Canon IP4000 manual

Quick S t art Guide T able of Contents Preface 1 Shipping Materials 1 Introduction 1 Setting Up 2 Preparing the Prin ter 2 Connecting the Printer to th e Computer 2 Installing the Print Head 4 Loading Paper 8 Installing the Printe r Driver 9 Aligning the Print Head 13 Basic Operations 16 Printing with Wind ows 16 Printing with Macintosh 19 Print He[...]

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1 Preface Shipping Materials Thank you for purchasing a Canon Bubble Jet Printer. Check that all the following items are in the box. If anything is missing or is damaged, contact your Canon Servic e Represen tative.  Printer  Setup Software & User’ s Guide CD-ROM  Quick S tart Guide  Print Head  5 Ink T anks (iP400 0) / 4 Ink T[...]

2 Setting Up 1 Pre paring the Print er 1 Place the printer on a flat surface. 2 Remove the pa cking material and tape from the printer as shown. The tape position is subject to change . 2 Connecting t he Printer to t he Computer Either a USB cable or parallel printer cable is available for iP4000. For iP3000 the USB cable is only available. Y ou ca[...]

3 Follow the step s below to install th e printer driver correctly . 1 Ensure that the printer and the computer are turned of f. 2 Connect the cable. Figure A shows the USB cable connection. Figure B shows the printer cable (parallel) connection (iP4000 only). Figure A Figure B If the Add New Hardwar e Wizard or Found New Hardware Wiza rd screen ap[...]

4 3 Installing the Print Head • Never attempt to plug the power cord into the power outlet or unplug the power cord when your hands are wet. • Never damage, modify , stretch, or excessively bend or twist the power cord. Do not place heavy objects on the power cord. • Never use any power supply other than the sta ndard power supply available i[...]

5 6 Remove the protective cap from the Print Head. 7 Place the Print Head in the ho lder . 8 Lock the Print Head into place by lowering the lever . Do not touch the lever once the Print Head has been installed. • Do not touch the Print Head Nozzles or electrical c ontacts. • Do not attempt to reattach the protective cap once it h as been remove[...]

6  Inst alling the Ink T anks • For safety reasons, store ink tanks out of the reach of small children. • Do not drop or shake ink tanks as this may cause the ink to leak out and st ain your clothe s and hands. • Be sure to remove the clear film from the i nk tank in the exact order as shown in step 2. 1 When using iP4000, unp ack the cyan[...]

7 5 Use the same procedure to inst all the other ink tanks in to their appropriate slots. Check the labels to make sure that each tank is in the correct position. 6 Put back the Inner Cover and close the T op Cover . • Only install the ink tanks in the positio ns specified by the labels. • If ink tanks are not instal led in the right position, [...]

8 4 Loading Paper This section describes how to load paper in the Sheet Feeder . When performing the print head alignment, you need to load paper in the Sheet Feeder .  Loading A4 (Letter) Size Plai n Paper in the Sheet Feeder 1 Pull out the Paper Support and Paper Output T ray completely as shown. Push the upper center ( ) of the Front Cover to[...]

9 5 Installing the Printer Driv er  Inst alling the Printe r Driver – Windows 1 Ensure that the printer and computer are turned of f. 2 T urn on the computer and st art Windows. If any applications automatically run, quit th em. Disable any anti-virus programs. Do NOT turn the printer on at this stage. • Do not disconnect the cable or re mov[...]

10 3 Place the Setup Sof tware & User ’s Guide CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive . 4 Follow the instructions displayed on screen. When the screen shown on the left is displayed, click Easy Inst all . 5 When the list of applications to inst all appears, verify the contents , click Inst all , then follow the instructions on the screen. 6 Read the Lice[...]

11 9 When the On-screen Manual screen appears, click Next . 10 When the screen shown on the le ft appears, ensure that a sheet of A4 / Letter-sized plain p aper is loaded in the Sheet Feeder . Click Execute and Print Head Alignment to carry out print head alignment. The Print Head is aligned automatically . See page 14 for the printed pattern. 11 A[...]

12 4 Double-click PIXMA iP4000 xxx.pkg or PIXMA iP3000 xxx.pkg . “x” represents a number . 5 Click Continue . 6 Read the License Agreement and click Continue , then click Agree . 7 Select a destination to where you wan t to install the printer d river , and click Continue . 8 Click Inst all . 9 Enter an administrator name and a password, then c[...]

13 6 Aligning the Print Head Aligning the Print Head positions allows you to print without shifts in the color registration.  Aligning the Print Head – Windows 1 Click Star t and select Control Panel , Printers and Other Hardware , and then Printers and Faxes . 2 Click the icon for your printer . 3 Open the File menu and select: • W indows X[...]

14 5 Read the message and click Prin t Head Alignment . It takes about 60 seconds to start printing. Do not open the T op Cover while printing. 6 If a message warning you not to perform other operations appears, click OK . 7 Ensure the patte rn shown on the left is printed. The Print Head is aligned automatically . The printer is now ready to use. [...]

