Canon Pixma Mp540 User Guide

							Advanced Guide  Troubleshooting
Contents > Printing from Your Computer > Printing Photos (Easy-PhotoPrint EX)
Printing Photos (Easy-PhotoPrint EX) 
Print image data saved on your computer by using Easy-PhotoPrint EX supplied with your machine.
This section describes the procedure, using print setting for borderless photo print on 4 x 6 / 10 x 15 cm
photo paper as a sample.
For details on Easy-PhotoPrint EX, refer to the on-screen manual: Advanced Guide.
 Note
 The screens used in this section are for printing with Windows. The operations are also the same
for printing with Macintosh.
 Install Easy-PhotoPrint EX from the Setup CD-ROM when it has not been installed or has beenuninstalled. To install Easy-PhotoPrint EX, select Easy-PhotoPrint EX in Custom Install.
1.Prepare for printing.
(1) Make sure that the machine is turned on.
See Operation Panel.
(2) Load paper.
See Loading Paper.
Here we load 4 x 6 / 10 x 15 cm photo paper in the Rear Tray.
 Note
 Load A4 or Letter-sized plain paper in the Cassette and other sizes or types of paper
such as photo paper in the Rear Tray.
(3) Open the Paper Output Tray gently, and open the Output Tray Extension.
2.Start Easy-PhotoPrint EX, and select Photo Print.
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							(1) Start Easy-PhotoPrint EX.
Double-click  (Easy-PhotoPrint EX) on the desktop.
 Click Here: Easy-PhotoPrint EX
Select the Go menu, Applications, Canon Utilities, Easy-PhotoPrint EX, then double-click Easy-PhotoPrint EX.
 Note
 To start Easy-PhotoPrint EX from Solution Menu, double-click  (Solution Menu) on the
desktop and click  (Print photos or albums, etc.).
See To Start Solution Menu.
 To start Easy-PhotoPrint EX from the Start menu, select All Programs (Programs in
Windows 2000), Canon Utilities, Easy-PhotoPrint EX, then Easy-PhotoPrint EX.
 To start Easy-PhotoPrint EX from Solution Menu, click  (Solution Menu) in the Dock and
click  (Print photos or albums, etc.).
See To Start Solution Menu.
(2) Click Photo Print.
 Note
 You can select Album, Calendar, Stickers, etc., besides Photo Print.
See Using Various Functions of Easy-PhotoPrint EX.
3.Select a photo to print.
(1) Select the folder in which images are saved.
(2) Click the image to print.
The number of copies appears as 1, and the image you selected appears in the selected image area (A).
You can select two or more images at the same time.
 Note
 To print two or more copies, click  (Up arrow) to change the number of copies.
 To cancel the selection, click the image to cancel in the selected image area and click 
(Delete Imported Image). You can also use  (Down arrow) to change the number of
copies to zero.
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							 You can also correct or enhance the selected image. 
See Using Various Functions of Easy-PhotoPrint EX.
(3) Click Select Paper.
4.Select the loaded paper.
(1) Make sure that your machines name is selected in Printer.
(2) Make sure that Automatically Select is selected in Paper Source.
 Note
 For details on other paper feeding, refer to the on-screen manual: Advanced Guide.
(3) Select the size and type of the paper to print in Paper Size and Media Type.
Here we select 4x6 10x15cm in Paper Size and the type of loaded photo paper in Media Type.
 Note
 If you select A4 or Letter-sized plain paper when Automatically Select is selected in Paper
Source, the machine feeds the paper from the Cassette. If you select other sizes or types
of paper such as photo paper, the machine feeds the paper from the Rear Tray.
If you select the wrong page size or media type, the machine may feed paper from the
wrong paper source or may not print with the proper print quality. 
(4) Click Layout/Print.
5.Select a layout and start printing.
(1) Select the layout of the photo.
Here we select Borderless [full].
The preview appears in the selected layout for confirmation of the required print result.
 Note
 You can change the direction of photo or crop a part of photo (trimming) to print.
For details on the operation, refer to the on-screen manual: Advanced Guide.
(2) Click Print.
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							 Note
 To cancel a print job in progress, press the Stop button on the machine or click Cancel
Printing on the printer status monitor. After canceling the print job, blank sheets of paper
may be ejected.
To display the printer status monitor, click Canon XXX Printer (where XXX is your
machines name) on the taskbar.
 Click the printer icon in the Dock to display the list of print jobs in progress.
 To cancel a print job in progress, select the desired job in the Name list and click Delete.
After canceling the print job, blank sheets of paper may be ejected.
      
