Canon BJC-S820 User manual

S820
Color Bubble Jet Photo Printer
Quick Start Guide
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Canon S820 Color Bubble Jet Photo Printer Quick Start Guide.
Copyright
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your Canon S820 Color Bubble Jet Photo Printer. All statements, technical information and
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Contents
Chapter 1: Basic Printing
What Is a Printer Driver? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Selecting the S820 Photo Printer for Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Printing Photographs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Using Specialty Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Cancelling a Print Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Setting Driver Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Changing the Page Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Chapter 2: Advanced Print Features
Using Recommended Paper or Specialty Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Smoothing Rough or Jagged Edges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Optimizing Color Photographs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Adjusting Print Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Adjusting Color Balance, Brightness and Saturation . . . . . . . . . . 23
Saving and Recalling Driver Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Chapter 3: Printing Maintenance
Monitoring Ink Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Replacing Ink Tanks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Printing a Nozzle Check Pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Cleaning the Printhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Chapter 4: Using Your Photo Applications
Installing the Photo Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Using the Photo Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Printing on Canon Photo Paper Pro for Borderless Printing 4" x 6" . . 40
Chapter 5: Troubleshooting
Tips for Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Customer Care Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
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Contents
Appendix
Installing the Printer Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Uninstalling the Printer Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Registering Your Canon Product . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Regulatory Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Product Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Limited Warranty—U.S. Only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Index
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Chapter 1: Basic Printing
Congratulations on purchasing your new Canon
®
S820 Color Bubble Jet
Photo Printer!
This chapter describes basic features of your S820 photo printer and provides
instructions on how to set up and print documents and photographs.
The following topics are presented in this chapter:
•
What Is a Printer Driver?
•
Selecting the S820 Photo Printer for Use
•
Printing Photographs
• Using Specialty Media
•
Cancelling a Print Job
•
Setting Driver Options
•
Changing the Page Setup
What Is a Printer Driver?
Most computers require special software to link the programs you use to create
documents or images with the printer. This special software, called a printer
driver , converts the information from the software application into a format that
the printer can understand, and provides other handy features, such as
monitoring the levels of ink in the printer.
•
This Quick Start Guide describes some of the features of your
S820 photo printer and how to use them. For more detailed
information, view and/or print the S820 User’s Guide on the
Setup Software & User’s Guide CD-ROM.
•
Driver features and screen captures described in this guide may
be and/or look different for Windows NT
®
4.0, Windows 2000
and Windows XP.
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