Canon i470D Printing Guide

BUBBLE JET PRINTER

Direct Printing Guide

Table of Contents

Operation Panel Names and Functions 1

Printing Flow 4

Using a Memory Card 6

Printing a Photograph 9

Printing an Image List – Print Index 9

Selecting and Printing an Image – Print One 11

Loading Paper 13

Using the Photo Viewer 16

Other Useful Functions 18

Printing According to the Settings Made on the Camera – DPOF Printing 18

Changing the Date Style 20

Setting up the Card Slot as the Memory Card Drive of the Computer 20

Printing Photographs Directly from a Digital Camera 22

Printing Maintenance 25

Replacing an Ink Tank 31

Troubleshooting 35

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Operation Panel Names and Functions

Names and functions of the controls on the operation panel and meanings of the icons displayed on the LCD are summarized below.

Operation Panel

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(3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)

(1) Power Button

Press to turn the printer on or off.

(2) Power Lamp

Off: the printer is turned off. Green: the printer is ready to print. Flashing green: the printer is preparing to print, or is currently printing. Flashing orange: an error has occurred and the printer is not ready to print. Flashing orange and green alternately: an error has occurred that may require a service call.

(3) Resume Button

Press this button after resolving a printer problem to resume printing. If this button is pressed during printing, the printer aborts printing.

(4) Cursor Buttons

These buttons are used to select setting items and enter numeric values.

(5) Set Button

Press this button to allow the setting you have just made to take effect and proceed to the next setting item. To return to the previous setting item, keep pressing this button until the desired setting item is displayed.

(6) Maintenance Button

Press this button when you want to perform maintenance such as printing a nozzle check pattern, print head cleaning, and print head alignment. Also press this button when you want to change the date style.

(7) Photo Viewer Button

Press this button to start/exit the Photo Viewer. This button is also used to save the data stored in the memory card on the hard disk of the computer.

For details about the Photo Viewer, see “Using the Photo Viewer” on page 16.

(8) Print Button

Press this button to start printing according to the settings displayed on the LCD.

(9) Cancel Button

Press this button to cancel printing.

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(10)Indicator Lamp

The indicator lamp is lit when memory card reading is enabled and flashes while the memory card is being read.

Removing the memory card or turning off the printer while the Indicator Lamp is flashing can damage the data stored in the memory card.

Icons on the LCD

Meanings of the icons displayed on the LCD on the operation panel are as follows:

Print Index

Print All

Print One

A list of images stored in the memory card in the card slot is printed, allowing you to check image numbers.

All images stored in the memory card in the card slot are printed (one copy per image).

The image with the image number you have specified is printed. You can specify a number of copies.

DPOF

Borderless printing

This icon appears when a memory card containing DPOF information is inserted in the card slot. Images are printed according to the DPOF information edited on the digital camera.

When Print All, Print One or DPOF is specified, each image is printed without border.

Bordered printing

Borderless printing with date

Bordered printing with date

Maintenance Mode

Remaining ink levels

No memory card/data

Error number indication

Digital camera connected

Photo Viewer running

Card slot in use

When Print All, Print One or DPOF is specified, each image is printed with border.

When Print All or Print One is specified, each image is printed without border with the date of photographing added.

When Print All or Print One is specified, each image is printed with border with the date of photographing added.

This icon appears when the Maintenance button is pressed. Using the cursor buttons, enter the number of the maintenance you want to perform. See “Printing Maintenance” on page 25.

These icons indicate the remaining levels of color ink and black ink. If the ink volume is low, is displayed. If the remaining level of either ink is unknown, the “?” mark is displayed beside its ink tank icon. Replace the ink tank and reset the ink counter. Then, the “?” mark will disappear. See “An Error Icon is Displayed on the Operation Panel.” on page 36.

This icon is displayed when no memory card is inserted in the card slot. It flashes when the memory card in the card slot has no data that can be printed.

An error number is displayed on the Operation Panel, if an error has occured. See “Troubleshooting” on page 35 for more information.

This icon is displayed when a Canon “Bubble Jet Direct” compatible digital camera or digital video camcorder is connected. See “Printing Photographs Directly from a Digital Camera” on page 22.

This icon is displayed when Photo Viewer is running with the printer connected to the computer with a USB cable. See “Using the Photo Viewer” on page 16.

The memory card inserted in the card slot is in use from the computer. To use the printer, start the memory card utility from the computer and stop using the memory card.

Printing Flow

Let’s take a look at the procedure for printing images from the memory card inserted in the card slot of the printer.

Step 1

Turn on the Printer.

Step 2

Load the paper.

Step 3

Insert the memory card.

Step 4

Make print settings.

Print index

A list of images stored in the memory card in the card slot is printed with an image number added to each image.

Print All

All images stored in the memory card are printed (one copy per image).

Select a paper size.

