Canon printer PIXMA i560 Series User Manual

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To use Vivid Photo option:
Vivid Photo intensifies background colors like fields, trees, oceans and skies, while 
maintaining natural skin tones in the images.
To use Vivid Photo, select the Vivid Photo check box on the Effects tab.
To use Vivid Photo, select the Vivid Photo check box under Special Effects. NoteIn Windows Me, Windows 98 or Windows 95
If Background Printing has been disabled, the Vivid Photo function is 
not available.
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To reduce noise from images captured with a digital camera:
Photo Noise Reduction function reduces noise from blue portions, such as the sky 
and dark portions of the images captured with your digital camera.
To use Photo Noise Reduction, select the Photo Noise Reduction check box on the 
Effects tab.
To use Photo Noise Reduction, select the Photo Noise Reduction check box under 
Special Effects. NoteIn Windows Me, Windows 98 or Windows 95
If Background Printing has been disabled, the Photo Noise Reduction 
function is not available.
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„Saving and Recalling Driver Settings
When you change printer driver settings for a specific print job, such as printing black 
and white photos, or printing documents with a special background, you can save and 
name these settings for future use on similar print jobs.
1Open the Printer Properties dialog box.
See  Opening the Printer Properties Dialog Box from Your Application 
Program  on page 15.
2Click the Profiles tab.
3Enter new settings in Profiles.
The  Add to Profiles  dialog box opens.
4Click OK.
5Click OK on the Profiles tab.
This registers your printer driver print settings.
Note You can retrieve or delete the print settings profile at any time.
Retrieving profile:
 Select the desired profile from  Printing 
Profiles,  and click  Retrieve from Profiles .
Deleting unwanted profile:  Select the desired profile from 
Printing Profiles,  and click Delete.
For details, click  Help and refer to the topic of this function.
(1)Click  Add to Profiles.
(2)Enter the name of profile for 
registering settings.
(3)Select an icon.
(4)Enter a description on the 
registering profile.
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1Open the Print dialog box.
See Printing with Macintosh  on page 10.
2Click Apply.
The  Register Settings  dialog box opens.
3Register new printer driver settings.
The New Setting Name  screen opens.
4Click OK.
5Click Close in the Register Settings dialog box.
This registers your printer driver print settings.
Note You can retrieve or delete the sa
ved driver settings at any time.
Retrieving print settings:  Select the name of the settings to 
retrieve from the  Settings list and click  Import.
Deleting unwanted drivers settings:  Select the name of the 
settings to delete from the  Settings list and click  Remove.
(1)Click Apply….
(2)Enter a name under which 
to register your settings.
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Using Printer Driver Options
Your printer driver will provide you with many features that allow you to print a wide range of 
images and documents.
The illustrations below provide a basic introduction to the many features offered by your 
printer driver.
NoteFor detailed descriptions of the printer driver functions, refer to the 
User’s 
Guide
.
Printing with Borderless Printing Reducing Noise from Images Taken with 
Digital Camera
Smoothing the Rough Edges of Certain 
ImagesAutomatically Resizing the Image to Fit the 
Page
Resizing the Image by Selecting the Scaling 
RatioAdding Illustrated Effect to Documents
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Using the Bundled Software
The Setup Software & User’s Guide CD-ROM includes photo applications designed to edit 
the photographs taken by a digital camera and print them as photo-lab quality prints 
without standard white borders. Please use the application(s) suitable for your print 
purposes.
„Easy-PhotoPrint (Windows*/Macintosh**)
You can print Borderless photos easily and quickly, just by selecting a photograph 
taken with a digital camera and the paper type on which to print.  You can also use 
simple editing features such as trimming and image rotation. It is Exif Print (Exif 2.2)
*** 
compatible. Internet Explorer 4.0 or later must be installed. If you use Mac OS 9.x, 
CarbonLib 1.3.1 or later must be installed.
„ImageBrowser (Macintosh)
You can import photographs taken with a digital camera into the computer, edit and 
name them. You can produce Borderless prints or Index prints with ease. It is Exif Print 
(Exif 2.2)
*** compatible.
„ZoomBrowser EX/PhotoRecord (Windows*)
You can import photographs taken with a digital camera into the computer, edit, name 
and print them in an album format. PhotoRecord is Exif Print (Exif 2.2)*** compatible.
„PhotoStitch (Windows/Macintosh**)
You can select multiple photographs and merge them to create a panoramic photo.
„Easy-WebPrint (Windows*)
You can easily print pages displayed on the Internet Explorer or pages from the User’s 
Guide
 (on-screen manual of this printer) in full size. Easy-WebPrint automatically 
adjusts the layout when printing a screen. This feature enables you to print a screen 
without its right edge being cut off. 
