Canon Imageprograf Ipf8400se User Guide

							 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Canon Inc. 
   
imagePROGRAF Direct Print & Share Guide 
 
 imagePROGRAF Direct Print & Share Guide         Ver. 2.0 
 
						

							 
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1. Features of imagePROGRAF Direct Print & Share 
The features of imagePROGRAF Direct Print & Share are as follow s. 
- Note that "imagePROGRAF Direct Print & Share" is referred to as  "Direct Print & Share" in this manual. 
1.   You can print your PDF documents and drawings, JPEG and TIFF im ages, or HP-GL/2 
format drawings directly, without opening each application. 
- Encrypted PDF are not supported. 
2.   You can confirm the print layout by using the preview. Also, yo u can make print settings 
without opening up driver properties. 
3.   You can print files without displaying the Direct Print & Share  screen by creating a shortcut 
print icon and dropping the files onto the shortcut print icon.  
4.   Since it is possible to print multiple files at the same time, you can efficiently print a large 
number of drawings and images. 
5.   Direct Print & Share allows you to access cloud storage, upload  and download files, and print 
the files. 
- Cloud storage is compatible with "Google Drive" and WebDAV comp atible cloud storage. 
- Access to cloud storage is only guaranteed for "Google Drive" .
 
- To use the cloud service, you first have to create an account for the cloud service. 
- Printers that can print from D irect Print & Share are Canon i magePROGRAF series printers. 
6.  You can share files with other users after uploading them to cl oud storage. E-mail 
notifications are sent to users to share files at the same time  uploads are made. (Google 
Drive only) 
-  Although  it  is  not  possible  to  preview  or  print  file  types  ot her  than  PDF,  JPEG,  TIFF,  and  HP-GL/2, 
you can still upload them to cloud storage. 
7.   By using a plug-in, drawings made in Autodesk AutoCAD are automatically registered to the 
Direct Print & Share file list. D irect Print & Share makes it easy to print the drawings you 
made as well as share them with other users through cloud stora ge. 
 
-  For details on how to use Direct Print & Share, refer to the He lp. 
 
						

							 
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-  Read the Readme file for cautions regarding using Direct Print  & Share. Click the    icon in the top 
left of the main window, then open the About imagePROGRAF Direc t Print & Share dialog box from the 
menu and click Readme to display the Readme file.
 
 
 
 
						

							 
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2. Installation Procedure 
 
The procedure for installing Direct Print & Share is as follows . 
 
1. Unpack the downloaded file.   
2. Run ipfdps32_2.0.0_setup.exe in 32-bit Windows systems or ip fdps64_2.0.0_setup.exe in 
64-bit Windows systems. 
 
3. The installer starts.  Click the Next button. 
 
 
4. The License Agreement  is displayed. 
Select  I accept the terms in the license agreement  and then click the Next button. 
 
						

							 
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5. The Destination Folder  is displayed. 
Specify the installation destination and click the  Next button. 
 
 
6. Click the  Install button. 
 
 
						

							 
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The installation begins. 
 
7. Click the  Finish button. 
 
This completes the installation of Direct Print & Share. 
 
 
 
						

							 
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3. Printing 
 
3.1 Registering the Printers to Use 
Printers to be used in Direct Print & Share must be registered  in the Printer pull-down menu. 
To add a printer to the  Printer pull-down menu, follow these steps. 
 
1.  Click the    button in the main window. 
 
 
2.   The  Printer to use dialog box is displayed. Click the  Add button. 
 
						

							 
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3.   The  Add printer  dialog box is displayed.   
Select the printer you want to add from  Installed printers and click the OK button.
 
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The printer drivers installed in your computer will be displaye d in Installed printers . If you want to add a 
printer to  Installed printers , install the desired printer's printer drivers on the computer  you are using. 
 
4.  Make sure that the printer you selected in the Printer to use  dialog box has been added, and 
then click the  OK button. 
 
						

							 
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The printer will be added to the  Printer pull-down menu. 
 
3.2 Add files that you want to print 
 
1. Click the  Add button in the main window. 
 
 
2. Select the file you want to print and click the  Open button. 
 
						

							 
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The file is added to the  Registered file list. 
 
3.3 Creating a shortcut print icon 
You  can  create  an  icon  that  allows  you  to  print  by  dropping  pri nt  data  onto  it.  When  printing  by 
running Direct Print & Share, you do not need to create an icon  using this procedure. 
You can create multiple shortcut print icons to suit the print  settings. 
 
1. Select the file you want to print in the main window and cha nge the settings as needed in the 
print settings area on the right side of the main window.