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Canon FAX-L280 Canon FAX-L280 Printer Driver for Windows Software User’s Guide[...]

ii Prefa ce Copyright © 2001 by Canon, Inc. All rights reserved. This manual may not be reproduced in any form, in wh ole or part, without the prio r written consent o f Canon, Inc. Trademark Acknowledgments Canon is a registered trademark of Canon , Inc. Microsoft and Windows are r egistered trademarks o f Microsoft Corporation. Pentium is a regi[...]

Conte nts iii Contents Chapter 1 Introduction ................ ........... ........... ........... ............ ........... ........... ............ ...... 1-1 Printer Driver: an Overview ..... ................. ............ ........... ........... ............ ...... 1-2 System Require ments ................ ............ ........... ........... ..[...]

iv C o n t e n t s Defining Default Print Settings ...... ................. ........... ............ ........... .......... 3-23 Chapter 4 Frequently Aske d Questions......... ........... ............ ........... ........... ................. . 4-1 Printer Cannot Be Initialized. .................... ............ ................. ........... ......[...]

Chapte r 1 Introd uction 1 -1 Introdu ction Chapter 1 1 Intro duction Welcom e and c ongr atul ation s on your p urch ase of the Ca non FAX-L2 80 (also referred to in this guide as the printer) and its accompanyin g printer driver software. Contents of thi s chapter: ❏ Printer Driver: an Over view ........................... ........... .........[...]

1-2 In troduction Chapter 1 Printer Driver: an Overview 1 The printer driver is software that enables the printer to commu nicate with your comp uter. You can use the printer as the defau lt printer in any Windo ws a pplic atio n th at supp ort s pr inti ng. The printer driver includes features that enable you to define the resu lts of your p rinte[...]

Chapte r 1 Introd uction 1 -3 Introdu ction ❏ Mem ory • Windows 95/98/ Me/NT 4.0 : 32 m egabyt es (MB) of RAM. 64 MB of RAM or more is recom men ded. • Windows 2000: 64 M B of RAM . 128 MB of RAM or more is recommended. ❏ Hard Di sk Space 15 MB of available h ard disk space ❏ Dis k Dri ve CD-ROM drive, or access to one over a ne twork con[...]

1-4 In troduction Chapter 1 About This Gui de 1 This guide assu mes you have a basic understandi ng of Windo ws. This includes how to start you r system and navigate within the Windows environment. Y ou should be fa miliar with co mmon Win dows terms su ch as window, dialog box, button, icon, menu, application, select, open, close, click, double-cl[...]

Chapte r 1 Introd uction 1 -5 Introdu ction Monospaced text Used for commands you might type when insta lling the softwa re, or system messages tha t may dis play on you r screen. For example: A:SETUP Capitaliz ation Used for all the key w ords in the name or title of an option on the screen. For example: In the dialog bo x, click Image Type to se[...]

Chapter 2 Installing the Printer Driv er 2-1 Installing the Printer Driver Chapter 2 2 Instal ling the Printer D river Contents of thi s chapter: ❏ Before You Begin the Installation: a Checklist ........ ................. ........... 2- 2 ❏ Installing the Software .................... ........... ........... ............ ........... ...........[...]

2-2 Installing the Print er Driver Chapter 2 Before You Begin the Inst allation: a Checklist 2 To ensure a smooth and successful insta llation, take some time before you begin to plan and prepar e for the installa tion process. ❏ Decide the port type: Pa rallel o r USB. Based on yo ur Windows ope rating syst em and you r comp uter hardware, you m[...]

Chapter 2 Installing the Printer Driv er 2-3 Installing the Printer Driver ❏ If using USB po rt: Do not connect. If you are planning on using th e USB port on your computer, do not con nec t the printer cable to the po rt on your computer at this tim e. When you begin th e instal lation of the software, th e installa tion program will prompt y ou[...]

2-4 Installing the Print er Driver Chapter 2 If your current printer purchase is replacing a MultiP ASS printer, you must rem ove the MultiPASS so ftware i nstall ed on yo ur sys tem before installing the new printer. For instruction s on removing the MultiPASS software, see the s oftware user ’ s guide that cam e with yo ur MultiP ASS software. [...]

