Canon iP1900 Series User guide

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How to Use This Manual
Printing This Manual
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dvanced Guide
Contents
Overview of the Printer
Main Components
Printing
Printing Photos (Easy-PhotoPrint EX)
Printing Documents (Windows)
Printing Documents (Macintosh)
Using More Utilities
Solution Menu and My Printer
Loading Paper
Loading Paper
Routine Maintenance
When Printing Becomes Faint or Colors Are
Incorrect
Replacing a FINE Cartridge
Cleaning the Paper Feed Roller
Opening the Maintenance Screens
Appendix
Safety Precautions
Legal Limitations on Use of Your Product and
Use of Images
Tips on How to Use Your Printer
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Advanced Guide Troubleshooting
Contents > Overview of the Printer
Overview of the Printer
This section shows the component names of the printer and describes their functions.
Main Components
Front View
Rear View
Inside View
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Advanced Guide Troubleshooting
Contents > Overview of the Printer > Main Components
Main Components
Front View
(1) Paper Guide
Pinch and slide it to align with the left side of the paper stack.
(2) Paper Support
Open to load paper in the Rear Tray.
(3) Rear Tray
Load various sizes or types of paper which you can use on the printer.
Two or more sheets of the same size and type of paper can be loaded at the same time, and fed
automatically one sheet at a time.
See Loading Paper.
(4) Front Cover
Open it when replacing the FINE Cartridges or removing jammed paper inside the printer.
(5) Paper Thickness Lever
Switches the clearance between the Print Head and the loaded paper to match the media type.
Note
Position of the Paper Thickness Lever
Set to the right when printing on envelopes or T-shirt transfers.
Set to the left when printing on paper other than envelopes or T-shirt transfers.
For details on the media types and the position of the Paper Thickness Lever, see Media
Types You can Use.
(6) Paper Output Slot
Printouts are output.
(7) Power Button
Turns the power on or off.
Important
Disconnecting the Power Plug
When disconnecting the power plug after turning off the power, be sure to confirm that
the Power lamp is not lit. If the power plug is disconnected from the wall outlet while the
Power lamp is lit or flashing, the printer may become unable to print since the Print Head is
not protected.
(8) RESUME/CANCEL Button
Press to cancel a print job in progress. You can also press this button after resolving a printer error to
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dismiss an error message and resume printing.
(9) Alarm Lamp
Lights or flashes orange when an error, such as paper-out or ink-out, occurs.
(10) Power Lamp
Lights green after flashing when the power is turned on.
Note
Power and Alarm lamps
You can check the status of the printer by the Power and Alarm lamps.
- Power lamp Off: The power is off.
- Power lamp lit green: The printer is ready to print.
- Power lamp flashing green: The printer is getting ready to print, or printing is in progress.
- Alarm lamp flashing orange: An error has occurred and the printer is not ready to print. For
details, refer to the "Troubleshooting"in the on-screen manual:
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dvanced Guide.
- Power lamp flashes green once and Alarm lamp flashes orange once alternately: An error
that requires contacting your Canon service representative may have occurred. For details,
refer to the "Troubleshooting" in the on-screen manual:
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dvanced Guide.
Rear View
(11) Power Cord Connector
Plug in the supplied power cord.
(12) USB Port
Plug in the USB cable to connect with a computer.
Caution
Do not touch the metal casing.
Inside View
(13) FINE Cartridge Holder
Install the FINE Cartridges.
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The Black FINE Cartridge should be installed into the left slot (B) and the Color FINE Cartridge should be
installed into the right slot (C).
(14) FINE Cartridges (Ink Cartridges)
A
replaceable cartridge that is integrated with Print Head and ink tank.
Note
For details on installing the FINE Cartridges, refer to the printed manual: Getting Started.
Important
The area (A) indicated in the figure below may be splattered with ink. It does not affect the
performance of the printer.
Do not touch the area (A). The printer may not print out properly if you touch it.
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Advanced Guide Troubleshooting
Contents > Printing
Printing
This section describes how to print documents or photos.
