Canon i950 Quick Start Manual

Color Bubble Jet Printer

Color Bubble Jet PrinterColor Bubble Jet Printer

Quick Start Guide

Quick Start GuideQuick Start Guide

Canon i950 Color Bubble Jet Printer Quick Start Guide.

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Contents

ContentsContents

Contents 1

Basic Printing

Basic PrintingBasic Printing

Turning on the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Loading Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Using Special Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Printing with Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Printing with Macintosh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Advanced Printing

Advanced PrintingAdvanced Printing

Applications Included in the CD-ROM Package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Printing Borderless Photographs with Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Printing Borderless Photographs with Macintosh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Accessing Printer Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Adjusting Print Quality for Photographs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Using Printer Driver Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Printing Maintenance

Printing MaintenancePrinting Maintenance

Replacing an Ink Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

When Printing Becomes Faint or Colors are Incorrect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Printing the Nozzle Check Pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Print Head Cleaning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Print Head Deep Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Aligning the Print Head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Contents

Troubleshooting

TroubleshootingTroubleshooting

Cannot Install the Printer Driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Print Quality is Poor or Contains Errors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Troubleshooting Printer Hardware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Paper Does Not Feed Properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Handling Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

An Error Message Appears on the Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Appendix

AppendixAppendix

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

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

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

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

Canon Printer and Scanner Limited Warranty --- (USA Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Index

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

Index Index

Contents

Basic Printing

Basic PrintingBasic Printing

This

Note

Quick Start Guide

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

Guide

on the

help within your printer driver interface:

Setup Software & User's Guide CD-ROM

Basic Printing

describes some of the features of your i950

i950 User's

, or use the online

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

Turn Balloon Help

Help on by selecting Help

HelpHelp

Turning on the Printer

1 Press the POWER button.

The POWER lamp flashes while the printer is warming up, and changes to steady (non-flashing) green when the printer is ready.

Help button when displayed.

HelpHelp

Help, then Show Balloon

Help Help

Show Balloon Help.

Show BalloonShow Balloon

F1 key, or click ???? in

F1F1

Note

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

Handling Error Messages" """ on page 55.

Handling Error MessagesHandling Error Messages

Basic Printing

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)

 Loading the Print Media

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

User’s Guide

for detailed instructions on how to load envelopes and

Using Special Media" """ on page 6.

Using Special MediaUsing Special Media

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.

Basic Printing

2 Prepare to load paper.

(1) Open and pull out the

paper rest.

Open the cover and pull out

(2)

the paper output tray.

(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, Banner Paper and T-Shirt Transfers.

Basic Printing

3 Load the paper.

(3) Press the paper guide and slide it against

the left side of the stack of paper.

When Printing is Finished

(1) Insert the paper into the sheet

feeder with the print side facing up.

(2) Align the paper stack against the

right side of the sheet feeder.

Limit Mark

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

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 ensure 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 for Business

Documents

• High Resolution Paper

•Transparencies

 Canon Special Media

Basic Printing

Media Type Paper Rest Load

Limit

Brilliant White Paper Up to 150 sheets Left Plain Paper 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:1 sheet 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 a detailed description of print media types, refer to the z *1:You may load up to 10 Letter/A4 size sheets, but put them in place one at

a time to keep them from sticking to each other.

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

included on the Photo Paper Pro (4” x 6”) and Glossy Photo Cards. For instructions on how to print from software applications, refer to the onscreen

Photo Application Guide

Setup Software & User’s Guide CD-ROM

User’s Guide

when printing with

Basic Printing

 Caring for Your Photographs

The Canon i950 Photo Printer will generate spectacular results for printing photographs, especially when used with Canon specialty media. All images are susceptible to fading over time, but proper care of prints made from your i950 Photo Printer will ensure that print quality lasts long into the future.

