Printing Method

Bubble Jet ink on-demand

Paper Handling

Automatic Feed, Manual Feed

Sheet Feeder Capacity

Envelopes: 10 (U.S. No. 10 or European DL)
Plain Paper: Approx. 100 sheets 75 g/m2
Transparencies: 50 sheets
Back Print Film (BPF): 10 sheets
Glossy Paper: 1 sheet
Fabric sheet: 1 sheet

Paper Size

A5 (148 x 210 mm), A4 (210 x 297 mm), Letter (8.5 x 11"), Legal (8.5 x 14"), European DL (220 x 110 mm),    U.S. No 10 (9.5 x 4.1")

Paper Type

Plain paper (Plain Bond), Bubble Jet Paper (Canon               LC-301), High Resolution Paper (Canon High                   Resolution Paper HR-101), Envelopes (U.S. No. 10 or                    European DL), Transparencies (Canon Transparencies,                    CF-102), Back Print Film (BPF) (Canon Back Print                    Film BF-102), Glossy Paper (Canon Glossy Paper                    GP-101), High Gloss Film (Canon High Gloss Film                    HG-101), Fabric Sheet (Canon Fabric Sheet FS-101)

Paper Weight

64 to 105 g/m2 (17 to 30 lbs)

Printing Speed

BJ Cartridge BC-20:                                                     black printing HQ 360 cps at 10 cpi HS 510 cps at 10                   cpi
Color BJ Cartridge BC-21:
black printing HQ 180 cps at 10 cpi HS 255 cps at 10
cpi
Color BJ Cartridge BC-21:
 color printing* Approx. 0.3 to 0.8 ppm at full coverage
 of the printable area

 *Print speed may vary with content of the document
  and the processing speed of the host computer.

Printing Width

Maximum 8" (200 mm)

Line Feed Speed

Approx. 150 ms per line at 2/6-in line.

Resident Printer
Control Modes

LQ Mode: Epson LQ-2550 printer emulation
BJ Mode: IBM Proprinter X24E emulation, Canon Extended Mode.

Line Feed Pitch
(n programmable)

BJ Mode: 1/6", 1/8", n/60", n/72", n/180", n/216",n/360"
LQ Mode: 1/6", 1/8", n/60", n/180", n/360"

Printing
Characters

Typeface: BJ and LQ Mode : Roman, Gothic, Courier,                    Prestige, Script, Draft*   
                                                                                          * The Draft can be selected by command only, not
from the Setup Utility or Windows Drive. Selecting the
Draft font does not affect printing speed.

Pitch:
LQ mode : 10, 12, 15, 17, 20 cpi, and PS
BJ mode : 10, 12 ,17 cpi, and PS

Cell Composition: 36 x 48 (h x v) dot matrix in HQ
mode, 18 out of 36 x 48 (h x v) dot matrix in HS mode.

Character Set:
- LQ Mode : Italics character set, Graphics character
set (Code pages 437, 850, 852, 860, 863, 865)
- BJ Mode : IBM Characters Sets 1,2, and All
Character Chart (Code pages 437, 850, 852, 860,                   863, 865)

  Graphic Image
  Print

Data Format: Vertical 8,24, and/or 48-dot format
Resolution: 60, 120, 180, 240, 360 or 720 dpi

Buffer

Download Buffer
off
                    Download Buffer
on

Input Buffer
                                   26 KB

                                   26 KB

Download
Buffer                                                  0 KB

32 KB

Use the BJ Setup utility program to turn the download                    buffer on and off.

Interface Type

IEEE 1284 Compatible Parallel Interface

 BJ Cartridge
  BC-20

Print Head: 128 nozzles                                                   Ink Cartridge: BC-20 Black                                             HS Mode: 2,400,000 characters/cartridge                       HQ Mode: 1,200,000 characters/cartridge

Color BJ
Cartridge BC-21

Print Head: 64 nozzles for Black. 24 nozzles for each                    colour (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow)                                      Ink Cartridge: BCI-21 Color (Cyan, Magenta,                    Yellow), BCI-21 Black.                                             

Black:
HS Mode : 600,000 characters/cartridge                         HQ Mode : 300,000 characters/mode
                                                                                   Color :                                                                             HS Mode : 200 pages/cartridge                                       HQ Mode : 100 pages/cartridge*
                                                                                         (* At 7,5% coverage for each color)

Color BJ
Cartridge BC-22
Photo

 Print Head: 64 nozzles for Black. 24 nozzles for each                    colour (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow)                                      Ink Cartridges: BC-22 Photo (Black, Cyan, Magenta,                    Yellow)                                                                     Approx. service life: 50 pages/cartridge*
                                                                                         (* At 7,5% coverage for each color)

Acoustic Noise
Level

Approx. 45 dB (A) per ISO 9296

Operating
Environment

Temperature:
5 deg. C to 35 deg. C (41deg. F to 95 deg.F)
Humidity:
10% to 90% RH with no condensation

Storage
Environment

Temperature:                                                                      0 deg. C to 35 deg. C (32 deg. F to 95 deg. F)
Humidity:
5% to 90% RH with no condensation

Power Source

USA/Canada AC 120V, 60 Hz
UK/Australia AC 240V, 50 Hz
Europe AC 230 V/50 Hz
Asia AC 220 V-230 V, 50 Hz

Power
Consumption

4 watts maximum when not printing, 30 watts maximum                    when printing.

Dimensions

383 mm (15") W x 231.6 mm (9.1") D x 203 mm (8")                    H

Weight

Approx. 3.5 kg (7.7 lbs)