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2-6 Installing the Print er Driver Chapter 2 4. If prompted, connect your printer cable to the port on your computer. 5. For a USB port connection only: When you connect to the USB port, the system displays messages indicating that th e driver for your printer is being ins talled. For Windows 9 8/Me: Wait for the system to complete the insta llatio[...]

Chapter 2 Installing the Printer Driv er 2-7 Installing the Printer Driver 7. When the setup is finished, if prompted, restart Windows. The installatio n program det ermines whether Win dows needs to be rest ar ted on you r s yste m. Setting the Default Printer 2 When you ins tall the printer driv er software, the system auto matically sets the pri[...]

2-8 Installing the Print er Driver Chapter 2 If your system (server) is: Install on cli ent system: Wind ows 9 5/98/ Me Windo ws 95/9 8/Me Wind ows NT /2000 Windows 95/9 8/Me o r Window s NT/2000 When a document is printed by the client system on a sh ared printer, any printing messages (status or error messages) display on the server system. Setti[...]

Chapter 2 Installing the Printer Driv er 2-9 Installing the Printer Driver • Windo ws NT/2 000 serve r system sha ring wit h Window s 95/98/Me client systems • Windo ws 2000 serve r system sh aring wi th Windo ws NT client syst em s. For detailed ins tructions, see Appendix A in this guide. 7. In the Properties dialog box, click OK . Installi n[...]

2-10 Inst alling t he Prin ter D river Chapt er 2 2. On the Setting s menu, click Contro l Panel. 3. I n Co ntro l Pa nel, doub le-c lick Add/Re mov e Prog ram s. 4. In the Add/Remove Pro grams Properties dialog box, cl ick Canon FAX-L280, and then click the Add/Remove button (Windows 95/98/ Me/NT) or th e Change/Rem ove button (W indows 2000 ). 5.[...]

Chapter 2 Installin g the Prin ter Driver 2- 11 Installing the Printer Driver 2. Disconnect the printer from th e port on your compu ter. 3. Prior to reconnecting the printer to the desired port, see the “ Before You Begin the Installatio n: a Checklist ” section in this chapter. This section d escribes when it is a ppropriate to recon nect you[...]

Chap ter 3 Printin g 3-1 Print ing Chapter 3 3 Printing Contents of thi s chapter: ❏ Printing a Document ........... ............ ................. ........... ........... ............ ..... 3-2 ❏ Defining Print Settings: an Overview................. ............ ........... ........... 3-2 • Viewing a Summary of Print Settings ..............[...]

3-2 Print ing Chapter 3 Printing a Document 3 Once you ha ve installed t he software, y ou are ready to print a document , from any Windows application that supports printing, such as Word for Window s. Predefined printer setting s are initially ins talled, enab ling you to prin t immediately. Th ese settings determi ne what your documen ts look li[...]

Chap ter 3 Printin g 3-3 Print ing You can change a number of print settings, such as the paper size , page layout, resolu tion, and halft oning method . If you use certain print settings often, yo u can save the settings as a print profile and reuse the profile as needed. The following instructions s ummarize the genera l procedures for changing p[...]

3-4 Print ing Chapter 3 4. To acce pt the changes and close the dialog box, click OK. To accept the chan ges and leave the dialog box open, click Apply (Window s 95/98 /Me). To cancel the ch anges and return to the default settings, cli ck Restore Defaults. To close the dialog box without accepting any changes, click Cancel. To define p rint set ti[...]

Chap ter 3 Printin g 3-5 Print ing 4. To acce pt the changes, close the dialog box, and print the document, click OK. If available, to a ccept the change s and leave the d ialog box open, click Apply. To cancel the ch anges and return to the default settings, cli ck Restore Defaults. To close the dialog box withou t accepting any chang es or prin t[...]

3-6 Print ing Chapter 3 Defining Pag e Settings 3 Page settings determine the followin g print results, as defined on the Page Setup tab . ❏ Page Size Click the size of the page you want to use for your printed document. Usually, the page size specified here is the page size you s pecified when you created yo ur document in the Win dows ap plicat[...]

Chap ter 3 Printin g 3-7 Print ing ❏ Orientat ion Click Portrait or Land scape to determine ho w your document is oriented on th e page when prin ted. Portrait print s the conten t of you r document across the narrower dimension of a rectangular sheet of paper. Landscape prints the content of your document acro ss the wider dimension of a rectang[...]