You can easily print photos taken with your digital camera by using Easy-PhotoPrint EX supplied with
your printer.
Printing Photos (Easy-PhotoPrint EX)
Using Various Functions of Easy-PhotoPrint EX
Printing Documents (Windows)
Printing Documents (Macintosh)
For Mac OS X v.10.5.x
For Mac OS X v.10.4.x or Mac OS X v.10.3.9
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Advanced Guide Troubleshooting
Contents > Printing > Printing Photos (Easy-PhotoPrint EX)
Printing Photos (Easy-PhotoPrint EX)
Print image data saved on your computer by using Easy-PhotoPrint EX supplied with your printer.
This section describes the procedure, using print setting for borderless photo print on 4" x 6" / 10 x 15 cm
photo paper as a sample.
For details on Easy-PhotoPrint EX, refer to the on-screen manual:
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dvanced Guide.
Note
The screens used in this section are for printing with Windows. The operations are also the same
for printing with Macintosh.
Install Easy-PhotoPrint EX from the Setup CD-ROM when it has not been installed or has been
uninstalled. To install Easy-PhotoPrint EX, select Easy-PhotoPrint EX in Custom Install.
1. Prepare for printing.
(1) Make sure that the printer is turned on.
See Front View.
(2) Load paper.
See Loading Paper.
Here we load 4" x 6" / 10 x 15 cm photo paper.
2. Start Easy-PhotoPrint EX, and select Photo Print.
(1) Start Easy-PhotoPrint EX.
Double-click (Easy-PhotoPrint EX) on the desktop.
Click Here: Easy-PhotoPrint EX
Select the Go menu, Applications, Canon Utilities, Easy-PhotoPrint EX, then double-click Easy-
PhotoPrint EX.
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Note
To start Easy-PhotoPrint EX from Solution Menu, double-click (Solution Menu) on the
desktop and click (Print photos or albums, etc.).
See To Start Solution Menu.
To start Easy-PhotoPrint EX from the Start menu, select All Programs (Programs in
Windows 2000), Canon Utilities, Easy-PhotoPrint EX, then Easy-PhotoPrint EX.
To start Easy-PhotoPrint EX from Solution Menu, click (Solution Menu) in the Dock and
click (Print photos or albums, etc.).
See To Start Solution Menu.
(2) Click Photo Print.
Note
You can select Album, Calender, Stickers, etc., besides Photo Print.
See Using Various Functions of Easy-PhotoPrint EX .
3. Select a photo to print.
(1) Select the folder in which images are saved.
(2) Click the image to print.
The number of copies appears as "1", and the image you selected appears in the selected image area (A).
You can select two or more images at the same time.
Note
To print two or more copies, click (Up arrow) to change the number of copies.
To cancel the selection, click the image to cancel in the selected image area and click
(Delete Imported Image) . You can also use (Down arrow) to change the number of
copies to zero.
You can also correct or enhance the selected image.
See Using Various Functions of Easy-PhotoPrint EX .
(3) Select Select Paper.
4. Select the loaded paper.
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(1) Make sure that your printer's name is selected in Printer.
(2) Select the loaded paper in Paper Size and Media Type.
Here we select 4"x6" 10x15cm in Paper Size and the type of loaded photo paper in Media Type.
Note
If you select the wrong media type, the printer may not print with the proper print quality.
(3) Click Layout/Print.
5. Select a layout and start printing.
(1) Select the layout of the photo.
Here we select Borderless [full].
The preview appears in the selected layout for confirmation of the required print result.
Note
You can change the direction of a photo or crop a part of photo (trimming) to print.
For details on the operation, refer to the on-screen manual:
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dvanced Guide.
(2) Click Print.
Note
To cancel a print job in progress, press the RESUME/CANCEL button on the printer or click
Cancel Printing on the printer status monitor. To display the printer status monitor, click
Canon XXX (where "XXX" is your printer's name) on the taskbar.
Click the printer icon in the Dock to display the list of print jobs in progress.
To cancel a print job in progress, select the desired job in the Name list and click Delete.
