Canon i850 Quick Start Manual

Color Bubble Jet Printer

Color Bubble Jet PrinterColor Bubble Jet Printer

Quick Start Guide

Quick Start GuideQuick Start Guide

Canon i850 Color Bubble Jet Printer Quick Start Guide.

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Contents

ContentsContents

Basic Printing

Basic PrintingBasic Printing

Turning the Printer’s Power On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

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

Using Special Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Printing with Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Printing with Macintosh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Advanced Printing

Advanced PrintingAdvanced Printing

Applications Included in the CD-ROM Package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Printing photographs with Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Printing photographs with Macintosh. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Accessing Printer Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Adjusting Print Quality for Photographs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Using Printer Driver Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Printing Maintenance

Printing MaintenancePrinting Maintenance

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

When Printing Becomes Faint or Colors are Incorrect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Printing the Nozzle Check Pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Print Head Cleaning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

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

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

Contents

Troubleshooting

TroubleshootingTroubleshooting

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

Appendix

AppendixAppendix

User’s Guide Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Safety Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Regulatory Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

CANON LIMITED WARRANTY --- (USA Only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Index

Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

IndexIndex

Basic Printing

Basic PrintingBasic Printing

Note

This Quick Start Guide describes some of the features of your i850 printer and how to use them. For more information, view the i850 User's Guide on the Setup Software & User's Guide CD-ROM, or use the online help in your printer 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.

Turning the Printer’s Power On

Turn on the printer by pressing the POWER button.

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

Note

If the POWER lamp changes to orange and begins flashing, refer to the section "Handling Error Messages

Handling Error Messages" on page 52.

Handling Error MessagesHandling Error Messages

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

In this example, description is provided of the steps used to load Plain Paper in your printer.

• For detailed information on the specialty media Canon provides for use with its various printers, refer to the section "Using Special Media

• Consult the specialty media in the printer.

Flatten the four corners of the paper before loading it.

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

User’s Guide

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

for detailed instructions on how to load envelopes and

Using Special Media" on page 5.

Using Special MediaUsing Special Media

Basic Printing

Preparing to Load Paper

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

for the media in use. Move to the left position for plain paper. Move to the right position for envelopes, Banner Paper and T-Shirt Transfers.

(1) Open and pull out the

paper rest.

(2)

Open the cover and pull out

the paper output tray.

Loading the Paper

(3) Press the paper guide and slide it against

Limit Mark

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

the left side of the stack of paper.

Basic Printing

(1) Insert the paper in the

sheet feeder with print side facing up.

(2) Align the paper stack snug

against the right side of the sheet feeder.

Note

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

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

Using Special Media

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

 Photo quality media

•Photo Paper Pro

•Photo Paper Plus Glossy

• Matte Photo Paper

• Glossy Photo Paper

• Glossy Photo Cards

• High Gloss Photo Film

• High Resolution Paper

 Media suited to business

documents

• High Resolution Paper

• Transparencies

Basic Printing

 Canon Special Media

Media Type Paper Rest Load

Limit

Bubble Jet Paper Up to 150 sheets Left Plain Paper Brilliant White Paper Up to 150 sheets Left Banner Paper 1 sheet(can print up

to 6 connected sheets)

Photo Paper Pro Letter: Up to 10

sheets 4” x 6”: Up to 20 sheets

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 High Gloss Photo

Film Glossy Photo Cards Up to 20 sheets Left Glossy Photo Paper

T-Shirt Transfers 1 sheet Right T-Shirt Transfer Transparencies Up to 30 sheets Left Transparency

Letter: Up to 10 sheets 4” x 6”:Up to 20 sheets

Up to 80 sheets Left High Resolution

1 sheet Left High Gloss Photo

Paper Thickness Lever Position

Right

Left Photo Paper Pro*1*2

Left Photo Paper Plus

Printer driver setting Media Type

Media Type

Media TypeMedia Type

Glossy

Paper

Film

Note

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

User’s Guide

z *1: When loading Letter size paper on the auto sheet

feeder, do not load the paper at once. To avoid sticking, load the necessary number of paper (up to 10 sheets) one at a time.

