Canon BJ-200ex - Manual (Page 71)

Because most of the print is actually the processing time
needed for the computer to prepare the print file,
background printing does not usually give you any real
advantage.
Foreground Printing
If the Print Manager is not active (turned off), the print file
that your application and printer driver create is sent
directly to the printer. This means you are printing in the
foreground and you cannot use your computer for other
work until you have finished printing.
Printing usually works best with the BJ-200ex when the
Print Manager is turned off. You can turn off the Print
Manager by using the Control Panel in the Main Group
window. Select the Printers icon, then click on the X that is
in the Use Print Manager check box. (This will make the X
disappear.)
Setting Up MS-DOS Application Programs
If you are not using Windows, follow the guidelines in this
section for setting up our applications for use with the
Bubble Jet Printer BJ-200ex. If you installed the Canon BJ-
200ex Windows printer driver as described in the previous
section and will be printing only under Windows, you can
ignore this information.