Canon PIXMA IP1700 Quick Start Guide
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Photo Printer
Quick Start Guide
Canon PIXMA iP1700 Photo Printer Quick Start Guide
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Contents
Basic Printing
Turning on the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Turning off the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Loading Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Using Specialty Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Printing with Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Printing with Macintosh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Cancel Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Advanced Printing
Accessing the Printer Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Using the Bundled Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Printing Maintenance
When Printing Becomes Faint or Colors are Incorrect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Printing the Nozzle Check Pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Print Head Cleaning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Print Head Deep Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Aligning the Print Head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Replacing a FINE Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Troubleshooting
Cannot Install the Printer Driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
The USB Connection Does Not Work Properly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Print Quality is Poor or Contains Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Printer Does Not Start or Stops During Print Jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Paper Does Not Feed Properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Paper Jams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
The ALARM Lamp Flashes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
An Error Message Appears on the Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Contents
Appendix
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Safety Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Regulatory Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
CANON U.S.A., INC. LIMITED WARRANTY --- (USA Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
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Basic Printing
Basic Printing
This
Note
Quick Start Guide
and how to use them. For more information, refer to the On-screen
Manual installed on your computer.
While in the printer's Properties dialog box, place your cursor on the
feature you want to know more about and press the F1 key, or click in
the upper right corner and click the feature you want to know more
about.
describes some of the features of your printer
Also, click the Instructions button to display the
Detailed information is provided. The Instructions button is not
displayed unless the On-screen Manual is installed.
While in the Page Setup dialog box or Print dialog box, click in the
lower left corner to display the
is provided. The
screen Manual is installed, even if the button is clicked.
Printer Driver Guide
Printer Driver Guide
Turning on the Printer
1 To turn on the printer, press the POWER button.
The POWER lamp flashes while the printer warms up and changes to steady (nonflashing) green when the printer is ready.
POWER Lamp
Printer Driver Guide
. Detailed information
is not displayed unless the On-
.
ALARM Lamp
Important If the ALARM lamp changes to a flashing, refer to the section "The
ALARM Lamp Flashes" on page 56.
2
2 Turn on your computer.
Turning off the Printer
1 To turn off the printer, press the POWER button.
When the POWER lamp stops flashing, the printer is turned off.
Important About the Power Plug
When removing the power plug after you have turned off the printer, be
sure to check that the POWER lamp is not lit. If the power plug is
removed from the wall outlet when the POWER lamp remains lit or is
flashing, the Print Head will not be protected and it may be unable to
print.
Basic Printing
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Basic Printing
Loading Paper
Print Media to Avoid
Do not use the following types of paper. Using such papers as these will not only
produce unsatisfactory results, but they may also cause the printer to jam or
malfunction.
• Folded, curled or wrinkled paper
•Damp paper
• Paper that is too thin (less than 64 gsm/17 lb)
• Paper that is too thick (more than 105 gsm/28 lb)*
• Paper with holes (For example: loose leaf)
• Picture postcards
• Postcards with an affixed photo or sticker
• Envelopes with double flaps
• Envelopes with pressure seals
• Envelopes with an embossed or treated surface
*Non-Canon genuine specialty paper
Also, do not use a cut paper or memo pad, when printing on a paper smaller than A5
size.
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(1)O
Preparing the Printer
• For detailed information on the specialty media Canon provides for use with its
various printers, refer to the section "Using Specialty Media" on page 9.
• Consult "Printing Media" in the
specialty media into the printer.
User's Guide
for detailed instructions on how to load
1 Flatten the four corners of the paper before loading it.
Note
• When paper is curled, gently bend it in the opposite direction until
the paper becomes completely flat.
• To prevent paper from being curled, we recommend handling it in the
following ways:
- Put unused paper back into the package, and store them
horizontally.
- Remove only as many sheets from the package as you need right
before printing.
2 Prepare to load paper.
pen the Paper Support.
(2) Move the Paper Thickness Lever to the
correct position for the media in use.
Move the lever to its left position for
plain paper, and move it to the right
position for envelopes and T-Shirt
Transfers.
See"Canon Specialty Media" on page 10.
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Note
• Place the printer on a flat surface.
• Do not place any obstacles in front of the printer to keep this area
open for paper which is ejected.
• Remove each sheet as soon as paper is ejected. If the Paper Output
Slot is stacked with printed sheets it may interfere with the printer's
ejecting process.