z *2: Print settings are much easier to select if you use the

applications included on the

CD-ROM

Glossy Photo Cards. For instructions on how to print from the software applications, refer to the

Setup Software & User’s Guide

when printing with Photo Paper Pro (4” x 6”) and

Photo Application Guide

Printing with Windows

Basic Printing

Note

1 2

Note that the names of features and functions listed in Print menus and dialog boxes may vary, depending on the software application you are using. The steps described in this section are for printing in Windows XP.

Create a document or open a file to print.

Open Printer Properties dialog box.

(1) Select Print

Print from the application software's File

PrintPrint

File menu.

FileFile

(2) Ensure that Canon i850

is selected.

(3)

Click Preferences (or Properties

Properties).

PropertiesProperties

Canon i850

Canon i850Canon i850

Preferences

PreferencesPreferences

Note

In Windows 2000, click the Main

Main tab in the Print

MainMain

Print dialog box.

PrintPrint

Basic Printing

Specify the required settings.

Note

Print the Document

(1) Click Media Type

(2) Click OK

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

be printed.

z To adjust Print Quality settings, select Custom

You can control quality in the Set

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

User’s Guide

z Select Preview before printing

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.

or Help.

Preview before printing by clicking the check box.

Preview before printingPreview before printing

Set Print Quality

Set Set

Media Type to select

Media TypeMedia Type the type of media loaded in the printer.

OK.

OKOK

Custom and click Set

CustomCustom

Print Quality dialog box.

Print QualityPrint Quality

Set.

SetSet

Note

(1) Click Print

You can cancel a print job in progress by simply pressing the RESUME/CANCEL

RESUME/CANCEL button.

RESUME/CANCELRESUME/CANCEL

Print or OK

PrintPrint

OK.

OKOK

Printing with Macintosh

Basic Printing

Note

1 2

The menu screens and dialog boxes that appear may vary, depending on the software application you are using. The steps described in this section are for printing Mac OS 9.

Create a document or open a file to print.

Select Paper Size

(1) Select the Page Setup

(3) Click OK

Page Setup from the application software's File

Page SetupPage Setup

OK.

OKOK

Specify the required settings.

(1) Select Print

Print from the application software's File

PrintPrint

File menu.

FileFile

(2) Select the desired paper

size from the Paper Size pull-down menu.

File menu.

FileFile

Paper Size

Paper SizePaper Size

(4) Click Print

Print.

PrintPrint

(2) Select the Media Type

the pull-down menu.

(3) Select a type of document

from the Print Mode down menu.

Media Type from

Media TypeMedia Type

Print Mode pull-

Print ModePrint Mode

Basic Printing

Note

z When you select a type of document from the Print Mode

pull-down menu, the document will be printed in colors and Print Quality suited to the characteristics of the Media Type you have selected. Text

Text: Select when printing documents consisting

TextText

mainly of text.

Graphic

Graphic: Select when printing documents consisting

GraphicGraphic

mainly of graphs and graphics (illustrations) with strong color definition.

Photo

Photo: Select when printing documents consisting

PhotoPhoto

mainly of photographs and graphics featuring fine color gradation.

Manual

Manual: If you select Manual

ManualManual

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

z For detail about the printer driver functions, refer to the

User’s Guide

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

the RESUME/CANCEL

RESUME/CANCEL button.

RESUME/CANCELRESUME/CANCEL

or Help.