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Advanced Guide Troubleshooting
Contents > Printing > Printing Photos (Easy-PhotoPrint EX) > Using Various Functions of Easy-PhotoPrint EX
Using Various Functions of Easy-PhotoPrint EX
This section describes a few of the useful functions of Easy-PhotoPrint EX.
For details, refer to the on-screen manual:
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dvanced Guide.
Creating Your Own Prints
You can create an album or calendar using your photos.
Album Calendar
Stickers Layout Print
Correcting Images
You can use Red-Eye Correction, Face Sharpener, Digital Face Smoothing, Brightness, Contrast, etc. to
adjust, correct, or enhance images automatically or manually.
Sample of the correction
Brightness
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Advanced Guide Troubleshooting
Contents > Printing > Printing Documents (Windows)
Printing Documents (Windows)
Note
Operations may vary depending on your software application. For details of the operation, refer to
the instruction manual of your application.
The screens used in this section are for printing with Windows Vista operating system Ultimate
Edition (hereafter referred to as "Windows Vista").
1. Make sure that the printer is turned on.
See Front View.
2. Load paper.
See Loading Paper.
3. Create (or open) a document to print using an appropriate software application.
4. Open the printer properties dialog box.
(1) Select Print in the File menu or from the command bar in your software
application.
The Print dialog box appears.
(2) Make sure that your printer's name is selected.
Note
If another printer's name is selected, click and select your printer's name.
(3) Click Preferences (or Properties).
5. Specify the required print settings.
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(1) Select the media type of the loaded paper in Media Type.
Note
If you select the wrong media type, the printer may not print with the proper print quality.
(2) Specify the print quality, etc. in Print Quality and Color/Intensity as required.
Note
For details on the print quality, refer to the on-screen manual:
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dvanced Guide.
(3) Click OK.
Note
To confirm the page size, click the Page Setup tab. If the setting does not match the
document's page size already set in the software application, you need to reset the page size,
or otherwise use Scaled Printing or Fit-to-Page Printing.
For details, refer to the on-screen manual:
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dvanced Guide.
For details on other printer driver functions, click Help or Instructions to view the online help or
the on-screen manual:
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dvanced Guide. The Instructions button appears on the Main and
Maintenance sheets if the on-screen manual is installed on your computer.
To display the preview to confirm the print result, select the Preview before printing check box
in the Main sheet. Some software applications may not have a preview function.
6. Start printing.
Click Print (or OK) to start printing.
Note
The message asking to confirm the position of the Paper Thickness Lever may appear. If the
message appears, make sure that the Paper Thickness Lever is set properly. See Loading
Paper.
To cancel a print job in progress, press the RESUME/CANCEL button on the printer or click
Cancel Printing on the printer status monitor.
To display the printer status monitor, click Canon XXX (where " XXX" is your printer's name) on
the taskbar.
If printed ruled lines are misaligned or print results are unsatisfactory, adjust the print head
position. See
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ligning the Print Head.
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Advanced Guide Troubleshooting
Contents > Printing > Printing Documents (Macintosh)
Printing Documents (Macintosh)
Note
Operations may vary depending on your software application. For details of the operation, refer to
the instruction manual of your application.
For Mac OS X v.10.5.x
1. Make sure that the printer is turned on.
See Front View.
2. Load paper.
See Loading Paper.
3. Create (or open) a document to print using an appropriate software application.
4. Open the Print dialog box.
Select Print on the File menu in your software application.
The Print dialog box appears.
Note
If the dialog box below appears, click (Down arrow).
5. Specify the required print settings.
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(1) Make sure that your printer's name is selected in Printer.
(2) Select the page size of the loaded paper in Paper Size.
(3) Select Quality & Media in the pop-up menu.
(4) Select the media type of the loaded paper in Media Type.
Note
If you select the wrong media type, the printer may not print with the proper print quality.
(5) Select the print quality in Print Quality.
Note
For details on the print quality, refer to the on-screen manual:
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dvanced Guide.