• When performing duplex printing, pay great attention to the dust and
stain on the area (desk, etc.) where the printed paper is ejected.
Printing with dust and stain remaining on this area can have a bad
effect on the printing result and printer.
3 Load the paper.
Loading Plain Paper
Load Limit Mark
Do not load beyond this Load
Limit Mark.
(1) Insert the paper into the Auto Sheet
Feeder with the print side facing up.
When loading the 4" x 6" paper, load
sheets in the portrait position (short
side facing down).
(2) Align stacked papers against the right
side of the Auto Sheet Feeder.
(3) Slide the Paper Guide against the left
side of the stacked papers.
Note
• Remove the printed papers as necessary from the Paper Output Slot.
• Do not touch the printed surfaces until the ink dries. For specific
drying times, refer to the instructions packaged with your media.
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Loading Envelopes
Use either European DL or US Comm. Env. #10 size envelopes.
The address is automatically rotated and printed out.
Important • Do not use envelopes with embossed or treated surface, with a
double flap or pressure seals, with sticker flaps.
• Select either DL Env. (Windows) / DL Envelope (Macintosh) or Comm.
Env. #10 (Windows) / #10 Envelope (Macintosh) in the printer driver
according to the envelope size you are using.
• If you do not select Media Type correctly, the print out results in the
wrong way round.
Fold the envelope flap.
(1) Align the envelope
against the right side of
the Auto Sheet Feeder.
Set the envelope with its
flap facing down on the
left side.
A maximum of 10
envelopes can be loaded
at one time.
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Printing direction
(2) Slide the Paper Guide against the left side of
the envelope (next to the flap).
Note
(3) Select Envelope in Media Type, and then select DL Env. (Windows) / DL Envelope
(Macintosh) or Comm. Env. #10 (Windows) / #10 Envelope (Macintosh) in Page
Size.
(4) Select Portrait in Orientation.
For the printer driver setting, refer to "Printing with Windows" on page 11, or
"Printing with Macintosh" on page 13.
• When printing the envelope, set the Paper Thickness Lever to the
right.
• When using a special paper to inverse the print result on Windows,
open the Printer Properties dialog box and select the Rotate 180
degrees check box on the Page Setup tab.
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Basic Printing
Loading 4" x 6" size papers
You can print on 4" x 6" size papers.
(2) Slide the Paper Guide against the left side of
the papers.
(3) Select 4 x 6 in 101.6 x 152.4 mm in Page Size.
For the printer driver setting, refer to "Printing with Windows" on page 11, or
"Printing with Macintosh" on page 13.
(1) Align the paper against
the right side of the Auto
Sheet Feeder.
Regardless to the actual
orientation of your
photograph, load the
paper vertically (short
side first) in the printer.
A maximum of 20 sheets
of size in 4" x 6" paper
can be loaded at one time.
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Basic Printing
Using Specialty Media
Canon recommends that you use genuine Canon media to ensure optimal print quality.
Photo Quality Media
• Glossy Photo Paper
• Matte Photo Paper
• Photo Paper Plus Double Sided
• Photo Paper Plus Glossy
• Photo Paper Plus Semi-Gloss
• Photo Paper Pro
Media for Business Documents
•High Resolution Paper
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Basic Printing
Canon Specialty Media
Media Name Paper Support Load Limit Paper
Thickness Lever
Printer Driver Settings
for Media Type
Position
Super White Paper Letter: up to 10mm or 0.39
Left Plain Paper
inches
High Resolution Paper Letter: up to 80 sheets Left High Resolution Paper
Glossy Photo Paper Letter: up to 10 sheets*
1
Left Glossy Photo Paper
4"×6": up to 20 sheets
Credit Card: up to 20 sheets
Matte Photo Paper Letter: up to 10 sheets
Left Matte Photo Paper
4"×6": up to 20 sheets
Photo Paper Plus Double
Sided
Photo Paper Plus Glossy Letter: up to 10 sheets*
Letter: 1 sheet
5"×7": 1 sheet
Left Photo Paper Plus Double
Sided
1
Left Photo Paper Plus Glossy
5"×7": up to 10 sheets
4"×6": up to 20 sheets
Photo Paper Plus
Semi-Gloss
Letter: up to 10 sheets
4"×6": up to 20 sheets
Left Photo Paper Plus Glossy
8"×10": up to 10 sheets
Photo Paper Pro Letter: up to 10 sheets
Left Photo Paper Pro
4"×6": up to 20 sheets
8"×10": up to 10 sheets
Photo Stickers*
2
1 sheet Left Photo Paper Plus Glossy
T-Shirt Transfers 1 sheet Right T-Shirt Transfers
*1 When paper cannot be fed normally, load the necessary number of sheets in the Auto Sheet Feeder after having first
separated them from each other to avoid them from sticking together.
