Canon PIXMA PRO9000 Quick Start Guide

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Photo Printer

Quick Start Guide

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Canon U.S.A., Inc. has reviewed this manual thoroughly in order that it will be an easy-to-use guide to your Canon PIXMA Pro9000 Photo Printer. All statements, technical information and recommendations in this manual and in any guides or related documents are believed reliable, but the accuracy and completeness thereof are not guaranteed or warranted, and they are not intended to be, nor should they be understood to be, representation or warranties concerning the products described.

Specifications are subject to change without notice.

All information regarding non-Canon products was compiled from publicly available information. No representation is made regarding the accuracy thereof.

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guidelines for energy efficiency.

About Consumables

Consumables (ink tanks / FINE Cartridges) are available for 5 years after production has stopped.

Trad emarks

z Microsoft and Windows are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the U.S.

and/or other countries.

z Macintosh and Mac are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. z Photo Rag is a trademark of Hahnemühle FineArt GmbH. z Adobe and Adobe Photoshop are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated

in the United States and/or other countries.

Contents

Basic Printing

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

Turning off the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

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

Using Specialty Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Printing with Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Printing with Macintosh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Canceling Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Advanced Printing

Printing Photographs Directly from a PictBridge Compliant Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Accessing the Printer Driver (Windows) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Using the Bundled Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Printing Maintenance

Replacing an Ink Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

When Printing Becomes Faint or Colors are Incorrect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Printing the Nozzle Check Pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Print Head Cleaning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Print Head Deep Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Aligning the Print Head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Contents

Troubleshooting

Cannot Install the Printer Driver or an Application Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Cannot Connect to PC Properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Print Results Not Satisfactory or Contains Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Troubleshooting Printer Hardware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Paper Does Not Feed Properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Paper Jams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Handling Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

An Error Message Appears on the Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Cannot Print Properly from the Digital Camera. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Appendix

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Safety Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Regulatory Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Canon U.S.A., INC. LIMITED WARRANTY --- (USA Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Basic Printing

This

Quick Start Guide

to use them. For more information, view the Pro9000

Driver Guide

installed on your computer, or use the online 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.

While in the Page Setup dialog box or Print dialog box, click in the lower left corner. Clicking provides detailed information about each setting. When the Help window appears, select your desired topic.

Turning on the Printer

Photo Application Guide

describes some of the features of your printer and how

User’s Guide, Printer

, and

Digital Photo Printing Guide

1 Press the POWER button.

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

If the ALARM lamp begins flashing orange, refer to “Handling Error

Messages” on page 73.

Turning off the Printer

1 To turn off the printer, press the POWER button.

When the POWER lamp stops blinking, the printer is turned off.

About the Power Plug

When removing the power plug after turing off the printer, be sure to check that the POWER lamp is not lit. If the power plug is removed from the wall outlet with the POWER lamp lit or blinking green, the printer cannot protect its print heads and may be unable to print.

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Loading Paper

This section describes how to load paper in the Auto Sheet Feeder and the Front Tray.

 Using the Auto Sheet Feeder and the Front Tray

You can load paper in both the Auto Sheet Feeder and the Front Tray.

Loading paper in the Auto Sheet Feeder is easy, and is convenient if you frequently switch to and print on various sizes or types of paper.

Use the Front Tray to print on large size paper or to print on thick paper such as art paper.

* There are some kinds of paper, depending on their size or type, that can only be used in either the Auto Sheet Feeder

or the Front Tray. See “Using Specialty Media” on page 15.

 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 Auto Sheet Feeder: Less than 64 gsm / 17 lb

Front Tray: Less than 0.1 mm / 4 mil

• Excessively thick paper Auto Sheet Feeder: More than 105 gsm / 28 lb (plain paper except for supported

Canon genuine media)

* However, you can use art paper that is not produced by Canon that is up to 200 gsm / 53 lb.

See “Non-Canon Genuine Specialty Paper” in the

Front Tray: More than 1.2 mm / 47 mil

•Picture postcards

• Postcards affixed with photos or stickers

• Envelopes with double flaps

• Envelopes with sticker flaps

• Envelopes with an embossed or treated surface

• Any type of paper with holes

• Paper that is not rectangular

• Paper bound with staples or glue etc.