3-8 Print ing Chapter 3 2. In the Custom Paper Size Se tting dialog box, under Custom Paper List, click an existing form name. 3. If you want to assign a new name to the custom-sized form you are defining, type a name in the Name box. 4. Click the unit of mea sure by which you want to d efine the size of your paper. 5. In the Paper Size boxes, type[...]

Chap ter 3 Printin g 3-9 Print ing Meeting Size Requirements When defining the cust om form, the siz e and printer area margi ns you set must meet certain requirements. When setting the custom size: The wi dth and heig ht mu st me et t he fo llo wing mini mum an d ma ximu m measurements: ❏ Width: 7. 62 cm (3.00 inches) t o 21.59 cm (8.50 in ches)[...]

3-10 Print ing Chapter 3 Defining and Assigning the Custom Form First, you need to define the custom-sized form to make it available on your system. Next, you assign the newly d efined form as an availa ble setting in you r printer driver. To define a custom f orm on your system: 1. On the Window s desktop, click Start, poin t to Settings , and the[...]

Chap ter 3 Pri nting 3-11 Print ing 7. In the Printer Area Margins boxes, type the appropriate margins for your form. 8. Click Save Form. Then, click Close to close the dialog bo x. To assign the custom f orm in your printe r driver: 1. In the Printers windo w, right-click the printer ico n. 2. On the displayed m enu, click Properties. 3. In the Pr[...]

3-12 Print ing Chapter 3 6. In the Change Form s dialog box, in the Avai lable Forms lis t, click the custom-sized form to want to assi gn. You can click the preferred unit of measure for reviewin g the size of the selected form. 7. Click OK.[...]

Chap ter 3 Pri nting 3-13 Print ing The custom-sized form becom es available in yo ur printer driver and can be selected in the Page Size and Output Size boxes on the Page Se tup tab. Defining a Print Overlay 3 You can print your document with an image in the foreground or background . For example, you m ay want to print your com pany ’ s logo on[...]

3-14 Print ing Chapter 3 2. In the Overlay di alog box, do on e of the followin g: • In the File Nam e list, click an existing overlay image. • To select a new overlay image file, click Br owse. Then, in the Select File dialog box, type or click the pa th and file name for the image tha t you want to use. Then, click OK. 3. Under Overlay Placem[...]

Chap ter 3 Pri nting 3-15 Print ing When you type, rather than click, the actual values , the preview illustration of the overlay image does n ot automatically reflect the changes. 8. To save your overla y settings, clic k OK. To return the position and siz e settings to their origin al values, click Restor e Defau lts. To cancel your chang ed sett[...]

3-16 Print ing Chapter 3 ❏ Resolution Click the resolution, in dots per inch (dpi) for your printed document. Usually, the higher the resol ution, the sharper the appearan ce of the document. However, print speed may be slower. ❏ Halftoning Click the desired halftoning method, that determines the da rk and light shadin gs in your gray scale ima[...]

Chap ter 3 Pri nting 3-17 Print ing 2. In the More Options dialog box, click Toner Saver. 3. To save your settin g, click OK. To return the setting to its default value, click Restore Defa ults. To cancel your chang ed setting, click Cancel. Adding a Print Profil e 3 After you define the settings on the Page Setup and Quality t abs, you can save th[...]

3-18 Print ing Chapter 3 2. In the Add Profil e dialog box, enter a name f or the new print profile in the Name box. 3. In the Icon box, click an icon to associa te your new prin t profile. 4. In the Comment box, type an internal description of the print profile. 5. To review the print setting s that will be saved as a print profile, click View Set[...]

Chap ter 3 Pri nting 3-19 Print ing Editing a Prin t Profile 3 After adding print profiles, you can edit a print profile to accompli sh one of the fol lowin g: ❏ Change in formation ab out a print prof ile (name, icon, or comm ents) ❏ Adjust th e display order of the existing prof iles ❏ Export a prin t profile to a file ❏ Import a print pr[...]