*2 You can specify the print setting easily by using the Easy-PhotoPrint provided with the
For instructions on how to print from the software applications, refer to the
Note
• When using plain paper (64 gsm/17 lb), up to 100 sheets can be loaded at
Photo Application Guide
Setup CD-ROM
.
.
one time. Set the Paper Thickness Lever to the left and select Plain Paper
under printer driver
Media Type.
• For a detailed description of print media types, refer to "Printing Media" in
User's Guide
the
.
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Printing with Windows
Basic Printing
Note
• The menu screens and dialog boxes that appear may vary depending on the
application you are using.
• The steps described in this section are for printing using a computer with
Windows
®
XP Service Pack 2 installed (hereafter called Windows XP SP2).
1 Turn your printer on, then set papers.
2 Create a document or open a file to print.
3 Open the Printer Properties dialog box.
(1) Select Print from the application's File menu.
The Print dialog box opens.
(2) Ensure that Canon iP1700
is selected.
(3)
Click on Preferences or
Properties
.
Note
In Windows 2000, click on the Main tab in the Print dialog box.
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4 Specify the required settings.
(1) Click Media Type to select
the media loaded in the
printer.
(2) Click OK.
Note
•From the Page Setup tab select the correct document size to be
printed.
•To adjust Print Quality settings, select Custom and click Set on the
Main tab. You can control the quality in the Custom dialog box.
• For details about other printer driver functions, click the Help button
or Instructions button and refer to Help or
The Instructions button is not displayed unless the On-screen Manual
is installed.
• Click the check box to select Preview before printing. This will allow
you to preview a screen that shows how the selected printing effects
on your document will look when printed. Some applications do not
contain the preview function.
5 Print the document.
Printer Driver Guide
.
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(1) Click Print (or OK).
Basic Printing
Note
You can cancel a print job in progress by simply pressing the RESUME/
CANCEL button on the printer.
See "Cancel Printing" on page 15.
Printing with Macintosh
Note
• 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 using a computer with
• You can use Easy-PhotoPrint to easily do print operations when printing
®
OS X v.10.4.x installed (hereafter called Macintosh®).
Mac
photographs. Easy-PhotoPrint is provided on the Setup CD-ROM. For details
on how to use Easy-PhotoPrint, refer to the
1 Turn your printer on, then set papers.
2 Create a document or open a file to print.
3 Select Paper Size.
Photo Application Guide
.
(1) Select Page Setup from the application's File menu.
The Page Setup dialog box opens.
(2) Ensure that iP1700 is selected.
(3) Select the desired paper size
from the Paper Size pop-up
menu.
(4) Click OK.
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4 Specify the required settings.
(1) Select Print from the application's File menu.
The Print dialog box opens.
(2) Ensure that iP1700 is
selected.
(3) Select Quality & Media
from the pop-up menu.
(4) Select the Media Type
from the pop-up menu.
(5) Select the print mode
appropriate to your
document listed under
Print Mode.
(6) Click Print.
Note
• When you select the print mode appropriate to your document under
Print Mode, the document will be printed in the color and print
quality suited to the characteristics of the Media Type you have
selected.
Printing a top-quality photo: Select when printing documents which
mainly consist of photographs and graphics featuring fine color
gradation.
Printing tables and charts: Select when printing documents which
mainly consist of graphs and graphics (illustrations) with strong color
definition.
Printing a composite document: Select when printing documents
which are mainly just text.
Detailed Setting: You can fine-tune Print Quality and Halftoning
settings here.
• For details about other printer driver functions, click the button to
see
Printer Driver Guide
Printer Driver Guide
The
Manual is installed.
• You can cancel a print job while printing.
See "Cancel Printing" on page 15.
.
is not displayed unless the On-screen
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Cancel Printing
You can cancel a print job while printing by pushing the RESUME/CANCEL button on the
printer.
