1 1. PRODUCT OUTLINE

2 - 1 1.1 Product Outline

2 - 2 1.2 Features

2 - 2 1.2.1 Printer

2 - 3 1.3 BJ Cartridge

2 - 3 1.3.1 Color BJ cartridge [BC-11e]

2 - 4 1.3.2 Black BJ cartridge [BC-10]

2 - 5 1.4 Options

2 - 5 1.4.1 BJ cartridge container

2 - 5 1.4.2 Lithium ion battery (LB-50)

2 - 6 1.4.3 Universal adapter (AD-360U)

2 - 7 1.4.4 Color image scanner cartridge (IS-12)

2 - 7 1.4.5 Interface Cable (BIFC-50)

2 - 8 1.5 Consumables

2 - 8 1.5.1 BJ cartridge (Color and Black)

2 - 8 1.5.2 Ink cartridge

2 - 8 1.5.3 Lithium ion battery (LB-50)

2 - 9 2. SPECIFICATIONS

2 - 9 2.1 General Specifications

2 -13 2.2 Paper Specifications

2 -15 2.3 Interface Specifications

2 -15 2.3.1 Parallel interface

2 -20 2.3.2 Infrared interface

2 -22 2.4 Character Code Tables

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Part 3: OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS

3 - 1 1. PRINTER SETUP

3 - 1 1.1 Unpacking

3 - 2 1.2 Installation

3 - 2 1.2.1 Installation space

3 - 3 1.2.2 Installation procedure

3 -10 1.3 Names and Functions of Parts

3 -11 2. TRANSPORTING THE PRINTER

3 -11 2.1 Carrying the Printer

3 -11 2.2 Transporting the Printer

3 -12 3. PRINTER SERVICING FUNCTIONS

3 -12 3.1 Error Indications

3 -15 3.2 Function Setting

3 -15 3.2.1 Default setting

3 -16 3.3 Control Buttons

3 -16 3.3.1 Cleaning the BJ cartridge

3 -17 3.4 Self Test Print

3 -18 3.4.1 Demonstration print

3 -19 3.4.2 Function settings list print

3 -20 3.4.3 Ripple pattern print

3 -21 3.4.4 Nozzle check pattern print

3 -21 3.4.5 All fonts pattern print

3 -22 3.5 Hexadecimal Dump Test Print

3 -23 3.6 EEPROM Data Setting

3 -23 3.6.1 EEPROM data setting mode

3 -23 3.6.2 Setting EEPROM data

3 -24 3.6.3 Displaying EEPROM data

3 -25 3.6.4 EEPROM settings list print

3 -26 3.7 Rewriting Flash ROM

3 -26 3.7.1 Flash ROM rewrite mode

Part 4: TECHNICAL REFERENCE

4 - 1 1. OVERVIEW

4 - 1 1.1 Printer Block Diagram

4 - 2 1.2 Initial Flowchart

4 - 2 1.2.1 Print mode

4 - 3 1.2.2 Scanner mode

4 - 4 1.3 Print Signal Flow

4 - 5 1.4 Print Drive

4 - 5 1.4.1 Printing drive control

4 - 7 1.5 Scanner Drive

4 - 8 1.6 Power Off Operation Flow

4 - 9 2. FIRMWARE

4 - 9 2.1 Interface

4 - 9 2.1.1 Compatible mode

4 -10 2.1.2 Nibble mode

4 -11 2.1.3 ECP mode

4 -12 2.1.4 IrDA

4 -15 2.2 720 dpi Printing/Smoothing Feature

4 -15 2.2.1 Canon extension mode

4 -15 2.2.2 Emulation mode

4 -16 2.3 Printing Modes

4 -17 2.4 Optimum Printing Direction Control

4 -17 2.5 Automatic Emulation Switching

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4 -18 2.6 Lithium Ion Battery Recharging