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							Advanced Guide  Troubleshooting
Contents > Printing from Your Computer > Printing Photos (Easy-PhotoPrint EX) > Using Various Functions of Easy-PhotoPrint EX
 Using Various Functions of Easy-PhotoPrint EX 
This section describes a few of the useful functions of Easy-PhotoPrint EX.
For details on the operation, refer to the on-screen manual: Advanced Guide.
 Creating Your Own Prints 
You can create an album or calendar using your photos.
AlbumCalendar
StickersLayout Print
 Correcting Images 
You can use Red-Eye Correction, Face Sharpener, Digital Face Smoothing, Brightness, Contrast, etc. to
adjust, correct, or enhance images automatically or manually.
Brightness
      
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							Advanced Guide  Troubleshooting
Contents > Printing from Your Computer > Printing Documents (Windows)
Printing Documents (Windows) 
 Note
 Operations may vary depending on your software application. For details on the operation, refer to
the instruction manual of your application.
 The screens used in this section are for printing with Windows Vista operating system Ultimate
Edition (hereafter referred to as Windows Vista).
1.Make sure that the machine is turned on.
See Operation Panel.
2.Load paper.
See Loading Paper.
 Note
 Load A4, B5, A5, or Letter-sized plain paper in the Cassette and other sizes or types of paper
such as photo paper in the Rear Tray.
3.Open the Paper Output Tray gently, and open the Output Tray Extension.
4.Create (or open) a document to print using an appropriate software application.
5.Open the printer properties dialog box.
(1) Select Print on the File menu or the command bar in your software application.
The Print dialog box appears.
(2) Make sure that your machines name is selected.
 Note
 If another printers name is selected, click and select your machines name.
(3) Click Preferences (or Properties).
6.Specify the required print settings.
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							(1) Select the media type of the paper to print in Media Type.
 Note
 If you select A4, B5, A5, or Letter-sized plain paper when Automatically Select is selected
in Paper Source, the machine feeds the paper from the Cassette. If you select other sizes
or types of paper such as photo paper, the machine feeds the paper from the Rear Tray.
If you select the wrong page size or media type, the machine may feed paper from the
wrong paper source or may not print with the proper print quality. 
(2) Make sure that Automatically Select is selected in Paper Source.
 Note
 For details on other paper feeding, refer to the on-screen manual: Advanced Guide.
(3) Specify the print quality, etc. in Print Quality and Color/Intensity as required.
 Note
 For details on the print settings, refer to the on-screen manual: Advanced Guide.
(4) Click OK.
 Note
 To confirm the page size, click the Page Setup tab. If the setting does not match the
documents page size already set in the software application, you need to reset the page size,
or otherwise use Scaled Printing or Fit-to-Page Printing. 
For details, refer to the on-screen manual: Advanced Guide.
 For details on the printer driver functions, click Help or Instructions to view the online help or
the on-screen manual: 
Advanced Guide. The Instructions button appears on the Main and
Maintenance sheets if the on-screen manual is installed on your computer.
 To display the preview to confirm the print result, select the Preview before printing check box
on the Main sheet. Some software applications may not have a preview function.
7.Start printing.
Click Print (or OK) to start printing.
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							 Note
 To cancel a print job in progress, press the Stop button on the machine or click Cancel Printing
on the printer status monitor. After canceling the print job, blank sheets of paper may be
ejected.
To display the printer status monitor, click Canon XXX Printer (where 
XXX is your machines
name) on the taskbar.
 If printed ruled lines are misaligned or print results are unsatisfactory, adjust the print head
position.
See Aligning the Print Head.
      
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							Advanced Guide  Troubleshooting
Contents > Printing from Your Computer > Printing Documents (Macintosh)
Printing Documents (Macintosh) 
 Note
 Operations may vary depending on your software application. For details on the operation, refer to
the instruction manual of your application.
 For Mac OS X v.10.5.x 
1.Make sure that the machine is turned on.
See Operation Panel.
2.Load paper.
See Loading Paper.
 Note
 Load A4, B5, A5, or Letter-sized plain paper in the Cassette and other sizes or types of paper
such as photo paper in the Rear Tray.
3.Open the Paper Output Tray gently, and open the Output Tray Extension.
4.Create (or open) a document to print using an appropriate software application.
5.Open the Print dialog box.
Select Print on the File menu in your software application.
The Print dialog box appears.
 Note
 If the dialog box below appears, click  (Down arrow).
6.Specify the required print settings.
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							(1) Make sure that your machines name is selected in Printer.
(2) Select the page size of the paper to print in Paper Size.
(3) Select Quality & Media in the pop-up menu.
(4) Select the media type of the paper to print in Media Type.
 Note
 If you select A4, B5, A5, or Letter-sized plain paper when Automatically Select is selected
in Paper Source, the machine feeds the paper from the Cassette. If you select other sizes
or types of paper such as photo paper, the machine feeds the paper from the Rear Tray.
If you select the wrong page size or media type, the machine may feed paper from the
wrong paper source or may not print with the proper print quality. 
(5) Make sure that Automatically Select is selected in Paper Source.
 Note
 For details on other paper feeding, refer to the on-screen manual: Advanced Guide.
(6) Select the print quality in Print Quality.
 Note
 For details on the print quality, refer to the on-screen manual: Advanced Guide.
 Note
 For details on the printer driver functions, click  (Question) on the Quality & Media, Color
Options, Borderless Printing, or Margin screen to view the on-screen manual: Advanced 
Guide. If the on-screen manual is not installed, it does not appear even if  (Question) is
clicked.
 The preview appears on the left of the dialog box to confirm the print result. Some software
applications may not have a preview function.
7.Start printing.
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