Canon 475D manual

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    BUBBLE JET PRINTER Quick S t art Guide T able of Contents Pref ace 1 Shipping Materi als 1 Introduc tion 1 Setting Up 2 Prep arin g the Pr inter 2 Conne cting the Pri nter to the Comput er 3 Installing the Print Head 4 Loadi ng Paper 7 Installing the Printer Dr iver 8 Align ing the Print Head 14 Basi c Oper ations 20 Printing with Windo ws 20 Print[...]

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    Exif Print This print er supports Ex if 2.2 (also called “ Exif Print”). Exif Print is a standard for enhan cing the com munication between digi tal cameras an d printers. By connec ting to an Ex if Print-co mpliant di gital camer a, the camer a’ s imag e data at the time of shootin g is used and optim ized, yi elding ex tremel y high qu alit[...]

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    1 Preface Shipping Materials Than k you for purchas ing a Ca non Bub ble Jet Prin ter . Che ck that all t he follow ing item s are in the box . If anythin g is mis sing or i s damag ed, cont act your Canon Auth orized D ealer or S ales Rep resenta tive.  Prin ter  Set up Soft ware & Us er ’ s Gu ide CD-ROM  Quic k Start Gu ide  Pr[...]

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    2 Setting Up 1 Pre parin g the Printer 1 1 1 1 Place t he printer on a flat sur face. 2 2 2 2 Remove the t ape from the pri nter as shown. The tape posit ion is su bject to change. 3 3 3 3 Attach the paper rest to t he s heet feeder . 4 4 4 4 Pull out the out put tray .[...]

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    3 2 Connecting the Prin ter to t he Computer Use a USB cab le. Recommended : Canon or ot her computer ma nufacture r cable, up to 5 m eters in lengt h. Follow the s tep s below to inst all the p rinter driver correctly . 1 1 1 1 Ensure that the print er and the computer ar e switched off. 2 2 2 2 Connect the cable. • If your compute r has a n ear[...]

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    4 3 Installing th e Print Head • Never attempt to plu g the power cord i nto the powe r outlet or un plug the power cord when your hands are wet. • Never damage, mod ify , str etch, or ex cessively be nd or twist t he power cor d. Do not pla ce heavy object s on the powe r cord. • Never use an y power supply o ther than the standard p ower su[...]

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    5 5 5 5 5 Raise the lock le ver . Do not touch in ternal p arts oth er than t he lock lev er . 6 6 6 6 Remove the protecti ve cap from the print head. 7 7 7 7 Place the print head in the holder . 8 8 8 8 Lock the print head i nto place by lowering th e lever . Do not touch t he lock lever on ce the p rint hea d has been insta lled. • Do not touch[...]

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    6     Inst alling the Ink T anks • F or safety r easons, store ink tanks o ut of the re ach of s mall chi ldren. • Do not drop or shak e ink tank s as this ma y cause the i nk to leak out and sta in your clo thes and h ands. 1 1 1 1 T ake out th e black ink tank. 2 2 2 2 Hold the ink ta nk as shown i n the diagram and remove the pro[...]

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    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 p aper thickness lever at the top of the print h ead holder to the lef t positi on. Close the front cover . 3 3 3 3 Pull out the paper rest and t he output tray as shown. 4 4 4 4 T o avoid p aper jams, fan the st ack to remove st [...]

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    8 5 Installing th e Printer Driv er     Inst alling the Printer Driver – Windows 1 1 1 1 Ensure that the printer and computer are switched off. 2 2 2 2 T urn on the comput er and st art Windows. If any applic ations automatic ally run, quit them. Disa ble an y virus det ectio n progr ams. Do NOT tu rn the prin ter on at this stag e. I[...]

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    9 3 3 3 3 Place the Setup Soft ware & User ’s Guide CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive. 4 4 4 4 Follow t he instructi ons displayed on screen. When the screen shown on the left is displa yed, c lick Inst all . 5 5 5 5 When the screen shown on the lef t appears, tur n the printer on. If th e printer is recogn ized, the printer driver will be auto mati[...]

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    10 6 6 6 6 Click OK . Bef ore you use the pri nter , you must carry out pr int head ali gnment on page 1 4. 7 7 7 7 Click Inst all to install the me mory card util ity . 8 8 8 8 Click OK . 9 9 9 9 If you want to inst all t he application sof tware, clic k Install . Fol low the instruction s on scre en to in stall the appl icat ion sof tware . When [...]

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    11     Inst alling the Printer Driver – Ma cintosh 1 1 1 1 T urn on the Mac. 2 2 2 2 Place the Setup Soft ware & User ’s Guide CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive. 3 3 3 3 Double-cl ick the Mac OS X folder , and then double-cl ick the Printer Driver folder . 4 4 4 4 Double-click i475D.mpkg . 5 5 5 5 Enter an administ rator name and a p a[...]

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    12 8 8 8 8 Select a destination to where you want to inst all the print er driver , and click Continue . 9 9 9 9 Click Inst all . 10 10 10 10 A message asking for your confir mation to rest art your computer is displayed on the screen. Read the message, then click Continue Inst allation . Sof tware in stallation w ill start . 11 11 11 11 Software i[...]

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    13 17 17 17 17 Select a destinati on to where you want to inst all t he memory card ut ility , and click Continue . 18 18 18 18 Click I nstal l . 19 19 19 19 A message asking f or your confir mation to rest art your computer i s displayed on the screen. Read the message, then click Co ntinu e Ins t alla tion . Soft ware insta llation w ill start. 2[...]

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    14 6 Aligning the Prin t Head Thi s operation m ust be ca rried out when usi ng the pri nter for the fi rst time. A ligning the print h ead posi tions allo ws you to p rint wit hout shif ts in the color regis tration.     Aligning the Print Head – Wi ndows 1 1 1 1 Click St a rt and select Control Panel , Prin ters a nd Ot her Hardw ar[...]