This application is a plug-in for Internet Explorer, and its toolbar is automatically added 
to Internet Explorer after installation. Internet Explorer 5.5 or later must be installed.
    * Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows 98 are supported.
  ** Mac OS 9, Mac OS X v.10.2.1 to 10.2.4 is supported.
*** Exif Print (Exif 2.2) is a new worldwide standard. Under Exif 2.2, the digital 
camera can record data tags for specific camera settings and functions such as 
whether the flash was on or off, if the camera was in portrait or night scene mode, 
etc.
BJ Printers support Exif Print and use a suitable photo application to read the 
camera data precisely, producing optimal prints. This enables you to create prints 
that reproduce your vision more accurately than ever before. NotezTo install applications, refer to 
Easy Setup Instructions.
zFor details about photo applications, refer to the 
Photo Application Guide 
included on the 
Setup Software & User’s Guide CD-ROM.
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Printing Borderless Photographs with Windows
This chapter describes the steps used to print from Easy-PhotoPrint included with your 
Setup Software and User’s Guide CD-ROM using the Borderless Printing mode.
Follow the steps below to create color prints of digital camera photographs with Easy-
PhotoPrint using the Borderless Printing function. Easy-PhotoPrint supports Exif Print (Exif 
2.2). Easy-PhotoPrint can handle only JPEG files (filename extension: .jpg and .jpeg).
This section describes how to print photographs stored in the folder on the hard disk.
1Start Easy-PhotoPrint.
(1)Store the photographs you took with your digital camera in the folder on the 
hard disk.
(2)Click Start, select All Programs (or Programs), Canon Utilities, Easy-PhotoPrint, 
and then Easy-PhotoPrint.
The Image Selection sheet is displayed.
2Select photographs.
(1)Select the folder containing the photograph you want to print.
All photographs in the selected folder are displayed.NoteMedia Types Suitable for Borderless Printing
Media types compatible with Borderless Printing include Photo Paper 
Plus Glossy (LTR, 4” x 6”, 5” x 7” ), Photo Paper Pro (LTR, 4” x 6” ), 
Matte Photo Paper (LTR), and Glossy Photo Paper (LTR).
Guidance
Thumbnail
Folder window
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(2)Click the [] [] button on the thumbnail of the photograph you want to print 
and specify the number of copies.
3Select the paper.
4Select the layout.
(3)Load the media specified in the Paper Selection tab.
(4)Click Print.
Increases the number of copies.
Displays the specified number of copies.
Decreases the number of copies.
(1)Click the Paper 
Selection tab.
(2)Select the size of the 
paper you use from  
Paper Size.
(3)Select the type of the 
paper you use from  
Media Type.
(1)Click the Layout/Print 
tab. 
(2)Select Borderless (full).
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Printing Borderless Photographs with Macintosh
This chapter describes the steps used to print from Easy-PhotoPrint* included with your 
Setup Software and User’s Guide CD-ROM using the Borderless Printing mode.
* If you use Mac OS 9.x, CarbonLib 1.3.1 or later must be installed.
Follow the steps below to create color prints of digital camera photographs with Easy-
PhotoPrint using the Borderless Printing function. Easy-PhotoPrint supports Exif Print (Exif 
2.2). Easy-PhotoPrint can handle only JPEG files (filename extension: .jpg and .jpeg).
This section describes how to print photographs stored in the folder on the hard disk.
1Start Easy-PhotoPrint.
(1)Store the photographs you took with your digital camera in the folder on the 
hard disk.
(2)Open the Easy-PhotoPrint folder, and double-click the Easy-PhotoPrint icon in 
the folder.
2Select photographs.
(1)Select the folder containing the photograph you want to print.
All photographs in the selected folder are displayed.NoteMedia Types Suitable for Borderless Printing
Media types compatible with Borderless Printing include Photo Paper 
Plus Glossy (LTR, 4” x 6”, 5” x 7” ), Photo Paper Pro (LTR, 4” x 6” ), Matte 
Photo Paper (LTR) and Glossy Photo Paper (LTR).
Guidance
Thumbnail
Folder window
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(2)Click the [] [] button on the thumbnail of the photograph you want to print 
and specify the number of copies.
3Select the paper.
4Select the layout.
(3)Load the media specified in the Paper Selection tab.
(4)Click Print.
Increases the number of copies.
Displays the specified number of copies.
Decreases the number of copies.
(1)Click the Paper 
Selection tab.
(2)Select the size of the 
paper you use from  
Paper Size.
(3)Select the type of the 
paper you use from  
Media Type.
(1)Click the Layout/Print 
tab. 
(2)Select Borderless (full).
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