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LBP-800 Laser Printer Getting Started Guide IMPORTANT: Read this manual carefully before using your printer. Save this manual for future reference.
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Canon. Notice Canon makes no guarantees of any kind with regard to this manual. Canon shall not be held liable for errors contained herein or for consequential or incidental damages incurred as a result of acting on information contained in the manual.
Contents Using Your LBP-800 Documentation ... Using the Online Documentation ... Checking the Package Contents ... Identifying the Parts ... Front View... Rear View... Selecting the Printer Location... Carrying the Printer ... Installing the EP-22 Cartridge... Inserting/Removing the Paper Supports... 13 Connecting the Printer to Your Computer ...
Using Your LBP-800 Documentation Congratulations on your purchase of the Canon LBP-800 Laser Printer. Your printer comes with the following documentation: The LBP-800 Getting Started Guide (This Guide) Describes how to set up the printer and install the printing software (CAPT).
The CD-ROM menu appears automatically. To access the CD-ROM Menu Help , click the CD-ROM Menu Help button. To access the LBP-800 Documentation , click the Canon LBP-800 Manuals button. To read the manual, you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed.
Checking the Package Contents As you unpack the printer, save the carton and packing materials in case you want to move or ship the printer in the future. LBP-800 Printer EP-22 cartridge CD-ROM disc Input paper support Output paper support...
Identifying the Parts Front View Input paper support Face-down output paper support Face-down delivery slot Front cover Face-up delivery slot Rear View Power switch Identifying the Parts Multi-purpose tray (MP tray) Paper guides Manual feed slot Paper delivery selector Parallel port interface connector Power socket...
Carrying the Printer CAUTION: Do not carry the printer by holding the front panel, the face-up delivery slot, or by holding it at the front and rear. This could result in damage to the printer or personal injury if the printer is dropped.
Follow the instructions below when handling the cartridge. Do not open the protective bag containing the cartridge until you are ready to install it in the printer. Save the protective bag. You may need to repack and transport the cartridge at a later date.
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Do not stand the cartridge on end, or turn it upside down. Toner could become caked in the cartridge resulting in poor print quality. Keep the cartridge away from a monitor’s cathode ray tube (CRT), disk drives, and floppy disks. The magnet inside the cartridge can destroy the image data in the CRT, or data on the disks.
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Place the cartridge on a sturdy surface. Snap the tab at the end of the cartridge backwards and fold it back and forth until it is loose. While holding the cartridge firmly with one hand, pull the sealing tape in the direction indicated in the illustration below. Pull in this direction The tape may snap if pulled in a direction wider than the indicated angle.
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Insert the cartridge into the printer along the guides. Make sure that the cartridge slides all the way inside the printer. o not touch the drum’s protective shutter. Always close the front cover immediately after inserting a cartridge. Do not leave the front cover open. Exposure to light can damage the cartridge’s drum.
Inserting/Removing the Paper Supports Insert the paper supports firmly into the slots at the front and back of the printer. The slots have guides to ensure the correct support is in the correct slot. Slot Guide Supports should curve slightly towards the rear of the printer. Do not insert a support so that it curves towards the front of the printer.
CAUTION: Before connecting or disconnecting the interface cable, make sure that the printer is turned off and that the power cord is unplugged from the printer. Connect the other end of the interface cable to the computer. You must use a bi-directional cable for proper operation of the printing software (CAPT).
Turn on the printer by pressing the I mark. Turn off the printer by pressing the O mark. On position If the power does not turn on even when the printer is plugged into an AC outlet, check the following items: Close the front cover if open.
Selecting Paper Delivery Use the paper delivery selector to choose face-up or face-down delivery. Face-down Face-up Face-down Delivery Use face-down delivery for plain paper only. Face-up Delivery Use face-up delivery for envelopes and transparencies, as well as other special paper, including non-standard sized plain paper. Selecting Paper Delivery...
Align the stack of paper so that the side to be printed on faces the front of the printer. The top edge of the paper should be toward the bottom of the MP tray. Slide the stack in until it stops. Do not force the paper into the printer.
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Adjust the paper guides to the width of the stack of paper. For A4-size or Letter/Legal-size paper, align the paper guides with the icons inside the MP tray. Adjust the guides so that there is no space between each paper guide and the edge of the stack of paper.
Installing the CAPT Before you can print with the LBP-800 printer, you must install the CAPT (Canon Advanced Printing Technology). Windows 95/98 CD-ROM Installation Before you install the software, make sure you do the following: Connect the printer to your computer. (For details, see page 14.) Plug in the printer.
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Click the Canon LBP-800 Install button. The Canon LBP-800 Install dialog appears. Click Yes to install the CAPT in the language displayed. The Welcome screen appears. Installing the CAPT...
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Click Next >. The Select printer connection port screen appears. Select a local port, such as LPT1:, then click Next >. The Install program proceeds to copy files and creates the Canon CAPT Tools group. When installation finishes, the Setup Complete dialog box appears.
Canon CAPT Tools Group After installing the CAPT you are ready to print. The Canon CAPT Tools group gives you all the tools you need to communicate with your printer. Canon LBP-800 Help provides online help for the CAPT. Canon LBP-800 Readme contains important user information.