Print One

The image with the image number you have specified is printed.

Specify an image number.

Specify a number of copies.

DPOF

This icon appears when the memory card inserted in the card slot contains DPOF information. See “Printing According to the Settings Made on the Camera – DPOF Printing” on page 18.

Select a media type.

Select “bordered” or “borderless” and select “with date

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or “without date.”

Step 5

Start printing

Index printing One-image printingAll-image printing

Select “bordered” or “borderless

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Using a Memory Card

Let’s take a look at types of available memory cards and how to insert and remove them.

Types of Available Memory Cards

Types of available memory cards are as follows:

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CompactFlash™ (CF) Card/Microdrive * Ready for TYPE I/TYPE II (3.3V or 5V).

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SmartMedia™ Card * Ready for 3.3V card only (Not ready for 1MB and 2MB cards)

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Memory Stick

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Secure Digital™ (SD) Card

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MultiMedia™ Card

• Images stored in a memory card not supported by the digital camera may fail in loading or damage. For types of memory cards supported by the digital camera, refer to your digital camera user’s manual.

• To format a memory card, use the digital camera. Memory card formats are not compatible with computer-specific formats.

• Images edited on the computer may result in improper printing.

• Please use only one type of memory card at a time. If you use more than 2 types of memory cards at the same time, you could lose data or data could be read incorrectly from the cards.

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Inserting a Memory Card

• When Read/write mode is selected in the Memory Card Utility (Windows) or BJ Utility

(Macintosh), neither printing nor maintenance can be done. After completion of the operation of the card slot used as the memory card drive of the computer, be sure to select Read-only mode again. See “Setting up the Card Slot as the Memory Card Drive of the Computer” on page 20.

• If you used a computer to edit or process the data stored in the memory card, be sure to print images

from the computer. Using the operation panel to print images may result in improper printing.

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Turn on the printer.

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Install the memory card in the card slot.

The Indicator lamp lights.

• If you use CompactFlash (CF) card/Microdrive, insert it as far as it will go as shown left.

• If you use a SmartMedia card, insert it until it stops with its end projecting as shown left.

• If you use a Memory Stick, insert it until it stops with its end projecting as shown left.

The Indicator lamp lights.

• If you use SD card/MultiMedia card, insert it until it stops with its end projecting as shown left.

Removing a Memory Card

If you use the printer and memory card slot as a removable disk drive, follow the instructions for removal of the memory card from the computer. For the procedure, refer to the electronic User’s Guide on the CD-ROM.

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Ensure that the Indicator lamp is not flashing, then remove the memory card.

Removing the memory card or turning off the printer while the Indicator lamp is flashing can damage the data stored in the memory card.

Indicator lamp

Card eject button

• If you use CompactFlash (CF) card/Microdrive, push the card eject button to remove the card.

• If you use a SmartMedia card, remove the card holding the exposed portion of the card with your fingers.

• If you use a Memory Stick, remove the card holding the exposed portion of the card with your fingers.

• If you use SD card/MultiMedia card, remove the card holding the exposed portion of the card with your fingers.

Printing a Photograph

Let’s select an image from the images stored on the memory card of the digital camera and print it. First, make an index print to confirm the image number of the image you want to print. Specify the image number of the image you want to print and print the image.

The settings made on the Operation Panel will be remembered until they are set again.

Printing an Image List

Make an index print of all images stored on the memory card together with their image numbers.

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Turn on the printer.

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Load the paper.

See “Loading Paper” on page 13.

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Insert the memory card in the card slot.

See “Using a Memory Card” on page 6.

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Select Print Index.

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Select a paper size.

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Print Index

(1) Ensure that is displayed above the Print

(2) Press the Set button.

(1) Using (cursor buttons), select a paper

Index icon. If Print Index is not selected, select it using

(cursor buttons).

size.

(2) Press the Set button.

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Select a media type.

(1) Using (cursor buttons), locate

above the type of the printing media.

(2) Press the Set button.

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Start printing.

(1) Confirm the settings.

To modify a setting that has already been made, keep pressing the Set button to display the setting.

(2) Press the Print button.

All images stored in the memory card are printed as an index print.

Selecting and Printing an Image

After confirming the images (stored in the memory card) by printing an index, specify the image number of the image you want to print and then print it.

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Load the paper.

See “Loading Paper” on page 13.

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Confirm the image number.

Make an index print following the procedure described in “Printing an Image List – Print Index” and confirm the image number of the image you want to print.

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Select Print One as a print mode.

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Print One

The image number

(1) Using (cursor buttons), locate

above the Print One icon.

(2) Press the Set button.

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Specify the image number of the image you want to print.

(1) Using (cursor buttons), display the

image number of the image you want to print.

(2) Press the Set button.

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Specify a number of copies.

(1) Using (cursor buttons), display the

number of copies of the image you want to print.

(2) Press the Set button.

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