3-20 Print ing Chapter 3 Changing Inform ation About a Print Profile 3 For easier reference, yo u may wa nt to as sign a dif ferent name or ico n to a print profile, o r record addition al comments about t he intended use of the print profile. To change i nform ation abo ut a pri nt profil e: 1. In the Edit Profile dia log box, in the Profile Lis t[...]

Chap ter 3 Pri nting 3-21 Print ing Export ing a Pr int Prof ile 3 To keep the number of print profiles to a minimum, you can export a print profile as a f ile (with the file n ame extension .cf g). Once a print profile is exported, you can delete the print profile from the list. Anytime you need the print prof ile, you can import the f ile, to use[...]

3-22 Print ing Chapter 3 2. In the Open dialog box, type or click the pa th and file name for the print p rofile. 3. Click OK. Deletin g a P rint Profil e 3 When you de cide that you no lo nger need a pri nt profile, you ca n delete it (for example, after exporting the print prof ile). To dele te a print p rofile: 1. In the Edit Profile dia log box[...]

Chap ter 3 Pri nting 3-23 Print ing Defining Default Print Settings 3 You can acces s printer driver settings directly from the Win dows desktop, before actually printi ng a document, to change the default print settings. To set t he default p r inter set tings: 1. On the Window s desktop, click Start, poin t to Settings , and then cli ck Printers.[...]

Chap ter 4 Fre quentl y Asked Q uest ions 4-1 Frequently Asked Questions Chapter 4 4 Frequently Aske d Questio ns Contents of thi s chapter: ❏ Printer Cannot Be Initialized. ............. ............ ........... ........... ............ ..... 4-2 ❏ Installation Is Displaying Unexpected Behavior. .............. ............ ..... 4-2 ❏ Docume[...]

4-2 Freq uently As ked Q uesti ons Chapt er 4 Printer Cannot Be In itialized. 4 ❏ Is the operation panel blank? You might h ave a p ower problem. Check that the power co rd is plug ged securely into the printer, and that your electrical so urce is OK. You should have the printer connected directly to its own AC outlet and not connected to a power[...]

Chap ter 4 Fre quentl y Asked Q uest ions 4-3 Frequently Asked Questions ❏ For Windows 2000 with USB port c onnection: Are you not able to complete the inst allation of th e printer driver ? During the instal lation, yo u may be u nable to co ntinue beyon d the dia log box prompting you to connect your printer cable to yo ur port. (If you cannot [...]

4-4 Freq uently As ked Q uesti ons Chapt er 4 To resolve this situatio n: 1. Click No in the dial og box prompting you to connect yo ur cable, and exit the setup. 2. Remove the device from the Windows Device Manager. The device may appear listed as Canon FAX-L280 or Un known Devi ce. To remove the device: Click Start, point to S ettings and then cl[...]

Chap ter 4 Fre quentl y Asked Q uest ions 4-5 Frequently Asked Questions ❏ Does paper not come out of the printer ? If your printer is connected to a parall el port, check that you have a bi- directional parallel cable connecting the printer to your PC. Check your computer ’ s setup to be sure the prima ry parallel port is set to th e appropria[...]

4-6 Freq uently As ked Q uesti ons Chapt er 4 ❏ You need to che ck your Wind ows applicatio n settings. To determine if your Wi ndows applicatio n setting s may be the problem, print a test page wit h your printer driver. To do so, open the printer properties dialog box. On the General tab, click Pri nt Test Page. If the test page prints successf[...]

Chap ter 4 Fre quentl y Asked Q uest ions 4-7 Frequently Asked Questions ❏ Is an enve lope no t loading correctl y? Make sure you do not stack more than 7 envelopes in the feeder tray. The Print Qu ality Is Not Sati sfactory. 4 ❏ Is some of the document content not pr inting? If some of the document content is not printing, check th at the prin[...]

4-8 Freq uently As ked Q uesti ons Chapt er 4 ❏ Did a toner low warning appear wh ile printing? If you want to continue printing your document, even though yo u are low on tone r, change the TONER SUPPLY LOW setting on the printer from RX TO MEMORY to KEEP PRINTING. (Even if the toner cartridge is out of toner, the document w ill not be stored in[...]

