Canon iP4700 - PIXMA Color Inkjet Printer User manual

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MC-4052-V1.00
Basic Guide
Describes the summary of
this product.
Advanced Guide
Describes the detailed
function of this product.
Troubleshooting
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Advanced Guide
Contents
Overview of the Printer
Main Components
Printing
Printing Photos (Easy-PhotoPrint EX)
Printing Documents (Windows)
Printing Documents (Macintosh)
Other Usages
Printing Photos from a PictBridge Compliant
Device
Useful Software Applications
Loading Paper
Loading Paper
Routine Maintenance
Replacing an Ink Tank
When Printing Becomes Faint or Colors Are
Incorrect
Cleaning the Paper Feed Roller
Cleaning the Pad in the Cassette
Opening the Maintenance Screens
Appendix
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
Rear View
Inside View
Front View
(1) Top Cover
Open to replace the ink tanks or remove jammed paper inside the printer.
(2) Paper Guides
Slide to align with both sides of the paper stack.
(3) Rear Tray
Load photo paper or envelopes 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) Paper Support
Open and pull out to load paper in the Rear Tray.
(5) Cassette
Load A4, B5, A5, or Letter-sized plain paper and insert it into the printer. Two or more sheets of the same
size of plain paper can be loaded at the same time, and fed automatically one sheet at a time.
See Loading Paper .
(6) Direct Print Port
Connect a PictBridge compliant device such as a digital camera to print directly.
See Printing Photos from a PictBridge Compliant Device .
Warning
Do not connect any equipment other than PictBridge compliant devices to the Direct Print
Port of the printer. This may cause fire, electric shock, or damage to the printer.
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Important
Do not touch the metal casing.
(7) Paper Output Tray
Printed paper is ejected. Open it fully before printing.
(8) Output Tray Extension
Extend and open to support the printouts. Open it when printing.
(9) Inner Cover
Close it when printing on paper.
(10) Power button
Press to turn 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 properly since the
Print Head is not protected.
Note
Auto power on/off feature
You can set the printer to turn on or off automatically.
- Auto Power On: Automatically turns on the printer when print data is sent from the
computer.
- Auto Power Off: Automatically turns off the printer when no print data is sent for a
certain interval.
Specify this setting on the Maintenance sheet of the printer driver setup window (Windows),
or in the Canon IJ Printer Utility (Macintosh).
For details on the settings, refer to the on-screen manual:
Advanced Guide
.
(11) Power lamp
Lights green after flashing when the power is turned on.
(12) RESUME/CANCEL button
Press to cancel a print job in progress. You can press this button to release from printer error status and
resume printing, after the printer problem is resolved.
(13) Alarm lamp
Flashes orange when an error occurs, such as paper-out or ink-out.
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Note
Power and Alarm lamps
You can check the status of the printer by the Power and Alarm lamps.
- Power lamp is off: The power is off.
- Power lamp lights green: The printer is ready to print.
- Power lamp flashes green: The printer is getting ready to print, or printing is in progress.
- Alarm lamp flashes orange: An error has occurred and the printer is not ready to print.
For details, refer to "Troubleshooting" in the on-screen manual:
Advanced Guide
.
- Power lamp flashes green and Alarm lamp flashes orange alternately: An error that
requires contacting the service center may have occurred.
For details, refer to "Troubleshooting" in the on-screen manual:
Advanced Guide
.
Rear View
(14) USB Port
Plug in the USB cable to connect the printer with a computer.
Important
Do not touch the metal casing.
Do not plug in or unplug the USB cable while printing.
(15) Rear Cover
Detach to remove jammed paper.
Refer to "Troubleshooting" in the on-screen manual:
Advanced Guide
.
(16) Power Cord Connector
Plug in the supplied power cord.
Inside View
(17) Ink lamps
Light or flash red to indicate the ink tank status.
See Checking the Ink Status.
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(18) Print Head Lock Lever
Locks the Print Head into place.
Important
Do not raise this lever after installing the Print Head.
(19) Print Head Holder
Install the Print Head.
Note
For details on installing the Print Head and ink tanks, refer to the printed manual: Getting
Started.
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Advanced Guide Troubleshooting
Contents > Printing
Printing
This section describes the procedure to print documents or photos.
You can easily print photos taken with your digital camera by using Easy-PhotoPrint EX supplied with the
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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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 the printer.
This section describes the procedure to print borderless photos on 4" x 6" / 10 x 15 cm photo paper.
For details on Easy-PhotoPrint EX, refer to the on-screen manual: Advanced 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 in the Rear Tray.
Note
Load A4 or Letter-sized plain paper in the Cassette and other sizes or types of paper
such as photo paper in the Rear Tray.
(3) Open the Paper Output Tray gently, and extend the Output Tray Extension to
open.
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
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Select the Go menu, Applications, Canon Utilities, Easy-PhotoPrint EX, then double-click Easy-
PhotoPrint EX.
Note
To start Easy-PhotoPrint EX from Solution Menu, double-click (Solution Menu) on the
desktop and click (Print photos or albums, etc.).
See Solution Menu.
To start Easy-PhotoPrint EX from the Start menu, select All Programs (or Programs), 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 Solution Menu.
(2) Click Photo Print.
Note
You can select Album, Calendar, 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) Click Select Paper.
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