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Canon LBP-4 General Information
DocumentID: 634152
Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 3:03:34 PM

The information in this document applies to:
WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS

Problem

Solutions: The control panel on the front of the Canon LBP-4 printer consists of the message display, keys and indicators. The layout of the control panel is shown in the figure below.

Control Keys and Indicators

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| -- -- -- ----------------------------------------------------|
|----- || || || ||| |||| || || || || || ||
|| | -- -- -- |--ON ||--FORM||ERROR||TEST/||RESET/|| ||FEEDER||
|----- READY ALARM DATA| LINE|| FEED||SKIP ||FONT ||ENTER ||MENU||SELECT||
| | || || || || || || ||
| ----------------------------------------------------|
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READY Light
This light will always be lit if the printer is on.

DATA Light
This light will flash if the printer is receiving information.

ONLINE Light and Key
This key allows the printer to be turned either on or off line. If the light is lit, the printer is on line.


ERROR SKIP Key
This key clears most errors. If an error occurs while printing, the ALARM indicator will be lit and an error message will be displayed. Press the ERROR SKIP key to continue printing (this will override an error). The printer will remain off line.

RESET Key

There are three types of reset:
* Soft Reset (Resetting the printer by the RESET key, returns the current printing settings to the settings registered in RAM). Take the printer off line. Hold down the RESET key until the LCD says [03 RESET].
* Hard Reset (Resetting the printer by turning off the printer).
* Reset to the factory default settings (see Chapter 8 in manual).


TEST/FONT Key

This key is used to print TEST PRINT A, font lists, and cleaning paper. The TEST/FONT key can be operated only when the DATA indicator is off and the printer is off line. To get the various printouts, do the following:

TEST PRINT A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Press the TEST/FONT key once
FONT LIST A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Press the TEST/FONT key twice
FONT LIST B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Press the TEST/FONT key three
CLEANING PAPER . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hold the TEST/FONT key until 08
[CLEANING PAP.] is displayed.

TEST PRINT A is used to confirm printing setting values. It also serves as a test pattern to check and adjust the print density.


FONT LIST A prints representative names of character sets and a sample print of the available fonts in portrait or landscape orientation. The list includes internal fonts, plug-in font card(s) or downloaded fonts in the printer. Note: When the optional font card(s) are installed, or the downloaded font is available, information on internal fonts will not be printed out.

FONT LIST B gives all ID numbers and names of currently available character sets of all fonts installed.

FEEDER SELECT Key

This key is used to select either the multi-purpose tray or optional cassette paper feeder. This key is also used to select the "PT" size when using the multi-purpose tray. The "PT" size stands for the paper size which is actually loaded in the multi-purpose tray.

In this printer, the paper size actually loaded in the multi-purpose tray must match the page size which the software formats in the printer. The factory default is "Letter." The following procedure explains how to change the "PT" from letter to legal:


1. Press ON LINE to take the printer off-line.
2. Hold FEEDER SELECT key down until "TRAY=LETTER" appears in the LCD display, then release the key.
3. Press FEEDER SELECT key again until the "PT SIZE" you want to use appears in the LCD display. The "PT SIZE" scrolls as follows.
A4->LETTER->LEGAL->EXEC
4. Press ON LINE key when "TRAY=LEGAL" appears in the display.
5. The LCD will display as follows:
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| 00 READY LG |
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MENU Key

This key is used to set various print modes, such as the source of paper feed, paper orientation, auto carriage return, etc. These settings are usually set from the software, not on the printer. More about the MENU key is explained in the Canon LBP-4 manual.

FORM FEED Key

This light and key indicate that information is in the buffer and does not have an eject form code. This can be seen with a DOS screen dump or if the wrong paper is chosen. See error messages in printer manual. If this message is lit and you would like to clear the buffer, take the printer offline and press the form feed button.


Hardware Specifications

Model: Desk top page printer
Print System: Laser beam printer
Paper Feed: Standard: Multi-purpose tray (up to 50 sheets of paper or up to 5 envelopes).
Optional: Cassette feeder (up to 250 sheets of paper or up to 20 envelopes).
Paper Delivery: Face down or face up.
Print Speed: 4.0 pages/minute with letter or A4 size paper.
ReAnswer: 300 dots per inch.


Software Specifications

Supporting function code: ISO standard mode
VDM vector graphics mode
Diablo 630 emulation mode
Multiple copies: 1 to 99 copies
Automatic jam recovery: Provided
Number of fonts/page: 128 fonts/page maximum
Size of character: No limitation for downloaded fonts
Font selection: By attributes, assigned number or name; scalable and bitmap fonts
Character rendition: Overstrike, inverse, shading, underscore, double underscore, vertical and horizontal expansion
Font ornamentation: Shadow, outline, pattern-fill


Controller Specification

ROM: 1MB
RAM: 512K
Expansion: Up to 2.5M is available by adding optional RAM boards
Host interface: Parallel (Centronics), Serial (RS-232C) or Video is selectable
Internal font: Bitmap: 8 Courier fonts
Scalable: 4 Swiss fonts
4 Dutch fonts
1 Symbol font
Card font (optional): 3 types of bitmap font cards
1 scalable font card
Command level: CaPSL III (Canon Printing System Language)


Optional Accessories
CASSETTE PAPER FEEDER

There are five different cassettes available for use with the paper feeder (A4, Letter, Legal, Executive, Envelope). Each cassette will hold up to 250 sheets of paper or up to 20 envelopes. When using the envelope tray, the envelopes should be placed face up, stamp end first.