• Paper coated with adhesive

• Paper decorated with glitter etc.

User’s Guide

 Loading Paper in the Auto Sheet Feeder

For detailed information on the Canon genuine media for use with its various printers, refer to “Using Specialty Media” on page 15, or “Printing Media” in the

User’s Guide

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

z When paper is curled, gently bend it in the opposite direction of the curl

(without curling the reverse side) and then load the paper. For details on how to flatten paper curl, refer to “Media is curled” on page 68.

z 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.

(1) 1 Open the Paper Support.

2 Open the Paper Support

Extension to support the paper.

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(2) 1 Gently press the mark on

the Front Tray.

2 Pull out the Front Tray Extension

completely.

(3) Ensure that the FRONT FEED button is

not lit. If the FRONT FEED button is lit or flashing, set the Front Tray to its normal printing position. See “Returning the Front Tray to Its

Normal Printing Position” on page 14.

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3 Load the paper.

Load Limit Mark

Do not load beyond this Load Limit Mark.

(3) Pinch the Paper

Guide and slide it against the left side of the paper stack.

Set the Paper Guide correctly when printing from the Auto Sheet Feeder. The paper may not feed correctly if the Paper Guide is not set correctly.

(1) Load the paper

into the Auto Sheet Feeder with the print side facing UP.

(2) Align the paper stack

with the right edge of the Auto Sheet Feeder.

z The following paper can be used in the Auto Sheet Feeder.

Paper Size Standard paper: From 4" x 6" / 101.6 x 152.4 mm to A3+ (13" x 19") size (329.0 x 483.0 mm / 13 x 19 inches) Non-standard paper: From 89.0 x 120.0 mm / 3.50 x 4.72 inches to

329.0 x 584.2 mm / 12.95 x 23 inches Weight From 64 gsm / 17 lb to 105 gsm / 28 lb (plain paper except for supported Canon genuine media) *You can use art paper that is not produced by Canon that is up to 200 gsm / 53 lb. Do not use paper heavier than this (except for supported Canon genuine media), as it could jam in the printer. See “Non-Canon Genuine Specialty Paper” of the

z When printing on plain paper (64 gsm / 17 lb), load up to 150 sheets in

the Auto Sheet Feeder. However, the paper may not feed correctly depending on the type of paper and the environment (high temperature / high humidity / low

User’s Guide

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temperature / low humidity). If this happens, reduce the number of sheets of paper by about half (approximately 5 mm / 0.2 inches).

z When printing on art paper that is not produced by Canon that is up to

200 gsm / 53 lb, load one sheet at a time.

z When printing on plain paper, do not stack more than 50 sheets in the

Front Tray.

z 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 in the Auto Sheet Feeder

Use either European DL or US Comm. Env. #10 size envelopes.

The address is rotated automatically to match the direction of the envelope when printing.

z Do not use envelopes with embossed or treated surfaces, a double

flap, pressure seals or sticker flaps.

z 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, the address will be printed in the wrong direction.

Fold the envelope flap shut.

(1) Load the envelope

and align it with the right edge of the Auto Sheet Feeder with the front face UP, and the

(2) Pinch the

Paper Guide and slide it against the left side of the envelope.

rear flaps DOWN on the left.

A maximum of 10 envelopes can be loaded at once.

Printing direction

(3) Ensure that the FRONT FEED button is not lit.

If the FRONT FEED button is lit or flashing, set the Front Tray to its normal printing position. See “Returning the Front Tray to Its Normal

Printing Position” on page 14.

(4) 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.

For a detailed description of the printer driver settings, refer to “Printing with

Windows” on page 18, or “Printing with Macintosh” on page 21.

When printing starts, the printer may not detect the envelope correctly depending on the type of envelope. If the ALARM lamp flashes orange eleven times, refer to “Error Regarding the Width of

Paper” on page 78 to set the printer driver not to detect the width

of the paper.

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 Loading 4" x 6" or 5" x 7"-Sized Paper in the Auto Sheet Feeder

Cutting plain paper to 4" x 6" / 101.6 mm x 152.4 mm or 5" x 7" / 127.0 x

177.8 mm size for a trial printing can cause paper jams.

