Canon I550 I550 manual

BUBBLE JET PRINTER Quick Start Guide T able of Contents Preface 1 Shipping Material s 1 Introduc tion 1 Setting Up 2 Preparing the Prin ter 2 Connecting the Print er to the Computer 2 Installing the Print Hea d 4 Loading Pape r 7 Installing the Printer Driver 8 Aligning the Print Head 12 Basic Operations 16 Printing wit h Windows 16 Printing with M[...]

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1 Preface Shippin g Materials Than k you f or pur chasing a Ca non Bub ble Je t Prin ter . Chec k th at all th e fol l owi ng it e ms ar e i n the bo x. If anyt h ing is miss ing or is da ma ged, co nta ct you r Can on Auth orized D eale r or Sales R epresen tative.  Prin ter  Set up Sof t ware & Us er ’ s Gu ide CD-RO M  Quic k Sta [...]

2 Setting Up 1 Pre paring the Prin ter 1 1 1 1 Place the pri nter on a fl at surface. 2 2 2 2 Remove the tape and the shippi ng materi al fro m th e prin ter as shown. The tape po sition is su bject to chang e. 2 Connectin g the Print er t o th e Compute r Use either a USB cable o r para llel prin ter ca ble. Y ou c annot c onnec t the co mpute r t[...]

3 Follow th e steps be low to in stall the p rinter drive r corre ctly . 1 1 1 1 Ensure t he printer and t he computer are switched of f. 2 2 2 2 Connect the cable. Figu re A sh ows t he USB cable connec tion a nd Figur e B show s the p rinter cable (p arall el) conn ection . Figure A Figure B If the Add New Hardware W izard or Fo und New Hardware [...]

4 3 Installing th e Pri nt Head • Never a ttemp t to plu g the p ower cord i nto the power o utlet or un plug the po wer cord whe n your hands are wet. • Neve r dama ge, mod ify , stret ch, or ex cessiv ely be nd o r twist t he power cord. Do not p lace he avy obje cts on t he powe r cord. • Neve r use any po wer supply o ther than the st and[...]

5 6 6 6 6 Remove the prote ctive cap from the prin t head. 7 7 7 7 Place the print head in the holder . 8 8 8 8 Lock t he prin t head into pl ace by lowering th e lever . Do not touc h the lock lev er on ce the prin t head h as been insta lled.     Installing t he Ink T anks • For safety rea sons, store ink t anks out of the reach of [...]

6 3 3 3 3 Hold the ink tank as shown in the diagram and remove the protective c ap. 4 4 4 4 Inser t the yellow ink t ank into the right- hand slot . Press the top until it cli cks into pla ce. 5 5 5 5 Use t he same pr ocedure to in stall t he other ink tanks i n their appropriate slots. Che ck the l abels to ma ke sure that e a ch t ank is in the c[...]

7 4 Loading Paper     Loading A4 (Letter) Size Pl ain Paper 1 1 1 1 Open the front cover . 2 2 2 2 Move the paper thi ckness lever at th e top o f the print head ho lder to the left posit ion. Clos e the front cover . 3 3 3 3 Pull out the paper r est and the out put tray as shown. 4 4 4 4 Load t he paper , aligni ng it with t he right s[...]

8 5 Installing th e Pri nter Driv er     Installi ng the Printer Driv er – W indows 1 1 1 1 Ensure the printer and comput er ar e swit ched off. 2 2 2 2 T urn on th e computer and start Windows. If any applic ations automat i call y run, quit them. Disa ble an y vir us det ec tio n p rogr a ms. Do NOT tu rn the printer on at this stag[...]

9 3 3 3 3 Place the Setup Sof t ware & User ’ s Guide CD-ROM in the CD-ROM dri v e. 4 4 4 4 Follow t he instructi ons displ ayed on screen. When the screen shown on the lef t is displayed, click Install . 5 5 5 5 When the screen shown on the left appears, turn the print er on. If th e printe r is re cognize d, the print er drive r will be aut[...]

10 7 7 7 7 If you want to inst all Easy-Phot oPrint, click Install . Fol low the instru ctions o n scre en to in stall t he app lication softw are. Wh en th e messa ge “S oftware ins tal la tio n is c ompl ete d .” ap pear s , c l ick OK . 8 8 8 8 Click Exit .     Inst al lin g the P rin ter Dri ver – Ma cin t osh 1 1 1 1 T urn on[...]

11 6 6 6 6 Click In stall . W ait fo r the ins tallat ion to fin ish. 7 7 7 7 Click Res tart . The comput er res tarts. 8 8 8 8 Select Choose r in the Apple M enu. 9 9 9 9 Clic k the icon for the printer you ar e using and cl ose Chooser . Befo re you us e the pr int er, you mu st ca rr y out pr int hea d ali gnme nt on pa ge 14 . If the abov e mes[...]