Font Cards

There is one optional scalable font card and three bitmap font cards. The optional scalable font card is called SC-1. There are two slots in the printer for font cards. You must turn the printer off while installing or removing the font card.


Optional Scalable Font Card
==================================================================
| Name of Font Card | Font Names |
|----------------------+-----------------------------------------|
| | ITC Avant Garde-Book |
| | TC Avant Garde-Book Oblique |
| | ITC Avant Garde-Demi |
| | ITC Avant Garde-Demi Oblique |
| |-----------------------------------------|
| | ITC Bookman-Light |
| | ITC Bookman-Light Italic |
| | ITC Bookman-Demi |
| | ITC Bookman-Demi Italic |
| |-----------------------------------------|
| | Swiss-Narrow |
| | Swiss-Narrow-Oblique |
| | Swiss-Narrow-Bold |
| SC-1 | Swiss-Narrow-Bold Olbique |
| |-----------------------------------------|
| | Century Schoolbook-Roman |
| | Century Schoolbook-Italic |
| | Century Schoolbook-Bold |
| | Century Schoolbook-Bold Italic |
| |-----------------------------------------|
| | Zapf Calligraphic-Roman |
| | Zapf Calligraphic-Italic |
| | Zapf Calligraphic-Bold |
| | Zapf Calligraphic-Bold Italic |
| |-----------------------------------------|
| | ITC Zapf Chancery-Medium Italic |
| |-----------------------------------------|
| | ITC Zapf Dingbats |
==================================================================


Optional Bitmap Font Cards


===========================================================================
| Name of | Available | No. | Remarks |
| font cards| typefaces | of | |
| | | fonts | |
|-----------+----------------------------+-------+------------------------|
| BM-1 | Dutch, Century, Humanist, | 42 | Portrait orientation |
| | | | |
| BM-2 | Dutch, Century, Humanist, | 42 | Landscape orientation |
| | | | |
| BM-3 | Pica, Elite, Garland, | 42 | Portrait/landscape |
| | Line Printer | | orientation |
===========================================================================


Soft Fonts

Bitstream works just fine with this printer. You can make outline fonts in Bitstream and then scale them in WordPerfect, just as you scale the internal fonts. There is not a whole lot of memory available for soft fonts. The RAM can be expanded up to 2.5M, if desired.


Graphics

This printer can rotate text in a graphics box 90*. In the Canon manual, it mentions that the printer is able to rotate text in any direction, but a WPCorp operator has tried it and cannot get it to rotate 180* or 270*. It just prints a graphics box with no text.

This printer can also do reverse text two ways. The first way is to turn on the strikeout function. It will blacken the background and print white text. The other way is to create a graphics box (make sure gray shading=100%) and change the color of text within the box to white (or whatever "color" you wish).


Colors

When you change the "color" of text (Ctrl-F8, C), it will change the fill pattern within the characters.

MOST COMMON CANON LBP-4 ERROR MESSAGES

Message Cause and Solution
10 CHECK PAPER Paper is not properly set in the cassette. Remove the cassette from the paper feeder and check if the paper stack is resting flat under the retaining clips and if the stack height is under the limit mark. If not, reset the paper properly.


11 PAPER OUT* No paper in the cassette. Add paper in the paper cassette.

11 TRAY PAPER XX The printer is out of paper. Load paper into the paper tray. The XX indicates the paper size.

12 PRINTER OPEN The printer's front cover is open. Close the front cover securely. Or, the EP-L cartridge is not installed. Install the EP-L cartridge.

13 PAPER JAM Paper is jammed in paper path. Remove jammed paper. If paper jams occur frequently, you may need to check the quality of your paper.

PC LOAD A4* The paper cassette needs to be changed. Set
PC LOAD LETTER* the paper cassette requested by the message
PC LOAD LEGAL* and then press ON LINE key to printout.
PC LOAD EXEC*
PC LOAD PAPER*
nn


PT LOAD A4 The paper needs to be changed. Load the paper
PT LOAD B5 requested into the multi-purpose tray.
PT LOAD LETTER
PT LOAD LEGAL
PT LOAD EXEC
PT LOAD PAPER
nn

OC Some action is requested to the operator
XXXXXXXXXXXX-XXX from host computer (programmable via host computer). Comment to the operator is displayed in the XXXX area.

*These messages are displayed only when a cassette paper feeder is installed.

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