(1) Load the paper and align

it with the right edge of the Auto Sheet Feeder with the print side facing UP.

• Load the paper lengthways regardless of the direction of the document.

• You can load up to 20 sheets of 4" x 6"-sized paper; 10 sheets of 5" x 7"-sized paper.

(2) Pinch the Paper Guide and

slide it against the left side of the paper stack.

(3) Ensure that the FRONT FEED button is not lit.

If the FRONT FEED button is lit or flashing, set the Front Tray to its normal printing position. See “Returning the Front Tray to Its Normal Printing

Position” on page 14.

(4) Select 4 x 6 in 101.6 x 152.4 mm or 5 x 7 in 127.0 x 177.8 mm from Page Size in

the printer driver. For a detailed description of the printer driver settings, refer to “Printing with

Windows” on page 18, or “Printing with Macintosh” on page 21.

Always load paper in portrait orientation. Loading paper in landscape orientation can cause the paper to be jammed.

Portrait Landscape

We recommend using Canon genuine photo media when printing photographs. See “Using Specialty Media” on page 15.

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 Loading Paper in the Front Tray

FRONT FEED Button You can check the printer status by FRONT FEED button indication.

The FRONT FEED button flashes quickly (two flashes at a time) when preparations for loading the paper in the Front Tray are finished. Load the paper in the Front Tray correctly. The FRONT FEED button flashes slowly (one long flash at a time) when preparations to start printing from the Front Tray are complete. Start printing from the Front Tray. The FRONT FEED button is unlit when the Front Tray is in its normal printing position. The FRONT FEED button lights when the Front Tray is in the Front Paper Feeding Position.

When loading paper in the Front Tray, the paper sticks out from the back of the printer. Keep a space of 40 cm / 15.7 inches for this purpose behind the printer.

There are wheels on the back corners of the printer. Lift up the front of the printer to move it back and forth.

For detailed information on the Canon genuine media for use with its various printers, refer to “Using Specialty Media” on page 15, or “Printing Media” in the

User’s Guide

1 Open the Front Tray.

(1) Gently press the mark

on the Front Tray.

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2 Set the Front Tray.

To set the Front Tray in the Front Paper Feeding Position, follow the procedure below.

Side view of the printer

(2) Lift the

Front Tray.

(1) Tilt the Front

Tray upward.

(3) Tilt the Front Tray forward to

set it in the Front Paper Feeding Position. The FRONT FEED button lights.

(4) Press the REAR SUPPORT button

to open the Rear Support.

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3 Prepare to load paper.

(2) Press the right

corner of the Rear Support to open the Rear Support Extension.

When loading paper that is Letter size or smaller, this procedure is not necessary.

(1) Pull out the Front Tray

Extension completely.

Do not load paper when the POWER lamp is flashing. Otherwise, the paper or the printer may be damaged.

4 Load the paper.

(3) Press the FRONT FEED button.

The printer starts making operating noises and then the POWER lamp flashes for about 20 seconds.

(1) Ensure that the POWER lamp is lit

and the FRONT FEED button is flashing quickly. If the POWER lamp is flashing green, wait until it stops flashing.

(2) Load the paper straight

into the Front Tray with the print side facing UP. Align the front edge of the paper with the mark on the Front Tray. When printing from the Front Tray, load one sheet in the Front Tray at a time.

Align the right edge of the paper against the right side of the Front Tray.

If the printer is not used for 5 minutes or more while it is as described in (1) above, then the FRONT FEED button stops flashing and stays lit and you cannot set the paper. If this happens, return to (3) in step 3.

z When paper is curled, gently bend it in the opposite direction of the

curl (without curling the reverse side) and then load the paper. For details on how to flatten paper curl, refer to “Media is curled” on page

68.

z 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.

z For details on how to load the paper, refer to the appropriate section in

“Printing Media” in the

5 Prepare to start printing.

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Basic Printing

(1) Press the FRONT

FEED button. The paper feeds into the printer automatically and the FRONT FEED button flashes slowly.

