Canon BJC-8500 Service Manual

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1.2 Features1. High-definition printing up to 1200 (H) × 1200 (V) (when the Canon printer driver isused) using the new BJ cartridge type (600 dpi resolution).Three types of BJ cartridges are available: Black BJ cartridge "BC-80", Color BJcartridge "BC-81", and Photo BJ cartridge "BC-82 photo."2. Two types of BJ cartridges are installed on the printer.Color BJ cartridge "BC-81" is installed at all times, with either the Black BJ cartridge"BC-81" or the Photo BJ cartridge "BC-82 photo" installed to meet the particularprinting requirements.3. A new printing process using ink optimizer achieves high waterproofing propertieswhen printing on plain paper (including envelopes and thick paper).During color printing, this new process prints after coating the surface of the paperwith ink optimizer for promoting waterproofing properties. During black-and-whiteprinting, printing is carried out by one of two methods. Either black ink, then inkoptimizer and then black ink again are discharged, or black ink followed by inkoptimizer is discharged. The ink optimizer is discharged from Black BJ cartridge"BC-80."4. HQ mode: 213 cps (10 kHz discharge, bi-directional printing), HS mode: 683 cps (8kHz discharge, bi-directional printing)5. There is no paper thickness selection lever due to the automatic paper thicknessadjustment mechanism (moving platen).6. Flapper unit prevents contact between paper currently being printed and printedpaper on the paper output tray.7. IEEE1284-compatible bi-directional parallel interface (ECP mode, nibble mode,compatibility mode: Default is nibble mode and RS-422 interface for the Macintosh.The parallel interface and the interface for the Macintosh can be automaticallyswitched.)8. "Ink out" and "no ink tank" are detected by optical ink sensor.9. Ink tanks can be removed from the installed BJ cartridges on the carriage, allowingempty ink tanks to be replaced.10. Canon's first bubble jet printer to have a built-in cassette (1st cassette) ; anoptional 2nd cassette can be attached.11. There is only one built-in printer control mode, the Canon extended mode (nativemode). In this mode, print signals are sent from the host computer after they havebeen converted to Canon extended mode by the Canon printer driver. Emulationmode is not supported.Printing processes using the ink optimizer are applied in both black-and-white and color printing in printing modes other than draft mode when thepaper type is set to plain paper, envelope, or thick paper on the printerdriver. The ink optimizer is not discharged when the paper type is set tospecial paper or film on the printer driver.The "ink out detection" function detects running out of ink and displaysan error before printing becomes defective (e.g. faint printing) due to lackof ink.Part 2: Product Specifications BJC-85002-2