Manual, the Details

ManualManual

User’s Guide

Details button will

DetailsDetails

Details button to

DetailsDetails

Print Mode

Print ModePrint Mode

Media Type

Media TypeMedia Type

Advanced Printing

Advanced PrintingAdvanced Printing

Applications Included in the CD-ROM Package

The

Setup Software & User’s Guide CD-ROM

designed to edit the photographs taken by digital camera and print them as photo-lab quality prints without standard white borders. Please use the application(s) suitable for your print purposes.

includes photo applications

Note

z Applications are easy to install. Just go to

Instructions

z For detailed description of the various features of photo

applications and instructions on their use, refer to the

Photo Application Guide User’s Guide CD-ROM

and follow the instructions.

include on the

Easy Setup

Setup Software &

 Easy-PhotoPrint (Windows)

You can make a Borderless Printing easily and quickly, just by selecting a photograph taken with a digital camera and the paper type on which to print. You can also use simple editing features such as trimming and image rotation. It is Exif Print (Exif 2.2) compatible.

 ImageBrowser (Macintosh)

You can import photographs taken with a digital camera into the computer, edit and caption them. You can also make a Borderless Printing or Index Print without difficulty. It is Exif Print (Exif 2.2) compatible.

 ZoomBrowser EX/PhotoRecord (Windows)

You can import photographs taken with a digital camera into the computer, edit and caption them, and print them in an album. PhotoRecord is Exif Print (Exif 2.2) compatible.

 PhotoStitch (Windows/Macintosh)

You can merge a selected sequence of photographs to create a panoramic photo.

Advanced Printing

Printing photographs with Windows

This chapter describes only the steps used to print from photo applications included with your Setup Software and User’s Guide CD-ROM using the Borderless Printing mode.

Media Types Suitable for Borderless Printing

Note

Follow the simple steps below to create prints of digital camera photographs with EasyPhotoPrint using the Borderless Printing function. Easy-PhotoPrint supports Exif Print (Exif

2.2).

• Exif Print (Exif2.2) is a new worldwide standard. Under Exif2.2, the digital camera can record data tags for specific camera settings and functions such as whether the flash was on or off, if the camera was in portrait or night scene mode, etc. BJ Printers support Exif Print and use Easy-PhotoPrint to read camera data precisely, producing optimal prints. This enables you to create prints that reproduce your vision more accurately than ever before.

Media Types Suitable for Borderless PrintingMedia Types Suitable for Borderless Printing

Media Types compatible with Borderless Printing include Photo Paper Plus Glossy (LTR, 4" x 6"), Photo Paper Pro (LTR), Matte Photo Paper (LTR), and Glossy Photo Paper (LTR).

• Easy-PhotoPrint can handled only JPEG files (filename extension: .jpg and .jpeg).

Start Easy-PhotoPrint.

(1) Insert the memory card in the computer.

This chapter describes only the steps used for printing the photographs stored in the card as an example. We recommend you consult your memory card documentation for instructions on how to set the memory card in the computer.

(2) Click Start

Start, select All Programs

StartStart and then Easy-PhotoPrint The 1.Image Selection

Easy-PhotoPrint.

Easy-PhotoPrintEasy-PhotoPrint

1.Image Selection sheet is displayed.

1.Image Selection1.Image Selection

All Programs (or Programs

All ProgramsAll Programs

Programs), Canon Utilities

ProgramsPrograms

Canon Utilities, Easy-PhotoPrint

Canon UtilitiesCanon Utilities

Easy-PhotoPrint,

Easy-PhotoPrintEasy-PhotoPrint

Advanced Printing

Select photographs.

(1) Select the folder containing the photograph you want to print. (Select memory

card folder, then the folder containing the digital photographs.) All photographs in the selected folder are displayed.

Guidance

Thumbnail

Folder window

(2) Click the [+]

specify the number of copies.

[+] button on the thumbnail of the photograph you want to print and

[+][+]

The specified number of copies displayed.

The number of copies decreases.

The number of copies increases.

Advanced Printing

Select the paper.

Select the layout.

(1) Click the 2.Paper

Selection

Selection tab.

SelectionSelection

(2) Select the size of the

paper you use from Paper Size

Paper Size.