Printing preparations are complete. Start printing.

z The following paper can be used in the Front Tray.

Paper Size Standard paper: From 4" x 6" / 101.6 x 152.4 mm to 14" x 17" / 355.6 x 431.8 mm Non-standard paper: From 100.0 x 148.0 mm / 3.94 x 5.83 inches to

355.6 x 584.2 mm / 14 x 23 inches

Thickness From 0.1 mm / 4 mil to 1.2 mm / 47 mil Do not use paper thicker than this, as it could jam in the printer.

To Print Continuously

z To print from the Front Tray again, return to (3) in step 3 and load paper

in the Front Tray. Then start printing.

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 Returning the Front Tray to Its Normal Printing Position

When using the Auto Sheet Feeder, set the Front Tray to its normal printing position.

z Be sure to follow the procedure below when returning the Front Tray to

its normal printing position. Otherwise, the printer may be damaged.

z When the Front Tray is set to the Front Paper Feeding Position, printing

by using the Auto Sheet Feeder is not possible. Be sure to set it to its normal printing position.

1 Hold the Front Tray and slowly tilt it like you are closing it.

2 Open the Front Tray.

Tilting the Front Tray lowers it to its normal printing position.

(1) Open the Front Tray to return it

to its normal printing position.

(2) Ensure that the FRONT FEED

button is not lit.

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Using Specialty Media

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

 Photo Quality Media

• High Resolution Paper

• Glossy Photo Paper

• Matte Photo Paper

• Photo Paper Plus Glossy

• Photo Paper Plus Glossy II

• Photo Paper Plus Semi-gloss

• Photo Paper Pro

• Fine Art Paper “Museum Etching”

•Fine Art Paper “Photo Rag™”

• Fine Art Paper Premium Matte

•Photo Stickers

 Media Suited for Business

Documents

•High Resolution Paper

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 Canon Genuine Media

Media Type Paper Support Load Limit Printer Driver Setting

Auto Sheet Feeder Front Tray

High Resolution Paper

13" x 19": up to 20 sheets 11" x 17": up to 50 sheets Letter: up to 80 sheets

Super White Paper Up to 13 mm or

0.52 inches

Glossy Photo Paper 13" x 19": 1 sheet

Letter: up to 10 sheets 4" x 6": up to 20 sheets

Matte Photo Paper 13" x 19": 1 sheet

Letter: up to 10 sheets 4" x 6": up to 20 sheets

Photo Paper Plus Glossy

Photo Paper Plus Glossy II

13" x 19": 1 sheet Letter: up to 10 sheets 5" x 7": up to 10 sheets 4" x 6": up to 20 sheets

13" x 19": 1 sheet 8" x 10": up to 10 sheets Letter: up to 10 sheets 5" x 7": up to 10 sheets 4" x 6": up to 20 sheets

*1*6

13" x 19": 1 sheet

11" x 17": 1 sheet

Letter: 1 sheet

1 sheet Plain Paper

13" x 19": 1 sheet Letter: 1 sheet

4" x 6": 1 sheet

13" x 19": 1 sheet Letter: 1 sheet

4" x 6": 1 sheet

13" x 19": 1 sheet Letter: 1 sheet

5" x 7": 1 sheet

4" x 6": 1 sheet

13" x 19": 1 sheet 8" x 10": 1 sheet

Letter: 1 sheet

5" x 7": 1 sheet

4" x 6": 1 sheet

for Media Type

High Resolution Paper

Glossy Photo Paper

Matte Photo Paper

Photo Paper Plus Glossy

Photo Paper Plus Glossy II

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Media Type Paper Support Load Limit Printer Driver Setting

Auto Sheet Feeder Front Tray

Photo Paper Plus Semi-gloss

13" x 19": 1 sheet 8" x 10": up to 10 sheets Letter: up to 10 sheets 4" x 6": up to 20 sheets

Photo Paper Pro 13" x 19": 1 sheet

Fine Art Paper “Museum Etching”

Fine Art Paper “Photo Rag”