Note
For details on other printer driver functions, click (Question) on the Quality & Media, Color
Options, Borderless Printing, or Margin screen to view the on-screen manual:
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dvanced
Guide. If the on-screen manual is not installed, it does not appear even if (Question) is
clicked.
The preview appears on the left of the dialog box to confirm the print result. Some software
applications may not have a preview function.
6. Start printing.
Click Print to start printing.
Note
Click the printer icon in the Dock to display the list of print jobs in progress.
To cancel a print job in progress, select the desired job in the Name list and click Delete. To
temporarily stop a job in progress, click Hold. To temporarily stop all the jobs in the list, click
Pause Printer.
If printed ruled lines are misaligned or print results are unsatisfactory, adjust the print head
p
osition. See
A
ligning the Print Head.
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For Mac OS X v.10.4.x or Mac OS X v.10.3.9
Note
The screens used in this section are for printing in Mac OS X v.10.4.x.
1. Make sure that the printer is turned on.
See Front View.
2. Load paper.
See Loading Paper.
3. Create (or open) a document to print using an appropriate software application.
4. Specify the page size.
(1) Select Page Setup on the File menu in your software application.
The Page Setup dialog box appears.
(2) Make sure that your printer's name is selected in Format for.
(3) Select the page size of the loaded paper in Paper Size.
(4) Click OK.
5. Specify the required print settings.
(1) Select Print on the File menu in your software application.
The Print dialog box opens.
(2) Make sure that your printer's name is selected in Printer.
(3) Select Quality & Media in the pop-up menu.
(4) Select the media type of the loaded paper in Media Type.
Note
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If you select the wrong media type, the printer may not print with the proper print quality.
(5) Select the print quality in Print Quality.
Note
For details on the print quality, refer to the on-screen manual:
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dvanced Guide.
Note
For details on other printer driver functions, click (Question) on the Quality & Media, Color
Options, Special Effects, Borderless Printing, or Margin screen to view the on-screen manual:
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dvanced Guide. If the on-screen manual is not installed, it does not appear even if
(Question) is clicked.
To display the preview to confirm the print result, click Preview. Some software applications
may not have a preview function.
6. Start printing.
Click Print to start printing.
Note
Click the printer icon in the Dock to display the list of print jobs in progress.
To cancel a print job in progress, select the desired job in the Name list and click Delete. To
temporarily stop a job in progress, click Hold. To temporarily stop all the jobs in the list, click
Stop Jobs.
If printed ruled lines are misaligned or print results are unsatisfactory, adjust the print head
position. See
A
ligning the Print Head.
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Advanced Guide Troubleshooting
Contents > Using More Utilities
Using More Utilities
This section describes the useful functions to start supplied software applications on the desktop.
Solution Menu and My Printer
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Advanced Guide Troubleshooting
Contents > Using More Utilities > Solution Menu and My Printer
Solution Menu and My Printer
Using Solution Menu or My Printer (Windows only), you can easily get the information of the printer, or
change the print settings by only clicking buttons on a screen.
With Solution Menu, you can start the software applications supplied with the printer or display the
operating instructions. It also provides you with the information on troubleshooting.
With My Printer, you can display the printer properties dialog box of the printer driver. It also provides you
with the information on how to take an action when you have trouble with the operation. My Printer is no
t
available in Macintosh.
To Start Solution Menu
Double-click (Solution Menu) on the desktop.
Click Here: Solution Menu
Click (Solution Menu) in the Dock.
* The screens below are for Windows Vista.
Click the button of a function to use.
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fter starting Solution Menu, click (Window size: small) on the title bar to reduce the window size.
Note
Install Solution Menu from the Setup CD-ROM when it has not been installed or has been
uninstalled. To install Solution Menu, select Solution Menu in Custom Install.
The buttons displayed on the screen may vary depending on the country or region of purchase.
To start Solution Menu from the Start menu, select All Programs (Programs in Windows 2000),
Canon Utilities, Solution Menu, then Solution Menu.
To start Solution Menu from the command bar, select the Go menu, Applications, Canon Utilities,
Solution Menu, then double-click Solution Menu.
To Start My Printer
Double-click (My Printer) on the desktop.
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