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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MP-3591-V1.00
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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4. Select the loaded paper.
(1) Make sure that your printer's name is selected in Printer.
(2) Make sure that Automatically Select is selected in Paper Source.
Note
For details on other settings for Paper Source, refer to the on-screen manual:
Advanced
Guide.
(3) Select the size and type of the loaded paper in Paper Size and Media Type.
Here we select 4"x6" 10x15cm in Paper Size and the type of the loaded photo paper in Media Type.
Note
If you select A4 or Letter-sized plain paper when Automatically Select is selected in Paper
Source, the printer feeds the paper from the Cassette. If you select other sizes or types
of paper such as photo paper, the printer feeds the paper from the Rear Tray.
If you select the wrong page size or media type, the printer may feed paper from the
wrong paper source or may not print with the proper print quality.
(4) Click Layout/Print.
5. Select a layout and start printing.
(1) Select the layout of the photo.
Here we select Borderless (full).
The preview will appear in the selected layout for confirmation of the required print result.
Note
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You can change the direction of photo or crop photos (trimming) to print.
For details on the operation, refer to the on-screen manual:
Advanced 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. After canceling the print job, blank sheets of
paper may be ejected.
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.
To temporarily stop a job in progress, click Hold. To temporarily stop all the jobs in the list, click
Pause Printer (or Stop Jobs). After canceling the print job, blank sheets of paper may be
ejected.
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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 introduces a few of the useful functions of Easy-PhotoPrint EX.
For details, refer to the on-screen manual: Advanced 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.
Brightness
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Advanced Guide Troubleshooting
Contents > Printing > Printing Documents (Windows)
Printing Documents (Windows)
This section describes the procedure to print a document of A4 size on plain paper.
For details, refer to the on-screen manual: Advanced Guide.
Note
Operations may vary depending on your software application. For details on 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 .
Here we make sure that A4 plain paper is loaded in the Cassette.
Note
Load A4, B5, A5, 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.
4. Create (or open) a document to print using an appropriate software application.
5. Open the printer driver setup window.
(1) Select Print on the File menu or the command bar in your software application.
The Print dialog box will appear.
(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).
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6. Specify the required print settings.
(1) Select Business Document in Commonly Used Settings.
Note
When the print object such as Business Document or Photo Printing is selected in
Commonly Used Settings, the items in Additional Features will be selected automatically.
The settings suitable for the print object such as media type or print quality will also
appear.
When you specify two or more copies in Copies, the Collate check box will be selected.
(2) Make sure of the displayed settings.
Here we make sure that Plain Paper in Media Type, Standard in Print Quality, A4 in Printer Paper Size, and
Automatically Select in Paper Source are selected.
Note
The settings can be changed.
However, after changing Printer Paper Size, confirm that the setting for Page Size on the
Page Setup sheet matches the setting set in the software application.
For details, refer to the on-screen manual:
Advanced Guide
.
If you select A4, B5, A5, or Letter-sized plain paper when Automatically Select is selected
in Paper Source, the printer feeds the paper from the Cassette. If you select other sizes or
types of paper such as photo paper, the printer feeds the paper from the Rear Tray.
If you select the wrong page size or media type, the printer may feed paper from the
wrong paper source or may not print with the proper print quality.
(3) Click OK.
Note
For details on the printer driver functions, click Help or Instructions to view the online help or
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the on-screen manual:
Advanced Guide
. The Instructions button appears on the Quick Setup,
Main and Maintenance sheets if the on-screen manual is installed on your computer.
You can name the changed settings and add to Commonly Used Settings.
For details, refer to the on-screen manual:
Advanced Guide
.
If the Always Print with Current Settings check box is selected, the current settings will be
applied from the next print job onward. Some software applications may not have this
function.
To display the preview to confirm the print result, select the Preview before printing check
box. Some software applications may not have a preview function.
You can specify detailed print settings on the Main sheet or Page Setup sheet.
For details, refer to the on-screen manual:
Advanced Guide
.
7. Start printing.
Click Print (or OK) to start printing.
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. After canceling the print job, blank sheets of
paper may be ejected.
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 Aligning the Print Head .
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Advanced Guide Troubleshooting
Contents > Printing > Printing Documents (Macintosh)
Printing Documents (Macintosh)
This section describes the procedure to print a document of A4 size on plain paper.
For details, refer to the on-screen manual: Advanced Guide.
Note
Operations may vary depending on your software application. For details on 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 .
Here we make sure that A4 plain paper is loaded in the Cassette.
Note
Load A4, B5, A5, 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.
4. Create (or open) a document to print using an appropriate software application.
5. Open the Print dialog box.
Select Print on the File menu in your software application.
The Print dialog box will appear.
Note
If the dialog box below appears, click (Down arrow).
6. Specify the required print settings.
(1) Make sure that your printer's name is selected in Printer.
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(2) Select the page size of the loaded paper in Paper Size.
Here we select A4.
(3) Select Quality & Media in the pop-up menu.
(4) Select the media type of the loaded paper in Media Type.
Here we select Plain Paper.
Note
If you select A4, B5, A5, or Letter-sized plain paper when Automatically Select is selected
in Paper Source, the printer feeds the paper from the Cassette. If you select other sizes or
types of paper such as photo paper, the printer feeds the paper from the Rear Tray.
If you select the wrong page size or media type, the printer may feed paper from the
wrong paper source or may not print with the proper print quality.
(5) Make sure that Automatically Select is selected in Paper Source.
Note
For details on other settings for Paper Source, refer to the on-screen manual:
Advanced
Guide.
(6) Select the print quality in Print Quality.
Here we select Standard.
Note
For details on the print quality, refer to the on-screen manual:
Advanced Guide
.
Note
For details on the printer driver functions, click (Question) on the Quality & Media, Color
Options, Borderless Printing, or Duplex Printing & Margin screen.
The preview appears on the left of the dialog box to confirm the print result. Some software
applications may not have a preview function.
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7.
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. After canceling the print job, blank sheets of paper may be ejected.
If printed ruled lines are misaligned or print results are unsatisfactory, adjust the print head
position. See Aligning the Print Head .
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 with 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 .
Here we make sure that A4 plain paper is loaded in the Cassette.
Note
Load A4, B5, A5, 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.
4. Create (or open) a document to print using an appropriate software application.
5. Specify the page size.
(1) Select Page Setup on the File menu in your software application.
The Page Setup dialog box will appear.
(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.
Here we select A4.
(4) Click OK.
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6. Specify the required print settings.
(1) Select Print on the File menu in your software application.
The Print dialog box will appear.
(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.
Here we select Plain Paper.
Note
If you select A4, B5, A5, or Letter-sized plain paper when Automatically Select is selected
in Paper Source, the printer feeds the paper from the Cassette. If you select other sizes or
types of paper such as photo paper, the printer feeds the paper from the Rear Tray.
If you select the wrong page size or media type, the printer may feed paper from the
wrong paper source or may not print with the proper print quality.
(5) Make sure that Automatically Select is selected in Paper Source.
Note
For details on other settings for Paper Source, refer to the on-screen manual:
Advanced
Guide.
(6) Select the print quality in Print Quality.
Here we select Standard.
Note
For details on the print quality, refer to the on-screen manual:
Advanced Guide
.
Note
For details on the printer driver functions, click (Question) on the Quality & Media, Color
Options, Special Effects, Borderless Printing, or Duplex Printing & Margin screen.
To display the preview to confirm the print result, click Preview. Some software applications
may not have a preview function.
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