The BJ-30 is the smallest member of Canon's innovative Bubble Jet range, ideal for those on the move or the answer for occasional home use. The BJ-30 weighs only 1.4kg, giving a... more
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Advantages: portable, light, durable Disadvantages: slow and paper jams
The Canon BJ-30 (currently around £20 on ebay)is one of the most durable little printers I have ever owned. Years ago I bought it and then when I moved house it was put in a box in the shed and I forgot about it (not because it wasn't a good little printer, but because I upgraded to a colour printer and this is a black ink only number). Recently, I bought a laptop to use when travelling (see my opinion on the Compaq Armada 74xx) and started researching ... ...enough, there was my trust Canon BJ-30. I wiped off the inch of dust, plugged it in and hey presto - it came out with a printed sheet that was completely unreadable (well what did you expect really!) But here comes the nifty part (yes I did say nifty), on closer examination I found that the print head had got dirty and all I had to do was whip it off and purchase a new one. It was about £25 and called a BC-10e Print Head. The printer now works perfectly ...
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Printer Type: Personal printer - ink-jet - monochrome
Form Factor: Portable
Width: 30 cm
Depth: 15.8 cm, 15.7 cm
Height: 5.7 cm
Weight: 1.4 kg
Enclosure Colour: White, Black
Localisation: German / Germany, English / Europe
Printer
Print Speed:
Up to 2.2 ppm - B/W
Up to 1.7 ppm - best, Up to 3 ppm - B/W - A4 (210 x 297 mm), Up to 1.7 ppm - best
Up to 2.2 ppm - draft
Connectivity Technology: Wired
Interface: Parallel
Max Resolution ( B&W ): 720 dpi x 360 dpi
PostScript Support: Not available
Language Simulation: IBM PPR, EPSON LQ, IBM X24E
Fonts Included:
20 x TrueType
8 x scalable, 36, 8 x bitmapped
20 x TrueType
Media handling
Media Path Type: Straight
Media Type: Envelopes, transparencies, plain paper
Max Media Size (Custom): 216 mm x 356 mm
Media Sizes: ANSI A (Letter) (216 x 279 mm), Legal (216 x 356 mm), A4 (210 x 297 mm), A5 (148 x 210 mm), B5 (176 x 250 mm)
Envelope Sizes: US No 10 (104.7 x 241.3 mm), International DL (110 x 220 mm), Com-10 (105 x 241 mm), International DL (110 x 220 mm), Com-10 (105 x 241 mm)
Total Media Capacity: 30 sheets
Media Feeder(s):
1 x autoload - 30 sheets - Legal (216 x 356 mm), 1 x manual load - 1 sheets - Legal (216 x 356 mm)
The BJ-30 is the smallest member of Canon's innovative Bubble Jet range, ideal for those on the move or the answer for occasional home use. The BJ-30 weighs only 1.4kg, giving a high speed print of 2.2 pages per minute, and offers a built in 'smoothing function' for a resolution of 720 x 360 dots per inch.
Expansion / connectivity
Connections: 1 x parallel - IEEE 1284 (EPP/ECP) - 36 PIN Centronics, 1 x parallel - IEEE 1284 (EPP/ECP)
Miscellaneous
Mounting Kit: Not available
Power
Power Device: Power adapter - external
Power Consumption Operational: 30 Watt, 18 Watt
Power Consumption Stand by / Sleep: 5 Watt
Voltage Required: AC 230 V, AC 220 V
Frequency Required: 50 Hz
Software / system requirements
Software Included: Drivers & Utilities
OS Required: Microsoft DOS, Microsoft Windows 3.x/95/98, Microsoft Windows NT 3.51 or later, Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition, Microsoft DOS, Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, Microsoft Windows 3.x/95/98, Microsoft Windows NT 3.51 or later, Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition, Microsoft DOS, Microsoft Windows 95, Microsoft Windows 3.1 or later, Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition
Manufacturer warranty
Service & Support: 1 year warranty
Service & Support Details: Limited warranty - parts and labour - 1 year - carry-in
Camcorder - Optical Zoom: 10 - Digital Zoom: 200x - Weight: 0.5 kg - Flash memory: SD Memory Card - Supported Media Type: Mini DV - Viewfinder: without Viewfinder
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