CANON i560 User Manual

Series

Desktop Photo Printer

Quick Start Guide

Canon i560 Series Desktop Photo Printer Quick Start Guide.

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Contents

Basic Printing

Turning on the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Loading Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Using Speciality Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Printing with Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Printing with Macintosh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Advanced Printing

Printing Photographs Directly from a Digital Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Accessing Printer Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Adjusting Print Quality for Photographs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Using Printer Driver Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Using the Bundled Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Printing Borderless Photographs with Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Printing Borderless Photographs with Macintosh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Printing Maintenance

Replacing an Ink Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

When Printing Becomes Faint or Colors are Incorrect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Printing the Nozzle Check Pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Print Head Cleaning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Print Head Deep Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Aligning the Print Head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Contents

Troubleshooting

Cannot Install the Printer Driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Print Quality is Poor or Contains Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Troubleshooting Printer Hardware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Paper Does Not Feed Properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Handling Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

An Error Message Appears on the Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Cannot Print Properly from the Digital Camera. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Appendix

Installing the Printer Driver when using Mac OS 9.x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

User’s Guide Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Safety Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Regulatory Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

CANON LIMITED WARRANTY --- (USA Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Basic Printing

This

Note

Turning on the Printer

1 Press the POWER button.

Quick Start Guide

printer and how to use them. For more information, view the i560

on the

Guide

help within your printer driver interface:

While in the printer's Properties window, press the F1 key, or click ? in the upper right corner. Then click the feature you want to know more about, or click the Help button when displayed.

Turn Balloon Help on by selecting Help, then Show Balloon Help.

Setup Software & User's Guide CD-ROM

describes some of the features of your i560

User's

, or use the online

The POWER lamp flashes while the printer warms up and changes to steady (nonflashing) green when the printer is ready.

Important z Before unplugging the power cord, turn off the printer and

ensure that the green lamp has gone out.

z If the POWER lamp changes to orange and begins flashing,

refer to the section "Handling Error Messages" on page 52.

Loading Paper

 Print Media to Avoid

Do not use the following types of paper. Using such paper will not only produce unsatisfactory results, but can also cause the printer to jam or malfunction.

• Folded, curled or wrinkled paper

•Damp paper

• Excessively thin paper (less than 64 gsm or 17 lb)

• Excessively thick paper* (more than 105 gsm or 28 lb)

*non-Canon branded paper

• Picture postcards

• Postcards affixed with photos or stickers

• Envelopes with double flaps

•Sealed envelopes

• Envelopes with an embossed or treated surface

• Any type of paper with holes (such as loose-leaf)

Basic Printing

 Loading the Print Media

This section describes how to load plain paper into your printer.

• For detailed information on the speciality media Canon provides for use with its various printers, refer to the section "Using Speciality Media" on page 6.

• Consult the speciality media into the printer.

User’s Guide

for detailed instructions on how to load envelopes and

Basic Printing

1 Flatten the four corners of the paper before loading it.

Important When paper is curled, hold the opposing curled corners and gently

bend them in the opposite direction until the paper becomes completely flat.

2 Prepare to load paper.

(1) Open and pull out the paper rest.

(2) Open the cover and pull out

the paper output tray completely.

(3) Open the front cover and move the paper thickness lever to the correct position

for the media in use. Move the lever to the left position for plain paper. Move the lever to the right position for envelopes and T-shirt Transfers.

(4) Close the front cover.

3 Load the paper.

Note

z Do not stack more than 50 sheets in the paper output tray. z Do not touch the printed surface until the ink dries. For specific

Basic Printing

Load Limit Mark Do not load beyond this Load Limit Mark.

(1) Insert the paper into the auto sheet

feeder with print side facing up.

(2) Align the paper stack against the right

side of the auto sheet feeder.

(3) Pinch the paper guide and slide it

against the left side of the stack of paper.

drying times, refer to the instructions packaged with your media.

Basic Printing

Using Speciality Media

Canon recommends that you use genuine Canon media to ensure optimal print quality.