15 2 Double-click the Printer Setup Utility icon. When using versions of Mac OS other than Mac OS X v .10.3.x, double-click the Print Center icon. 3 Select your printer from the Name list and click Utility . When using versions of Mac OS other than Mac OS X v .10.3.x, select your printer from the Name list and click Configure . 4 Select your printe[...]

16 Basic Operations • If you detect smoke, unus ual smells or strange noises around the printer , immediately switch the printer off and always unplug the printer . Cont act your local Canon service representative. • T o avoid injury , never put your hand or fingers inside the printer while it is printing. Printing w ith Window s Adjusting the [...]

17 4 Ensure that the proper lamp of the paper source light s. If not, press the Paper Feed Switch on the printer. 5 T o start p rinting, click Print . Printing will star t in a few moments. Cassette Lamp Sheet Feeder Lamp[...]

18  Basic Printing Settings For the best print quality , specify the minimum require ment settings in the Ma in tab. T o get the best results, ensure you se lect th e type of media loaded in the printer when printing on paper other than plain paper . (1) Media T ype Select the type of media loaded in the printer . (2) Paper Source Select the set[...]

19 Printing with Macintosh Adjusting the print settings according to your need s allows y ou to produce better quality prints.  Printing 1 Open the Page Setup dialog box in your application. From the File menu, click Page Setup . Check the application’ s user s manual for the actual procedures. 2 S pecify the page setup, then click OK . For de[...]

20  Page Setup From the Page Setup dialog box, specify the Paper Size settings.  Basic Printing Settings For the best print quality , specify the minimum requirement settings in the Print dialog box. Select Quality & Media from the pop-up men u to change the display of the dialog box. T o get the be st results, ensure you sel ect the type[...]

21 Print Head Maintenance  If Blurring Occurs or If a S pecific Color Does No t Print Perform Print Head Cleaning to improve the print quality . Ensure that the printer is turned on and follow the instructions be low . • W indows Open the printer driver settings screen and click the Maintenance tab. Click Cleanin g . See page 13 for details on[...]

22 3 Install the new ink t ank. Put back the Inner Cover and close the T op Cover when finishe d. For more details about ma intenance, refer to the User ’ s Guide .[...]

23 Appendix Printing Ph otog ra phs Dir ectl y from a Digi tal Camer a Connecting a digital still camera or camcorder to the printer allows you to print recorded images directly without using a computer . This printer supports both “PictBridge” and Canon “Bubble Jet Direct.”  Connecting to a Digit al Camera Do not connect any equipment o[...]

24 (2) Turn on and set up the camera fo r direct printing. When the connection between the camera and printer has been established, the POWER lamp on the printer flashes once. * The power-on sequence may dif fer dependi ng on the model or brand of the camera. Either of the following icon s will appear on the LCD of the digital ca mera display when [...]

25 About “Paper size” and “Paper type” T o change the paper size or pape r type, operate the camera to sele ct the PictBridge print setup mode and confirm or check the settings. T o print on Photo Paper Pro, select “Fast Photo” from “Paper type” on the d isplay of the camera. Select “Photo” for Photo Paper Plus Glossy . If using[...]

26  Printing Photographs Directly from a Canon “Bubble Jet Di rect” Compatible Digit al Camera Media T ypes for Digital Camera When you connect a digital camera , you can use the following media: Digital Camera Setting Media T ype Card #1 Photo Paper Pro 4" x 6" / 101.6 x 152.4 mm Card #2 Photo Paper Plus Glossy 4" x 6" /[...]

27 Notes on Handling the USB Interf ace (for W indows Users) If installation of the printer driver does not proceed as instructed in this Quick S tart Guide , there may be a problem with the USB dr iver installation. T ry reinst alling the printer driver .  Reinst alling The screen shown on the left ap pears when the installation of the printer [...]

28  Applications Included in the CD-ROM Package Easy-W ebPrint (Windows) Y ou can easily print out homepages displayed on Inte rnet Explorer in full size without its right- hand side being cropped. This applic ation is automatically added to the Internet Explorer toolbar . Internet Explorer 5.5. or later mu st be installed. Easy-Pho toPrint (Win[...]

Exif Print This printer supports ExifPrint. Exif Print is a standard for enhancing the comm unication between digital cam era s and printers. By connecting to an Exif Print-complia nt digital camera, the camera’ s imag e data at the time of shooting is used and optimized, yielding extremely high quality prints. Canadian Radio Inte rference Regula[...]

Quick S t art Guide T able of Contents Preface 1 Shipping Materials 1 Introduction 1 Setting Up 2 Preparing the Prin ter 2 Connecting the Printer to th e Computer 2 Installing the Print Head 4 Loading Paper 8 Installing the Printe r Driver 9 Aligning the Print Head 13 Basic Operations 16 Printing with Wind ows 16 Printing with Macintosh 19 Print He[...]