Append ix A Sharin g Your Pri nter Cro ss-P latform in Windo ws NT/2 000 A-1 Shari ng Your Pr inter Cross-Platform in Windows NT/2000 Append ix A A Sharing Your Printer Cr oss-Platfor m in Windows NT/2000 If you are using Win dows NT/20 00, you may need to set up an alterna te or additional driver in the followin g situations: ❏ Windows NT/2000 s[...]

A- 2 Sharing Y our Printer Cross-Plat form in Windows NT/20 00 Appendix A 6. In Share Name box, type a name you want to assign to the shared printer. 7. Under Alternate Dr ivers, click Windows 9 5. Then, click OK. 8. Follow the on-screen instructions. • When prompted to insert the Windows 95 Flat Share disk into your disk drive, inse rt the print[...]

Append ix A Sharin g Your Pri nter Cro ss-P latform in Windo ws NT/2 000 A-3 Shari ng Your Pr inter Cross-Platform in Windows NT/2000 • When prompted in the Additional Drivers dialog box, click the environment you want to support on your Intel Pentiu m system: Window s 95/98, or Win dows NT 4.0. • When prompted to insert your Windows 2000 disk [...]

Appendix B Installin g from a Local or Network Drive B-1 Installing from a Local or Netw ork Drive Append ix B B Installing from a Loca l or Network Driv e If the printer driver software h as been placed on a local o r network drive, you can ins tall the softwa re on your system from that drive, rath er than using the printer driver ins tallation d[...]

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Appendix B Installin g from a Local or Network Drive B-3 Installing from a Local or Netw ork Drive For Windows 9 8/Me: Wait for the system to complete the insta llation of the printer driver. For Windo ws 2000: See Step 6. 6. For Windows 20 00 only with a USB port connection: When the Found New Hardw are Wizard appears during the setu p, and pro mp[...]

B- 4 Installing from a Local or Network Drive Appendix B If you want to remove the printer driver software from your system, see the “ Removing the Printer Driver ” sectio n in Chap ter 2.[...]

Glossary G-1 Glossary G Glossa ry A application Softw are pre pared for a spec ific funct ion o r set of fu nction s. Exam ple s of an application program include word processing programs. Developers who make application programs include drivers that support different types of pri nters. autom at ic f eed Method by which paper can be fed into the p[...]

G- 2 Glossary D default setti ng A system setting incorporated at the fa ctory and permanently registered in the application . Also, a valu e or a setting that the so ftware assumes until or unless you specify an other value. dpi Dots per inch. A unit of measurement for indicating a printer resolution. F form A custom paper size, with width and he [...]

Glossary G-3 Glossary local printe r A printer that is connected directly to your comput er. M megabyte (MB) A unit of measure, representing one million bytes. N network A group of computers connected by cables or o ther means and using software that enables them to shar e equipment (such as printers) and exch ange informa tion. O orientatio n The [...]

G- 4 Glossary R resol utio n The density of do ts for any given ou tput device, expressed in dot s per inch (dpi). Low resolution causes font characters and graphics to have a jagged appearance, but prin ts faster than high er resolutions. Hig her resolution provi des smoother cu rves and a ngles, as w ell as a better match to traditional ty peface[...]

Index I-1 Index Index I A about displayi ng prin ter dri ver inform ation 3- 22 B brig htne ss setting 3-16 C cable system requirement 1-3 change port overview 2- 10 computer pro cessor system requirement 1-2 conserve to ner setting 3-16 contrast setting 3-16 convent ions used in this gui de 1-4 cross-pl atform sharing the printer with Windows 2000[...]

I- 2 Index local drive installin g from B-1 M manual scaling setting 3-7 memory system requirement 1-3 monitor system requirement 1-3 N netw ork driv e installin g from B-1 O operating system system requirement 1-2 orientation setting 3-7 output si ze setting 3-6 over lay defining 3-13 P page layo ut setting 3-7 page settings defining 3-6 page si z[...]

Index I-3 Index viewing a summary 3-5 printer driver displaying inf ormation about 3-22 overview 1- 2 removing 2-9 setting as the default 2-7 printer installation procedure 2-4 , B-1 shar ing 2-7 Q quality settings defining 3-15 R reducing the print size setting man ually 3-7 remove printe r driver procedure 2-9 resolution setting 3-16 S save toner[...]