 Photo Quality Media

• Photo Paper Pro

• Photo Paper Plus Glossy

• Matte Photo Paper

• Glossy Photo Paper

•High Resolution Paper

 Media Suited to Business

Documents

•High Resolution Paper

• Transparencies

 Canon Speciality Media

Basic Printing

Media Type Paper Rest Load Limit Paper

Thickness Lever Position

Photo Paper Pro Letter: up to 10 sheets

4” x 6” : up to 20 sheets

Photo Paper Pro Perforated

Photo Paper Plus Glossy

Matte Photo Paper Up to 10 sheets Left Matte Photo Paper

Glossy Photo Paper Up to 10 sheets Left Glossy Photo Paper

High Resolution Paper Up to 80 sheets Left High Resolution Paper

T-Shirt Transfers 1 sheet Right T-Shirt Transfer

Transparencies Up to 30 sheets Left Transparency

Note

z When using plain paper (64gsm), up to 150 sheets can be set. Set the Paper

Thickness Lever to the left and select Plain Paper from the printer driver Media Type.

z For detailed descriptions of print media types, refer to the

* When paper does not feed properly, load the necessary number of sheets

(up to 10) in the auto sheet feeder one at a time to avoid them sticking together.

** Print settings are much easier to select if you use the applications

included on the with Photo Paper Pro Perforated. For instructions on how to print from the software applications, refer to the

4” x 6” : up to 20 sheets Left Photo Paper Pro

Letter: up to 10 sheets 5” x 7” : up to 10 sheets 4” x 6” : up to 20 sheets

Setup Software & User’s Guide CD-ROM

Photo Application Guide

Left Photo Paper Pro

Left Photo Paper Plus

Printer Driver Setting for Media Type

Glossy

User’s Guide

when printing

Basic Printing

Printing with Windows

Note

z The menu screens and dialog boxes that appear may vary, depending on the

software application you are using.

z The steps described in this manual are for printing in Windows XP.

1 Create a document or open a file to print. 2 Open the Printer Properties dialog box.

(1) Select Print from the application software's File menu.

(2) Ensure that Canon i560 is

selected.

(3)

Click Preferences or Properties.

Note

In Windows 2000, click the Main tab in the Print dialog box.

3 Specify the required settings.

Basic Printing

(1) Click Media Type to select the

type of media loaded in the printer.

(2) Click OK.

Note

z From the Page Setup tab, select the correct document size to be

printed.

z To adjust Print Quality settings, select Custom and click Set on the

Main tab. You can control the print quality in the Set Print Quality dialog box.

z For details about other printer driver functions, refer to the

Guide

z Select Preview before printing by clicking the check box. This

displays a preview screen that allows you to confirm the selected printing effects and how your document will look when printed. Some applications do not contain the function to display the preview.

4 Print the document.

User’s

or Help.

Note

(1) Click Print or OK.

You can cancel a print job in progress by simply pressing the RESUME/ CANCEL button on the printer.

Basic Printing

Printing with Macintosh

Note

z The menu screens and dialog boxes that appear may vary, depending on the

software application you are using.

z The steps described in this manual are for printing in Mac OS 9.

1 Create a document or open a file to print. 2 Select Paper Size.

(1) Select Page Setup from the application software's File menu.

(2) Select the desired paper

(3) Click OK.

3 Specify the required settings.

(1) Select Print from the application software's File menu.

size from the Paper Size pull-down menu.

(2) Select the Media Type from

the pull-down menu.

(3) Select the type of document

from the Print Mode pulldown menu.

(4) Click Print.

Basic Printing

Note

z When you select the type of document from the Print Mode pull-

down menu, the document is printed in color and print quality suited to the characteristics of Media Type you have selected.

Tex t: Select when printing documents consisting mainly of

text.

Graphic: Select when printing documents consisting mainly of

graphs and graphics (illustrations) with strong color definition.

Photo: Select when printing documents consisting mainly of

photographs and graphics featuring fine color gradation.