*4*5

Fine Art Paper Premium Matte

Photo Stickers

8" x 10": up to 10 sheets Letter: up to 10 sheets 4" x 6": up to 20 sheets

Not loadable

13" x 19": 1 sheet Letter: 1 sheet

Not loadable

1 sheet 1 sheet Photo Paper Plus

13" x 19": 1 sheet 8" x 10": 1 sheet

Letter: 1 sheet

4" x 6": 1 sheet

13" x 19": 1 sheet 8" x 10": 1 sheet

Letter: 1 sheet

4" x 6": 1 sheet

13" x 19": 1 sheet Letter: 1 sheet

for Media Type

Photo Paper Plus Semi-gloss

Photo Paper Pro

Fine Art Museum Etching

Fine Art Photo Rag

Fine Art Premium Matte

Glossy

*1 When loading a stack of paper, the printed side may be marked when it is fed in. If this happens, load paper one

sheet at a time. *2 You can specify the print setting easily by using the Easy-PhotoPrint provided with the *3 Feeding from the Auto Sheet Feeder can damage the printer. Always load in the Front Tray. *4 Canon genuine media is produced and stored to get optimum printing quality. We recommend using Canon genuine

media. *5 If you are using this paper, you cannnot print in a 35 mm / 1.38 inches margin on the top and bottom edges.

If you choose a paper size which says “Art XX [Margin 35 mm]” in the printer driver, a limit is set to prevent printing

in a 35 mm / 1.38 inches margin on the top and bottom edges of the paper.

We recommend checking the area being printed in the preview screen before printing.

Refer to the *6 Load one sheet at a time if the paper cannot be fed correctly.

Printer Driver Guide

Setup CD-ROM

z When using plain paper (64 gsm or 17 lb), up to 150 sheets (13 mm or

0.52 inches in height) can be loaded in the Auto Sheet Feeder. Select Plain Paper from Media Type in the printer driver.

z For a detailed description of printing media types, refer to the

User’s

Guide.

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Printing with Windows

z Menu and command names may differ between software applications, and

more steps may be required. For details, refer to the documentation for each software application you use.

z The steps described in this section are for printing in Windows

Pack 2 (hereafter, called Windows XP SP2).

z You can use Easy-PhotoPrint or Easy-PhotoPrint Pro to easily do print

operations when printing photographs. Easy-PhotoPrint and Easy-PhotoPrint Pro are provided on the PhotoPrint and Easy-PhotoPrint Pro, refer to the

1 Turn on the printer.

See “Turning on the Printer” on page 2.

2 Load the paper in the printer.

See “Loading Paper in the Auto Sheet Feeder” on page 5 or “Loading Paper in the

Front Tray” on page 10.

Setup CD-ROM

XP Service

. For details on how to use Easy-

Photo Application Guide

3 Create a document or open a file to print.

When printing in grayscale, we recommend printing with the top and bottom margins of the paper set to more than 45 mm / 1.77 inches. Depending on an image, without these margins, the printing troubles may occur on the top and/or bottom edges of the paper such as uneven coloration or white streaks, and the print quality may be degraded. In this case, print the image using the Easy-PhotoPrint Pro provided on the

Setup CD-ROM

3.54 inches longer than the length of the image, then print it with the top and bottom margins of the paper set to 45 mm / 1.77 inches using your page layout software. For details on how to use the Easy-PhotoPrint Pro, refer to the

. Or, prepare paper whose longer side is at least 90 mm /

Photo Application Guide

4 Open the printer properties dialog box.

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

The Print dialog box opens.

5 Specify the required settings.

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(2) Ensure that your printer

is selected.

(3) Click Preferences or

Properties.

(1) Click Media Type to select

the type of media loaded in the printer.

(2) Ensure that Paper Source is set

to the position in which you loaded the paper in step 2.

(3) Click OK.

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

printed. If the size is different from that set in the application, then you need to set it to the same size or use Scaled Printing or Fit-to-Page Printing. Refer to the

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

Main tab. You can control the print quality in the Custom dialog box.

z For details about other printer driver functions, click Help or

Instructions to view the Help or displayed on the Main and Maintenance tabs only. If the On-screen Manual is not installed, Instructions is not displayed.

z Selecting the Preview before printing check box 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 have a preview function.