1 Press the RESUME/CANCEL button while the printer is printing.
Printing is canceled and the paper is ejected.
Note
Click Cancel Printing on the Canon IJ Status Monitor to stop printing. To display
the Canon IJ Status Monitor, click Canon iP1700 on the taskbar.
The Canon IJ Status Monitor opens automatically whenever a printer error
occurs.
1 Click the printer's icon in the Dock and display the list of print jobs in
progress.
If you are using Mac OS X v.10.2.8, click on the printer icon in the Dock to start up
the Print Center and double-click on the name of your printer in the Printer List to
open a list of print jobs in progress.
2 Select an undesired document and click the Delete icon.
The print job is deleted.
Note
To temporarily stop a job in progress, click Hold. To cancel all the jobs in
the list, click Stop Jobs.
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Advanced Printing
Advanced Printing
Accessing the Printer Driver
The Printer Properties dialog box can be opened from either within an application or directly
from the Windows Start menu.
Note
Opening the Printer Properties Dialog Box from your Application
Program
The operations may vary slightly depending on your application program. This section
describes only a general procedure for opening the Printer Properties dialog box.
This manual refers to operations in Windows XP SP2.
These operations may vary depending on the operating system you use.
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 Canon iP1700 is selected. Then click Preferences (or Properties).
The Printer Properties dialog box opens.
Note
Opening the Printer Properties Dialog Box Directly from the Start
Menu
This method is used to specify printer settings common to all application programs.
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 regarding your application.
1 Click Start and select Control Panel, Printers and Other Hardware, and then
Printers and Faxes.
For non-Windows XP users, click Start, select Settings, and then Printers.
2 Select the Canon iP1700 icon.
3 Open the File menu and select Printing Preferences (or Properties).
The Printer Properties dialog box opens.
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Advanced Printing
When opening the Printer Properties dialog box from Properties, the tabs related to
the Windows function (e.g., the Ports tab, or the Details tab) appear. These tabs do
not appear, when opening the Printer Properties dialog box from Printing
Preferences or applications. For details about the tabs related to the Windows
function, refer to the manual of Windows.
Note
For details on how to set each function, refer to the
Driver Guide
or Help.
Printer
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Advanced Printing
Using the Bundled Software
The
Setup CD-ROM
digital camera and print them as photo-lab quality prints. Use the application(s) suitable for
your print purposes.
includes photo applications designed to edit the photographs taken by a
Note
• To install applications, refer to
• For details about photo applications, refer to the
Easy Setup Instructions
Photo Application Guide
.
Easy-PhotoPrint (Windows/Macintosh)
You can make a Borderless Print easily and quickly, just by selecting a photograph
taken with a digital camera and the paper type on which to print it. In addition, it
has tools to correct red eye caused by the camera's flash or smooth and beautify
facial skin.
It is compatible with Exif Print*.
PhotoRecord (Windows)
You can create fun and unique photo albums with decorative themes which include
different frames, background, and clip-art. You can also copy or move decorated
photos.
It is compatible with Exif Print*.
Easy-WebPrint (Windows)
You can easily print out homepages displayed on Internet Explorer® in full size
without its right-hand side being cropped. This application is automatically added
to the Internet Explorer toolbar. Internet Explorer 6.0 is recommended.
* Exif Print is the worldwide standard. Under Exif Print, 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.
Canon PIXMA Printers support Exif Print and use a suitable photo application to read the camera data precisely,
producing optimal prints. This enables you to create prints that reproduce color more accurately.
.
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Printing Maintenance
Printing Maintenance
When Printing Becomes Faint or Colors are Incorrect
When printing becomes faint or colors are incorrect, the Print Head Nozzles are probably
clogged. Follow the procedures below to clean these nozzles.
Step 1
"Printing the Nozzle Check Pattern" on page 20
After Print Head Cleaning, print
the nozzle check pattern.
If the print quality is poor,
perform Print Head Cleaning.
If the pattern is printed normally,
click Exit.
Step 2
"Print Head Cleaning" on page 25
If the problem remains after performing Print Head Cleaning twice
Step 3
"Print Head Deep Cleaning" on page 29
If the problem still remains after performing Print Head Deep Cleaning twice
Step 4
"Replacing a FINE Cartridge" on page 39
Note
If ruled lines appear misaligned when printed, adjust the Print Head position.
See "Aligning the Print Head" on page 34.
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