Manual: If you select Manual, the Details button will become

selectable. Click the Details button to display the Detailed Setting dialog box where you can fine-tune the Print Quality and Halftoning settings. Refer to the

z For details about other printer driver functions, refer to the

or Help.

Guide

z You can cancel a print job in progress by simply pressing the

RESUME/CANCEL button on the printer.

User’s Guide

User’s

Advanced Printing

Printing Photographs Directly from a Digital Camera

Connecting a Canon digital camera with Bubble Jet Direct function to the printer allows you to print captured images directly without using a computer. Use the USB cable that came with your digital camera.

Note

z To print directly from a digital camera or digital video camcorder, use only

Canon “Bubble Jet Direct” compatible digital cameras or digital video camcorders.

z When you print directly from a digital camera, you need to operate from the

camera itself.

z You are recommended to use a household power source rather than the

battery pack to power the camera when it is connected to a printer. If you use a battery pack, ensure that it is fully charged.

 Media Types for Digital Camera

You can use the following Canon media:

Digital Camera Setting Media Type

Card #1 Photo Paper Pro 4” x 6” / 101.6 x 152.4 mm

Card #2 Photo Paper Plus Glossy 4” x 6” / 101.6 x 152.4 mm

Card #3 Photo paper Plus Glossy 5” x 7” / 127 x 177.8 mm

LTR Photo Paper Pro or Photo Paper Plus Glossy Letter

A4 Photo Paper Pro or Photo Paper Plus Glossy A4

 Printing from a Digital Camera

1 Ensure that the printer is turned on. 2 Load the paper.

(1) Load the media with the glossy

surface facing up.

(2) Align the media on the right.

(3) Pinch the paper guide and slide it

against the left side of the media.

3 Connect the printer and the digital camera.

(1) Ensure that the digital camera is turned off.

Advanced Printing

(2) Connect the digital camera and

printer with the USB cable that came with the digital camera. The digital camera will automatically turn on. If not, turn it on manually.

4 Start printing using the print function of the digital camera.

(1) Set the camera on Replay mode.

The D will appear on the LCD monitor when the printer is connected correctly. If the Replay mode does not appear automatically, refer to the digital camera's user guide for changing the camera to Replay mode.

(2) Select the image you want to print in the Replay mode.

Advanced Printing

(3) Press the SET button to display the Print menu.

(4) Select Style and specify the Paper Size, Borderless or Bordered printing, and set

Date Printing ON or OFF.

(5) Specify a number of copies and select Print.

(6) Press the SET button on the digital camera.

Note

z For the digital camera operation and troubleshooting, refer to your

digital camera user's manual. For print error messages, refer to

"Cannot Print Properly from the Digital Camera" on page 55.

z For the digital video camcorder operation, print error messages, and

troubleshooting, refer to your digital video camcorder user's manual.

z By operating the digital camera, you can make the following prints:

- You can make a standard print from the image displayed in the single display mode or in the index display mode.

- You can print specified numbers of images, or make an index print using the DPOF function. Images other than Exif may not be index printed.

- The images taken with an Exif 2.2 compatible digital camera will be adjusted by using the Photo Optimizer PRO function.

- If date printing is set on the digital camera, the date of photograph will be printed (excluding the index print).

- Images will be scaled automatically according to the size of the media set on the digital camera.

z The digital camera does not support the following functions:

- Print quality setting

- Maintenance*

* The print head cannot be aligned through the digital camera.

Connect the printer to the computer, then align the print head.

z To disconnect the cable connected between the digital camera and

printer, follow the procedure below:

1. Disconnect the cable from the printer.

2. Turn off the digital camera.

3. Disconnect the cable from the digital camera. When disconnecting the cable, be sure to hold the connector by its sides.

Accessing Printer Driver

The Printer Properties dialog box can be opened from either within an application, or directly from the Windows Start menu.

Advanced Printing

Note

z This manual refers to Windows XP operation.