Many environmental factors can impact how long a printout will last before noticeable image fading occurs. Exposure to sunlight or other light sources, humidity, temperature, exposure to cigarette smoke and ozone are just some of the factors that can impact image permanence. While many of these variables cannot be controlled, there are basic measures that you can take to prolong image quality:

• Use Canon Photo Paper Pro and genuine Canon inks. Try Canon Photo Paper Pro or Canon Photo Paper Pro for Borderless Printing (4"×6"). Both papers are specifically designed to work with genuine Canon inks.

• Mount images under glass to reduce exposure to ozone, cigarette smoke and other environmental factors that can degrade images.

• Keep printed images out of direct sunlight or other intense light sources.

Printing with Windows

Basic Printing

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 section 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

Print from the application software's File

PrintPrint

The Print

Print dialog box is displayed.

PrintPrint

File menu.

FileFile

(2) Ensure that Canon

i950

i950 is selected.

i950i950

Click Preferences

(3)

(or Properties

Properties).

PropertiesProperties

Canon

Canon Canon

Preferences

PreferencesPreferences

Note

In Windows 2000, click the Main

Main tab in the Print

MainMain

Print dialog box.

PrintPrint

Basic Printing

3 Specify the required settings.

Note

(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

Main

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

MainMain dialog box.

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

Guide

or Help.

z Select Preview before printing

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 screen.

Preview before printing by clicking the check box. This

Preview before printingPreview before printing

Media Type to select

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

OK.

OKOK

Custom and click Set

CustomCustom

Set Print Quality

Set Print QualitySet Print Quality

Set on the

SetSet

User’s

4 Print the document

Note

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

CANCEL button on the printer.

CANCELCANCEL

(1) Click Print

Print or OK

PrintPrint

OK.

OKOK

RESUME/

RESUME/RESUME/

Printing with Macintosh

Basic Printing

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 section are for printing in Mac OS 9.

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

(1) Select Page Setup

(3) Click OK

Page Setup from the application software's File

Page SetupPage Setup

OK.

OKOK

3 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

menu, the document is printed in color and print quality suited to the characteristics of the Media Type

Tex t

Text: Select when printing documents consisting mainly of

Tex tTex t

text.

Graphic

Graphic: Select when printing documents consisting mainly of

GraphicGraphic

graphs and graphics (illustrations) with strong color definition.

Photo

Photo: Select when printing documents consisting mainly of

PhotoPhoto

photographs and graphics featuring fine color gradation.

Manual

Manual: If you select Manual

ManualManual

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

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

Guide

or Help.

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

RESUME/CANCEL

RESUME/CANCEL button on the printer.

RESUME/CANCELRESUME/CANCEL

Media Type you have selected.

Media TypeMedia Type

Manual, the Details

ManualManual

User’s Guide

Details button becomes

DetailsDetails

Details button to display the

DetailsDetails

Print Mode pull-down

Print ModePrint Mode

User’s

Advanced Printing

Advanced PrintingAdvanced Printing

Applications Included in the CD-ROM Package

The

Setup Software & User’s Guide CD-ROM

the photographs taken by digital camera and print them as photo-lab quality prints. Please use the application(s) suitable for your print purposes.

includes photo applications designed to edit

Note

z To install applications, refer to z For details about photo applications, refer to the

included on the

Setup Software & User's Guide CD-ROM

Easy Setup Instructions

Photo Application Guide

 Easy-PhotoPrint (Windows)

You can make 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. Easy-PhotoPrint is Exif Print (Exif 2.2) compatible.

 ImageBrowser (Macintosh)

You can import photographs taken with a digital camera into a computer, edit and caption them. You can also make Borderless Printing or an 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 a computer, edit, add a caption, and print them in an album format. PhotoRecord is Exif Print (Exif 2.2) compatible.

 PhotoStitch (Windows/Macintosh)

You can select multiple photographs and merge them to create a panoramic photo.