12 6 Aligning the Print Head This ope ra ti on must b e car r ied out w he n us in g th e p rin ter f or t he fir s t ti me. Al ign in g th e p rin t he ad pos it ion s allo ws you to prin t withou t shif ts in the co lor regis tration.     Aligning the Pri nt Head – Windows 1 1 1 1 Click Start and select Control Panel , Pri nte rs an[...]

13 7 7 7 7 After the pattern is pri nted, cl ick Ye s . If th e patter n is n ot printe d suc cessfully , open the f ront cove r an d en sur e t hat the i nk tan ks are c orr ec tly insta lled. 8 8 8 8 Look at the print - out. From th e patterns in Column A, sele ct the most even, le ast irregul ar pattern and enter the number . 9 9 9 9 In th e sam[...]

14     Aligning the Pri nt Head – Macintosh 1 1 1 1 Select Pa ge S etu p i n the File Menu. 2 2 2 2 Click U til it ies . 3 3 3 3 Select T e st P rin t from t he menu and click Print Head Alignment . 4 4 4 4 Check t hat paper i s loaded in t he printer and c l ick OK . If t he patte rn is n ot pr inted suc cessf ully , open th e front [...]

15 6 6 6 6 In th e same way , one by one, se lect the most ev en patt erns pr inted with the least i rregularit ies fro m each of Columns B to F , enter their numbers and click Send . If it is dif ficul t to pi ck the be st pa ttern on Colum n F , pick the setting th at pr oduces t he lea st notic eable verti cal whit e st r ipes . 7 7 7 7 Click Cl[...]

16 Basic Operations • If you detect smo ke, unusu al smell s or strang e noises aro und th e printe r , imme diatel y switch the printe r off and a lways unpl ug the printer . Con tac t yo ur local Canon service r epresenta tive. • T o avoid injury , n ever put your hand or finge rs inside the printer wh ile it is pri nting. Print ing with W in[...]

17     Basic P rint Sett ings For t he best p rint q uality , sp ecify the m inimum requ irement settin gs in the Mai n tab. T o ge t the b es t resul ts, ensu re yo u selec t the type of me dia l oaded i n the printer w hen pr inting o n paper o ther tha n plain pape r . (1) Media T ype Select the type of media l oaded in the printer .[...]

18 Print ing with Macintosh Adjusting the print setti ngs accor ding to your nee ds all ows you to produce better quality print s.     Printi ng 1 1 1 1 Open t he Page Set up dialog box in your appl ication. On the File menu , click Page Set u p . Che ck the appl ica t ion’ s us ers man ual fo r the act ua l pr oc edur e s. 2 2 2 2 Sp[...]

19     Page S etup Use th e Pag e Se t up dialog box to speci fy the paper size settings .     Basic P rint Sett ings For t he best p rint q uality , sp ecify the m inimum requ irement settin gs in the Pri nt dia log box. T o ge t the bes t re su lts , ensu re yo u s ele ct the ty pe of medi a l oad ed in th e pri n ter whe [...]

20 Prin t Hea d Maint enance     If Blurring Occ urs or If a Spec ific Color Does N ot Print Perf orm pri nt he ad clean ing to imp rove the prin t quality . Ensu re th at the p rinter is tu rned on and follow the ins tructions below . •W i n d o w s Open t he print er driver se ttings scree n and click the Mainten a nce tab. C lic k [...]

21 Notes on Handli ng t he USB Int erf a ce (f or Windows User s) If in stallation of th e printe r driv er do es not p rocee d as inst ructe d in this Quick Start G uide, there may be a prob lem with the USB dri ver in stallation. T ry re insta lling the print er dri ver .     Reinstalli ng If y ou ca nn ot pr o ceed be yond th e Print[...]

22     BJ Printer Drive r System s Requirements For W indows • Use a comp uter o n whi ch W ind ows X P , W indows 2000 , W indows Me, W indows 9 8, W indow s NT 4.0 or W i ndo ws 95 ca n operat e. • USB * in ter face or s tand ard 25 pin pa r alle l in te rface • A vailable hard -disk space for p rinter driver in stallation W ind[...]

Exif Print This pri nter suppor ts Ex if 2.2 (also c alled “ Exif Print ”). Exif Print is a standard fo r enh ancing t he com munica tion betwee n digita l came ras and pri nters. By conn ecting to an Exif Pri n t- compli ant digit al camera, th e camera’ s image d ata at th e time of shoot ing is used and optimi zed, yiel ding extr emel y hi[...]

BUBBLE JET PRINTER Quick Start Guide T able of Contents Preface 1 Shipping Material s 1 Introduc tion 1 Setting Up 2 Preparing the Prin ter 2 Connecting the Print er to the Computer 2 Installing the Print Hea d 4 Loading Pape r 7 Installing the Printer Driver 8 Aligning the Print Head 12 Basic Operations 16 Printing wit h Windows 16 Printing with M[...]