4 -18 2.6.1 Switching to recharge mode

4 -18 2.6.2 Recharge protection

4 -18 2.6.3 Recharge control

4 -19 3. PRINTER MECHANISM

4 -19 3.1 Overview of the Mechanical System of the Printer

4 -20 3.1.1 Mechanical system configuration

4 -21 3.2 BJ Cartridge

4 -21 3.2.1 Color BJ cartridge structure

4 -22 3.2.2 Black BJ cartridge structure

4 -23 3.2.3 Bubble jet head-unit structure

4 -26 3.2.4 Head-maintenance function and structure

4 -28 3.3 Purge Section Structure

4 -28 3.3.1 Configuration

4 -29 3.3.2 Operation

4 -30 3.4 Paper Feed Mechanism

4 -30 3.4.1 Outline of paper feed mechanism

4 -32 3.5 Carriage Section

4 -32 3.5.1 Carriage section function

4 -33 3.5.2 Carriage section structure

4 -34 4. PRINTER ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

4 -34 4.1 Overview

4 -35 4.2 Signal Control Section

4 -35 4.2.1 Control board block diagram

4 -36 4.2.2 Control section components

4 -39 4.3 Power Supply Section

4 -39 4.3.1 Block diagram of power supply section

4 -40 4.3.2 Power supply section structure

4 -41 4.3.3 Lithium Ion Battery Recharging Circuit

4 -42 4.3.4 Lithium Ion Battery

4 -44 5. DETECTION FUNCTION

4 -44 5.1 HP Sensor

4 -44 5.2 Paper End Sensor

4 -44 5.3 Delivery Sensor

4 -44 5.4 Temperature Sensor

4 -44 5.5 Head Temperature Sensor

4 -45 5.6 Waste Ink Level Detection

4 -45 5.7 Remaining-ink Level Detection

4 -46 6. SCANNER CARTRIDGE

4 -46 6.1 Scanner Cartridge Overview

4 -46 6.1.1 Block diagram

4 -47 6.2 Scanner Cartridge Structure

4 -49 6.3 Signal Contacts

4 -50 6.4 Scan Mode

4 -50 6.5 Calibration

Part 5: MAINTENANCE

5 - 1 1. MAINTENANCE

5 - 1 1.1 Periodically-replaced Parts

5 - 1 1.2 Consumables

5 - 1 1.3 Periodic Maintenance

5 - 2 2. SERVICE TOOLS

5 - 2 2.1 List of Tools

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5 - 3 3. APPLYING THE GREASE

5 - 4 4. ADJUSTMENT

5 - 5 5. TROUBLESHOOTING

5 - 5 5.1 Overview of Troubleshooting

5 - 5 5.1.1 Definition

5 - 5 5.1.2 Precautions for troubleshooting

5 - 7 5.2 Error Condition Diagnosis

5 - 7 5.2.1 Diagnosis flowchart

5 -11 5.2.2 Error recovery

5 -31 6. CONNECTOR POSITION & PIN ALIGNMENT

5 -31 6.1 Control Board

5 -36 6.2 Carriage Ribbon Cable

5 -37 6.3 BJ Cartridge

5 -37 6.4 Scanner Cartridge IS-12

5 -38 7. CIRCUIT DIAGRAMS

5 -38 7.1 Parts Layout

5 -38 7.1.1 Control board (Upper section)

5 -39 7.1.2 Control board (Lower section)

5 -41 7.2 Circuit Diagrams

III. ILLUSTRATION INDEX

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Part 1: SAFETY AND PRECAUTIONS

1 - 1 Figure 1 - 1 Moving Sections of the Printer

1 - 2 Figure 1 - 2 Ink Path

1 - 3 Figure 1 - 3 Ink Mist

1 - 4 Figure 1 - 4 BJ Cartridge Aluminum Plate

1 - 5 Figure 1 - 5 BJ Cartridge

1 - 7 Figure 1 - 6 Ink Inlet of the Ink Cartridge

1 - 9 Figure 1 - 7 Contact Section of the Carriage Ribbon Cable

1 -10 Figure 1 - 8 Capping Position

1 -12 Figure 1 - 9 Electronic System of the Printer

1 -13 Figure 1 -10 Control Board

1 -13 Figure 1 -11 Removing Plastic Hooks

1 -14 Figure 1 -12 IrDA Unit

Part 2: PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS

2 - 1 Figure 2 - 1 Printer Appearance

2 - 3 Figure 2 - 2 Color BJ Cartridge [BC-11e]

2 - 4 Figure 2 - 3 Black BJ Cartridge [BC-10]

2 - 5 Figure 2 - 4 Cartridge Container

2 - 5 Figure 2 - 5 Lithium Ion Battery

2 - 6 Figure 2 - 6 Universal Adapter

2 - 7 Figure 2 - 7 Color Image Scanner Cartridge

2 - 7 Figure 2 - 8 Interface Cable

2 - 8 Figure 2 - 9 Ink Cartridge

2 -14 Figure 2 -10 Printing Area

2 -14 Figure 2 -11 Printing Area (Envelope)

2 -19 Figure 2 -12 Timing Chart (Compatibility Mode)

2 -19 Figure 2 -13 Timing Chart (Nibble Mode)

2 -19 Figure 2 -14 Timing Chart (ECP Mode)

2 -20 Figure 2 -15 IrDA Method

2 -21 Figure 2 -16 ASK Method

Part 3: OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS

3 - 1 Figure 3 - 1 Packing Arrangement

3 - 2 Figure 3 - 2 Installation Space

3 - 3 Figure 3 - 3 Connecting the Universal Adapter

3 - 3 Figure 3 - 4 Connecting the Interface Cable

3 - 4 Figure 3 - 5 IrDA Angle of Rotation

3 - 5 Figure 3 - 6 Removing the Head Cap and the Tape

3 - 6 Figure 3 - 7 Installing the BJ Cartridge

3 - 7 Figure 3 - 8 Replacing the Ink Cartridge

3 - 8 Figure 3 - 9 Removing the Cap (Ink Cartridge)

3 - 8 Figure 3 -10 BJ Cartridge Container

3 -10 Figure 3 -11 Names and Functions of Parts

3 -12 Figure 3 -12 Control Panel

3 -18 Figure 3 -13 Demonstration Print (Sample)

3 -19 Figure 3 -14 Function Settings List Print (Sample)

3 -20 Figure 3 -15 Ripple Pattern Print (Sample)

3 -21 Figure 3 -16 Nozzle Check Pattern Print (Sample)

3 -21 Figure 3 -17 All Fonts Pattern Print (Sample)

3 -22 Figure 3 -18 Hexadecimal Dump Test Print (Sample)

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