 Easy-WebPrint (Windows)

You can easily print pages displayed on the Internet Explorer or pages from the User's Guide (HTML manual of this printer) in full size. Easy-WebPrint automatically adjusts the layout when printing a screen. This feature enables you to print a screen without its right end being cut off. This application is a plug-in for Internet Explorer, and its toolbar is automatically added to Internet Explorer after installation.

Advanced Printing

Printing Borderless Photographs with Windows

This chapter describes the procedure for using the Borderless Printing mode when printing from photo applications. These applications are included in your

Guide CD-ROM

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

2.2).

• Exif Print (Exif 2.2) is a new worldwide standard. Under Exif 2.2, 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 the portrait or night scene mode, etc. BJ Printers support Exif Print and use Easy-PhotoPrint to read the camera data precisely, producing optimal prints. This enables you to create prints that reproduce your vision more accurately than ever before.

Note

Media Types Suitable for Borderless Printing

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, 4" x 6"), Matte Photo Paper (LTR), and Glossy Photo Paper (LTR).

Setup Software and User's

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

1 Start Easy-PhotoPrint.

(1) Insert the memory card into a computer.

This section describes the steps used for printing the photographs stored on the memory card. Consult your memory card documentation for instructions on how to insert the memory card into your 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

2 Select photographs.

(1) Select the memory card folder, then the folder containing the digital

photographs. All photographs in the selected folder are displayed.

Advanced Printing

Thumbnail

(2) Click the [+]

specify the number of copies.

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

[+][+]

Displays the specified number of copies.

Decreases the number of copies.

Increases the number of copies.

Advanced Printing

3 Select the paper.

4 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 Borderless Photographs with Macintosh

This chapter describes the procedure for using the Borderless Printing mode when printing from photo applications. These applications are included in your

Guide CD-ROM

Follow the steps below to create color prints of digital camera photographs with ImageBrowser using Borderless Printing.

Exif Print (Exif 2.2) is a new worldwide standard. Under Exif 2.2, 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 the portrait or night scene mode, etc. BJ Printers support Exif Print and use ImageBrowser to read the camera data precisely, producing optimal prints. This enables you to create prints that reproduce your vision more accurately than ever before.

Note

Media Types Suitable for Borderless Printing

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, 4" x 6"), Matte Photo Paper (LTR), and Glossy Photo Paper (LTR).

Setup Software and User's

1 Start ImageBrowser.

(1) Insert the memory card into a computer.

(2) Double-click the Canon ImageBrowser

If the Canon ImageBrowser icon is not displayed on the desktop, open the Canon ImageBrowser folder, and double-click the ImageBrowser folder.

Canon ImageBrowser (alias) icon on the desktop.

Canon ImageBrowser Canon ImageBrowser

ImageBrowser icon in the

ImageBrowserImageBrowser

Advanced Printing

2 Select photographs.

(1) Select the memory card folder, then the folder containing the digital

photographs you want to print.

All photographs in the selected folder are displayed.

(2) Click the photograph

you want to print.

The Layout Options

Layout Options dialog box appears and the layout selection wizard starts.

Layout OptionsLayout Options

3 Enter layout options.

(3) Click PRINT

(1) Select Tiled photo printing

PRINT and select

PRINTPRINT

Layout printing

Layout printing from

Layout printingLayout printing the pull-down menu.

Tiled photo printing.

Tiled photo printingTiled photo printing

(2) Click Next

Next.

NextNext

Advanced Printing

4 Select Borderless Printing.

(3) Click Page setup…

Page setup….

Page setup…Page setup…

(1) Select Borderless Printing

(2) Select a paper size from the

Borderless Printing.

Borderless PrintingBorderless Printing

Paper Size

Paper Size pull-down menu.

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

(3) Click OK

OK.

OKOK

A message box pops up. Read the message and click OK This returns you to the Layout Options

Layout Options dialog box.

Layout OptionsLayout Options

OK.

OKOK

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