Part 2 Technical Reference; New Technology - Canon PIXMA iP90 Service Manual

Part 3 TECHNICAL REFERENCE

1. NEW TECHNOLOGY

(1) Highly weather-resistant ink is available (color ink only).
BCI-16 Color (highly weather-resistant ink) takes the place of BCI-15 Color.
Black ink tank
Color ink tank
Note: BCI-16 Color is NOT compatible with BCI-15 Color.
Although BCI-16 Color and BCI-15 Color are mechanically and electrically same, the color
conversion process of the printer driver is different. Use of BCI-15 Color on the PIXMA iP90 /
PIXUS iP90 (or BCI-16 Color on the i80 / PIXUS 80i) is not allowed to avoid undesirable
effects on printouts. However, use of BCI-15 Color on the PIXMA iP90 / PIXUS iP90 (or
BCI-16 Color on the i80 / PIXUS 80i) does not cause any mechanical damages to the printer.
(2) An ink saving function has been added.
In the Maintenance tab of the printer driver, by selecting the following two modes, an ink saving
function can be set. This function becomes effective only when the media type is plain paper. In the
default setting, the two modes are not set. The setting of two modes does not change until a user
command the printer to do so.
Save Black Ink mode:
Use Composite Black mode: The black color can be available by using color ink even when
(3) The following functions have been added to the Print Beam function.
a. AU pictographic symbols (Japan only)
b. QR codes (Japan only)
c. Reprinting function:
(4) Printing on plain paper is supported in PictBridge print mode.
When printing on plain paper, borderless printing is not possible. (Even though borderless print is
selected, a margin appears.)
(5) In Setup Utility, PictBridge print mode setting is available.
(6) The ink absorber has a 20% longer life.
Approx. 20% longer life than that of the i80 / PIXUS 80i with the modification to the purging operation
sequence, although the ink absorber is the same as one in the i70 / PIXUS 50i and i80 / PIXUS 80i.
<The combination of the models and ink tanks>
i70 / PIXUS 50i i80 / PIXUS 80i
BCI-15 CI
Black-print duty is reduced to save black ink consumption. In this
mode, black printing is faint in some degree.
black ink is used up. In this mode, black becomes slightly
greenish.
With this mode enabled, the message which makes users
recognize that print quality may deteriorate, due to the setting of
Use Composite Black mode, is displayed on the screen every
time a print job is operated.
By pressing the Resume/Cancel button, printing is preformed again.
(Image data only)
PIXMA iP90 / PIXUS iP90
BCI-15 Bk
9
BCI-16 Cl