The operations may vary depending on your operating system.

z Depending on your application program, the command and menu names

may differ, and there may be more steps involved in opening the Printer Properties dialog box. For more details, see the user's manual for your application.

 Opening the Printer Properties Dialog Box from Your Application

Program

1 In your application, select the command to print a document.

The Print dialog box can usually be opened by selecting Print from the File menu.

2 Ensure that the Canon i560 is selected. Then click Preferences (or

Properties).

The Printer Properties dialog box opens.

 Opening the Printer Properties Dialog Box Directly from the Start

This method is used for maintenance operations such as print head cleaning, or to specify printer settings common to all application programs.

When the Printer Properties dialog box is opened from the Start menu, additional tabs appear, including the Details tab. These do not appear when the Printer Properties dialog box is opened from within an application.

For more information about these additional tabs, refer to your Windows documentation.

1 Click Start and select Control Panel, Printers and Other Hardware, and then

Printers and Faxes.

For non-XP Windows, click Start, select Settings, and then Printers.

2 Select the Canon i560 icon. 3 Open the File menu and select Printing Preferences (or Properties).

In Windows NT4.0, select Document Defaults....

The Printer Properties dialog box opens.

Advanced Printing

Adjusting Print Quality for Photographs

 Improving Printed Images

Two important factors control the quality and output of your printed images:

Paper and Ink

Using recommended Canon paper, speciality media, and inks for printing photographs can significantly improve the quality of your printouts. See the inside back cover for a list of Canon Specialty Papers and ink tanks for this printer.

Printer Driver Settings

The printer driver has a variety of settings that can be used to creatively enhance the colors and output of your photographs. Many of these features are covered in this chapter.

For more detailed information, see the i560

User's Guide

You can also access the online help in either of the following ways depending on your operating system:

•Press the F1 key

•Click ? in the upper right corner, then click the feature you want to know more about.

•Click the Help button when displayed.

• Turn on Balloon Help by clicking Help, then Show Balloons.

CD-ROM

User's Guide

on the

Setup Software &

 Adjusting Print Quality

Features that affect the appearance and quality of your printed images can be controlled with the printer driver.

The i560 automatically adjusts printer settings to improve print quality based on the media type (plain paper, Photo Paper Pro, and so on). You can also customize the Print Quality settings if desired.

Advanced Printing

To manually adjust Print Quality settings:

1 Open the Printer Properties dialog box.

See"Opening the Printer Properties Dialog Box from Your Application Program" on page 15.

2 Select Custom in Print Quality, then click Set... to open the Set Print

Quality dialog box.

3 Move the slide bar to adjust the Print Quality.

4 When the process is complete, click OK.

1 Open the Print dialog box.

See "Printing with Macintosh" on page 10.

2 Click Print Mode and select Manual, then click Details... to open the

Detailed Setting dialog box.

3 Move the slide bar to adjust the print quality.

4 When the process is complete, click OK.

Advanced Printing

To automatically optimize the image: Photo Optimizer PRO automatically adjusts the photographic image created with a digital

camera. Use this feature to compensate for unsatisfactory color balance and over- or under-exposure before printing.

1 Open the Printer Properties dialog box.

See"Opening the Printer Properties Dialog Box from Your Application Program" on page 15.

2 Click the Effects tab. 3 Select the Photo Optimizer PRO check box.

4 Click OK.

1 Open the Print dialog box.

See "Printing with Macintosh" on page 10.

2 Click Print Mode and select Manual, then click Details... to open the

Detailed Setting dialog box.

3 Click (Special effects). 4 Select the Photo Optimizer PRO check box.

5 Click OK.

Advanced Printing

To use Vivid Photo option: Vivid Photo intensifies background colors like fields, trees, oceans and skies, while

maintaining natural skin tones in the images.

Note

To use Vivid Photo, select the Vivid Photo check box on the Effects tab.

To use Vivid Photo, select the Vivid Photo check box under Special Effects.

In Windows Me, Windows 98 or Windows 95

If Background Printing has been disabled, the Vivid Photo function is not available.

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