Canon SmartBase PC1210D, SmartBase PC1230D, SmartBase PC1270D pc1200s-001

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Issued by Canon Europa N.V.

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Date: 29.03.02

SUBJECT: PRINTER DRIVER R1.00 FOR EUROPE IS RELEASED

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[Upgrade History]

R1.00 Ver.1.00.0.008 New Release

The following version of the master CD, which is included in the, SmartBase PC1210D / PC1230D / PC1270D product, is to be released.

SmartBase PC1210D / PC1230D / PC1270D User Software CD for Europe: 1

AXIS PrintMonitor for Canon CAPT Printers 1.10.80EN

SmartBase PC1210D/PC1230D/PC1270D Printer Driver takes over most of the specifications of LBP-800 Printer Driver. Major differences from LBP-800 Printer Driver in specifications of basic functions are listed below.

1) Two paper pickup features (cassettes and the multi-purpose tray (MPT)) are supported.

Use of these features can be set up on Driver display.

2) Paper change request is not supported.

SmartBase PC1210D/PC1230D/PC1270D machines start printing if paper is set in the paper source specified by the user, regardless of size of the paper. The machines carry out no check on paper size at printing. Accordingly, Printer Driver UI has no switch to start or cancel print when paper size inconsistency is detected.

3) Special fixing modes for thick paper, thin paper, and OHP transparencies are supported.

Special fixing modes for these print media can be selected on Printer Driver.

4) Reverse order print is supported.

Selectable on Printer Driver. Default is off.

5) The toner save function supported by conventional CAPT controllers is not employed but engine contract control is used to save toner. Therefore, toner saving cannot be set up on Printer Driver.

6) The favorite function for driver setting is not supported.

In the first place, CAPT has scarce setup items and the items are so simple, that the user finds it easy to set up the driver. Besides, default settings of CAPT assure top performance and print quality. Therefore, there is nearly no need for the user to store various settings using the favorite function.

SMARTBASE PC1210D/

PC1230D/PC1270D

Version Details

Product Approved version

CAPT Firmware V1.00

Main body IP WLD-03-01 or later

E-CON 0.39

AXIS1610 Firmware R5.80

(FF-T01-L6-000007-01)

No.: PC1200S-001

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7) Port monitoring method has been changed. For LBP-800, "Always watches over the status" is the default. However, this setting may pose a problem if other printers are installed on the machine. To avoid the problem, "Watches over the status only while printing" can be selected as an alternative. However, under this setting, status cannot be monitored at all while the machine is idle. To solve both problems, "Only while Displaying Printer Status Window" has been added for SmartBase PC1210D/PC1230D/PC1270D. Under this setting, status is monitored while the status window is open, and as a rule no interference to other printers occur while the status window is closed. Note that the default setting is "Always..." for SmartBase PC1210D/PC1230D/PC1270D, too. (See the figure below.)

8) ECP with DMA has been eliminated because of the following reasons.

- Last year in Japan, a problem occurred when ECP with DMA was set; installation of CAPT Printer Driver failed with a configuration of SONY VAIO and a CAPT device (during the installation process of the printer driver, hardware reset occurred on the PC after the files were copied.) * Although the rudimentary cause was a problem with BIOS of SONY VAIO, we determined to disable the ECP with DMA setting of the CAPT driver.

- Compared to ECP with DMA, ECP without DMA slightly reduces PC data transfer speed. However, print performance of CAPT devices are not affected by the slowdown. Therefore, it is safe to say there is no disadvantage from disabling the ECP with DMA mode. For SmartBase PC1210D/PC1230D/PC1270D, only two port types, namely, Standard and ECP are provided as Port Setting options. (See the figure below.)

9) Use of common modules, as among the current machines, invites problems and restrictions listed below. SmartBase PC1210D/PC1230D/PC1270D machines are free from these problems because they share no modules with current models and independent operation is guaranteed. [Problems and restrictions posed by common modules]

- If two or more printer drivers are to be installed on the same machine, they must be installed in the order of the release.

- Installation of printer drivers not in the order of their release can result in various problems. In the worst case, print function is disabled.

- Even if two or more printer drivers have been successfully installed and functioning finely on a single machine, uninstallation of one printer driver disables other printer drivers.

10) Since SmartBase PC1210D/PC1230D/PC1270D machines support USB

as standard, support of the USB parallel conversion cable has been withdrawn.

11) TCP/IP protocol has been added for AXIS network adapter to enable TCP/IP print.

Setup items LBP-800 setting screen

SmartBase PC1210D / PC1230D / PC1270D setting screen

Status Window

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Port Setting

Software stored in this media is as follows:

[Software included in the CD-ROM]

SmartBase PC1210D / PC1230D / PC1270D Printer Driver R1.00 for Windows 95/98