Paper SizePaper Size

(3) Select the type of the

paper you use from Media Type

Media Type.

Media TypeMedia Type

(1) Click the 3. Layout/

Print tab.

PrintPrint

(2) Select Borderless(full)

2.Paper

2.Paper 2.Paper

3. Layout/

3. Layout/3. Layout/

Borderless(full).

Borderless(full)Borderless(full)

(3) Load the media type specified in the 2.Paper Selection

(4) Click Print

Print.

PrintPrint

2.Paper Selection tab.

2.Paper Selection2.Paper Selection

Advanced Printing

Printing photographs with Macintosh

This chapter describes only the steps used to print from photo applications included with your Setup Software and User’s Guide CD-ROM using the Borderless Printing mode.

Media Types Suitable for Borderless Printing

Note

Follow the simple steps described below and learn how to create color prints of digital camera photographs with ImageBrowser using Borderless Printing.

Exif Print (Exif2.2) is a new worldwide standard. Under Exif2.2, the digital camera can record data tags for specific camera settings and functions such as whether the flash was on or off, if the camera was in portrait or night scene mode, etc. BJ Printers support Exif Print and use ImageBrowser to read camera data precisely, producing optimal prints. This enables you to create prints that reproduce your vision more accurately than ever before.

Media Types Suitable for Borderless PrintingMedia Types Suitable for Borderless Printing

Media Types compatible with Borderless Printing include Photo Paper Plus Glossy (LTR, 4" x 6"), Photo Paper Pro (LTR), Matte Photo Paper (LTR), and Glossy Photo Paper (LTR).

Start ImageBrowser.

(1) Insert the memory card in the computer.

This chapter describes the steps used for printing the photographs stored in the card. We recommend you consult your memory card documentation for instructions on how to set the memory card in the computer.

(2) Double-click the Canon ImageBrowser

If the Canon ImageBrowser icon is not displayed on the desktop, open the Canon ImageBrowser folder, in which the ImageBrowser program has been installed, and double-click the ImageBrowser

Canon ImageBrowser (alias) icon on the desktop.

Canon ImageBrowser Canon ImageBrowser

ImageBrowser icon in the folder.

ImageBrowserImageBrowser

Advanced Printing

Select photographs.

(1) Select the folder containing the photograph you want to print. (Select memory

card folder, then the folder containing the digital photographs.)

All photographs in the selected folder are displayed.

(2) Click the photograph

you want to print.

The Layout Options

Enter layout options.

(3) Click PRINT

Layout Options dialog box appears and layout selection wizard starts.

Layout OptionsLayout Options

(1) Select Tiled photo printing

(2) Click Next

PRINT and select

PRINTPRINT

Layout printing

Layout printing from

Layout printingLayout printing the pull-down menu.

Tiled photo printing.

Tiled photo printingTiled photo printing

Next.

NextNext

Advanced Printing

Select Borderless Printing.

(3) Click OK

OK.

OKOK

(3) Click Page setup…

(1) Select Borderless Printing

(2) Select a paper size from the

Page setup….

Page setup…Page setup…

Borderless Printing by

Borderless PrintingBorderless Printing

clicking the check box.

Paper Size

Paper Size pull-down menu.

Paper SizePaper Size The menu only displays those paper sizes compatible with Borderless Printing.

A message box pops up, displaying the information about printing. Read the message and click OK This returns you to the Layout Options

OK.

OKOK

Layout Options dialog box.

Layout OptionsLayout Options

Advanced Printing

Specify the number of photographs to print on one page.

Print the photograph.

(1) Select 1(1×1)

(2) Click OK

1(1×1) from the No.

1(1×1)1(1×1)

of images

of images pull-down menu.

of imagesof images

OK.

OKOK

No.

No. No.

The Print dialog box is displayed.

(1) Click PRINT

PRINT.

PRINTPRINT

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