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    15 6 6 6 6 Aft er the patt ern is printed, cli ck Ye s . If the p attern i s not pri nted suc cessfully , open the f ront cover and en sure t hat th e ink t anks ar e corr ectly insta lled. 7 7 7 7 Look at the print-out . From the patt erns in Column A, select the most even , least irregular p attern and enter the number . 8 8 8 8 In the same way ,[...]

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    16     Aligning the Print Head – Macintosh 1 1 1 1 Open the BJ Printer Util ity dialog box. (1) Dou ble-clic k the ha rd disk i con where the prin ter driv er was installed , the App lication s fold er, and the Uti lities folder . (2) Dou ble-clic k the Prin t Center icon . (3) Selec t i475D from th e Name list an d click Conf igure .[...]

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    17 5 5 5 5 In the same way , one by one, se lect the most even p atterns printed with th e least i rregulariti es from each of Columns B to K, enter their numbers and click Send . If it is diffic ult to pi ck the b est pattern on Colu mn H, pick the setting that pro duces th e least n oticeable vertica l whit e str ipes. 6 6 6 6 Click Qui t. This c[...]

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    18     Aligning the Print Head – Operation Panel 1 1 1 1 Press the Maintenance but ton. 2 2 2 2 Press three t imes to displ ay 04 on the LCD. 3 3 3 3 Press the OK butt on. The pattern is printed. 4 4 4 4 Observe the pr inted p atterns and check the pat tern in which vertic al stripes are least noti ceable. If the patterns in colum n ?[...]

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    19 6 6 6 6 Press the OK butt on. The screen for selectin g a patt ern in co lumn B (“b ”) app ears. 7 7 7 7 Repeat the above procedur e to determine the p attern numbers (+7 to – 3) of t he checked patt erns in columns B through E and the pat tern numbers (+5 to –5) of the checked p atterns in columns F through K. Wh en pattern numbers have[...]

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    20 Basic Operations • If you detect smoke, unusu al smells or strang e noises around the printer, immediately swit ch the printer o ff and a lways unplug the printer . Conta ct your local Canon service rep resentative. • T o avo id injury , neve r put your hand or finge rs inside the pr inter while it is printing. Printing with Windo ws Adj ust[...]

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    21     Basic Print Settings For t he best pri nt qualit y , specify th e minim um requ irement settings in the Main tab. T o get the bes t results, ensure t hat you select th e media lo aded in the print er when printing on paper other tha n plain paper . (1) Media T ype Select the m edia loaded in the printer . (2) Print Quality Select[...]

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    22 Printing with Macintosh Adjusting the print settings accor ding to your needs all ows you to produce better quality prints.     Printi ng 1 1 1 1 Open the Page Setup dialog box in your appli cation. On the File menu , click Page S etup . Che ck the appl icat ion’ s us er ’s manual for th e actu al proc edure s. 2 2 2 2 S pecify t[...]

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    23     Page Set up Use the Page Setup dialog box to spe cify the pape r size settings.     Basic Print Settings For t he best pri nt qualit y , specify th e minim um requ irement settings in the Pri nt dialog box. Se lect Qua lity & Me dia fr om the pop-u p menu to cha nge th e dis play o f the dialo g box. T o get th e [...]

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    24 Print Head Maintenance     If Blurring Occurs or If a S pecific Color Doe s Not Print Perf orm print head cle aning to improv e the prin t quality . Ensure that the p rinter is turned on and follow the ins tructions belo w . •W i n d o w s Ope n the print er drive r setting s screen an d click t he Main tenance tab. Cl ick Cle anin[...]

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    25 Appendix Notes on Handlin g the USB Interf ace (for Wi ndo ws Users) If in stallation o f the pri nter driv er does not procee d as inst ructed in this Qu ick S tart Guide , there m ay be a problem with the USB driver in stallatio n. T ry rein stalling t he print er driver .     Reinst alling If y ou cann ot pro ceed be yond th e Pri[...]

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    26     Applications Include d in the CD-ROM Package Eas y-Photo Print (W indows/M acinto sh) Y ou can make a Bo rderless Printing easily and quickly , just by s electing a photogr aph take n with a di gital came ra and t he paper type on which to print . Y o u can a lso us e simpl e edit ing fea tures such as trim ming an d image r otat[...]

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    27 Power co nsumption: S tandby: Ap prox. 3 W Prin ting: Ap prox. 16 W Dime nsions (without a pape r rest and paper output tray re tracted): 393 (W) X 2 58 (D) X 2 18 (H) mm 15.4 7 (W) X 10.16 (D) X 8.58 (H) in We i g h t : App rox. 4.0 kg (8.82 lb .) Print Head: Blac k: 320 noz zles (60 0 dpi) Cya n, Mage nta, Y ellow: 2 56 nozzle s per eac h colo[...]

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    28     BJ Printer Driver Systems Requireme nts For W indows • U se a comp uter equ ipped on which Wi ndows X P , W indows 200 0, W indows M e, or W indows 98 can ope rate. •U S B * i n t e r f a c e • A vailable h ard-disk sp ace for printer driver in stallation ( includin g tempo rary file s) W indows X P/W indows 20 00: 75M B W [...]

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    BUBBLE JET PRINTER Quick S t art Guide T able of Contents Pref ace 1 Shipping Materi als 1 Introduc tion 1 Setting Up 2 Prep arin g the Pr inter 2 Conne cting the Pri nter to the Comput er 3 Installing the Print Head 4 Loadi ng Paper 7 Installing the Printer Dr iver 8 Align ing the Print Head 14 Basi c Oper ations 20 Printing with Windo ws 20 Print[...]