6 Print the document.

Printer Driver Guide

. Instructions is

(1) Click Print or OK.

Do not open the Top Cover while printing.

You can cancel a print job in progress by simply pressing the RESUME/ CANCEL button on the printer. See “Canceling Printing” on page 25.

Printing with Macintosh

z Menu and command names may differ between software applications, and

more steps may be required. For details, refer to the documentation for each software application you use.

z The steps described in this section are for printing in Mac

(hereafter called Macintosh

z You can use Easy-PhotoPrint or Easy-PhotoPrint Pro to easily do print

operations when printing photographs. Easy-PhotoPrint and Easy-PhotoPrint Pro are provided on the PhotoPrint and Easy-PhotoPrint Pro, refer to the

1 Turn on the printer.

See “Turning on the Printer” on page 2.

2 Load the paper on the printer.

See “Loading Paper in the Auto Sheet Feeder” on page 5 or “Loading Paper in the

Front Tray” on page 10.

Setup CD-ROM

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OS X v.10.4.x

. For details on how to use Easy-

Photo Application Guide

3 Create a document or open a file to print.

Setup CD-ROM

. Or, prepare paper whose longer side is at least 90 mm /

Photo Application Guide

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4 Select Paper Size.

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

The Page Setup dialog box opens.

5 Specify the required settings.

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

The Print dialog box opens.

(2) Confirm that Pro9000 is

selected in Format for.

(3) Select the desired

paper size from Paper Size.

(4) Click OK.

(2) Select Quality & Media from

the pop-up menu.

(3) Select the desired media type

from Media Type.

(4) Ensure that Paper Source is set

to the position in which you loaded the paper in step 2.

(5) Select the print mode

appropriate to your document from Print Mode.

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When you select the print mode appropriate to your document from Print Mode, the document will be printed in color and at a print quality suited to the characteristics of the Media Type you have selected.

- Printing a top-quality photo: Select when printing documents consisting mainly of photographs and graphics featuring fine color gradation.

- Printing tables and charts: Select when printing documents consisting mainly of graphs and graphics (illustrations) with strong color definition.

- Printing a composite document: Select when printing documents consisting mainly of text.

- Detailed Setting: Select to fine-tune the Print Quality and Halftoning settings.

(6) Select Color Options

from the pop-up menu.

(7) Select the type of the

document from Color Mode.

z For details about the printer driver, refer to the

Guide

z To view the

that has a Quality & Media, Color Options, Special Effects, Borderless Printing, or Margin selected from the pop-up menu. If the On-screen Manual is not installed, the not displayed even if is clicked.

z Clicking the Preview button 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 have a preview function.

Printer Driver Guide

, click on any Print dialog box

Printer Driver

Printer Driver Guide

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6 Print the document.

(1) Click Print.

Do not open the Top Cover while printing.

You can cancel a print job while printing. See “Canceling Printing” on page 25.

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Canceling Printing

You can cancel a print job while printing, with the RESUME/CANCEL button on the printer.

1 Press the RESUME/CANCEL button while printing.

(1) Press the RESUME/CANCEL

button.

Printing is canceled and paper is fed out.

You can also cancel a print job by clicking Cancel Printing on the Canon IJ Status Monitor. To display the Canon IJ Status Monitor, click Canon Pro9000 on the taskbar.

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.

To temporarily stop a job in progress, click Hold. To cancel all the jobs in the list, click Stop Jobs.

Advanced Printing

Printing Photographs Directly from a PictBridge Compliant Device

Connecting a PictBridge compliant device such as a digital camera, camcorder or mobile phone to the printer allows you to print recorded images directly without using a computer.

z PictBridge is an industry standard enabling a range of digital photo

solutions, including the Direct Printing of photos from a digital camera, camcorder or mobile phone* without the need to use a computer.

z It is possible to specify which images to print and various print settings from

the operation panel of your camera or mobile phone.

* Hereafter, the PictBridge compliant digital camera, digital camcorder, or camera-equipped mobile

phone are collectively called a PictBridge compliant device.

This mark indicates that the product is PictBridgecompatible.

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