Canon printer PIXMA iP1500 User Manual

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3Move the slide bar to adjust the Print Quality.
4When the process is complete, click OK.
To automatically optimize the image:
Photo Optimizer PRO automatically adjusts the photographic image created with a 
digital camera. Use this feature to compensate for unsatisfactory color balance and 
over- or under-exposure before printing.
1Open the Printer Properties dialog box.
See"OOpening the Printer Properties Dialog Box from Your Application Program"
on page 14.
2Click the Effects tab.
3Select the Photo Optimizer PRO check box.
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4Click OK.
To use Vivid Photo option:
Vivid Photo intensifies background colors such as fields, trees, oceans and skies, 
while maintaining natural skin tones in the images.
To use Vivid Photo, select the VVivid Photo check box on the EEffects tab.
To use Vivid Photo, select the VVivid Photo check box under SSpecial Effects. NoteIn Windows Me or Windows 98
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 PPhoto Noise Reduction check box on the 
Effects tab.
To use Photo Noise Reduction, select the PPhoto Noise Reduction check box under 
Special Effects. NoteIn Windows Me or Windows 98
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"OOpening the Printer Properties Dialog Box from Your Application 
Program"on page 14.
2Click the Profiles tab.
3Enter new settings in Profiles.
The AAdd to Profiles dialog box opens.
4Click OK.
5Click OK on the Profiles tab.
This registers your printer driver print settings.
NoteYou can retrieve or delete the print settings profile at any time.
Retrieving profile: Select the desired profile from P
Printing Profiles,
and click R
Retrieve from PProfiles.
Deleting unwanted profile: Select the desired profile from P
Printing 
Profiles, and click D
Delete.
For details, click H
Help and refer to the topic of this function.
(1)Click AAdd 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"PPrinting with Macintosh"on page 11.
2Select all of the necessary settings.
3Register new printer driver settings.
Save Preset dialog box opens.
4Click OK.
This registers your printer driver settings.
NoteYou can retrieve or change the saved driver settings at any time.
Retrieving print settings: Select the name of the print settings to retrieve 
from the P
Presets in the PPrint dialog box.
Changing drivers settings: When registered print settings are selected, you 
can delete them or change their name.
(1) Select SSave As from the pop-
up menu.
(2)Enter a name of your printer 
driver settings.
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Using the Bundle Software
TheSetup 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. 
Please use the application(s) suitable for your print purposes.
„Easy-PhotoPrint (Windows*/Macintosh)
You can make a Borderless Print easily and quickly, just by selecting a photograph 
taken with a digital camera and the paper type on which to print. Also it has tools to 
correct red eye caused by the camera’s flash or smooth and beautify the facial skin. 
It is compatible with Exif Print**.
„PhotoRecord (Windows*)
You can create fun and unique photo albums with the decorative themes such as 
frame, background, and clip-art. You can also copy or move the decorated photos.
It is compatible with Exif Print**.
For more information on the applications, refer to the 
Photo Application Guide.
* Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows Me, and Windows 98 are supported.
** Exif Print is the worldwide standard. Under Exif Print, 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.
Canon 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.
Note• To install applications, refer to the Easy Setup Instructions.
• For details about photo applications, refer to the 
Photo Application Guide.
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Printing Borderless Photographs
This chapter describes the steps used to print from photo applications 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. This chapter describes the steps used to 
print borderless photos with Easy-PhotoPrint under Windows XP. The steps used under 
Macintosh are basically the same. Easy-PhotoPrint supports Exif Print. Easy-PhotoPrint can 
handle only JPEG files (file name extension: .jpg and .jpeg).
1Start Easy-PhotoPrint.
(1)Store the photographs you took with your digital camera in the folder on the 
hard disk.
This section describes how to print photographs stored in the folder on the hard 
disk.
(2)
Click S
Start, select AAll Programs (or PPrograms), CCanon Utilities,EEasy-PhotoPrint,
and then E
Easy-PhotoPrint.
Double-click the hard disk icon, the A
Applications folder, the EEasy-PhotoPrint
folder, and then double-click the E
Easy-PhotoPrint icon.
The I
Image Selection sheet is displayed. NoteMedia Types Suitable for Borderless Printing
Media types compatible with Borderless Printing include
- Photo Paper Plus Glossy (LTR, 4"×6", 5"×7")
- Photo Paper Plus Semi-Gloss (LTR, 4"×6")
- Photo Paper Pro (LTR, 4"×6")
- Matte Photo Paper (LTR)
- Glossy Photo Paper (LTR, 4"×6")
- Photo Paper Plus Double Sided (LTR, 5"×7")
NoteYou can edit images taken with a digital camera by using the Red-Eye Correction 
function and Digital Face Smoothing function and print them with Easy-
PhotoPrint. For more information, refer to the 
Photo Application Guide.
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2Select photographs.
(1)Select the folder containing the photograph you want to print.
All photographs in the selected folder are displayed.
(2)Click [
[] on the thumbnail of the photograph you want to print and specify the 
number of copies.
NoteClicking the C
Correct/Enhance button on the   IImage Selection tab, 
allowing you to edit and enhance the photos to be printed. For more 
information, refer to the 
Photo Application Guide.
Guidance
Thumbnail
Folder window
Increases the number of copies.
Displays the specified number of copies.
Decreases the number of copies.
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3Select the paper.
4Select the layout.
(3)Load the media specified in the  PPaper Selection tab.
(4)
Click P
Print.
Click P
Print. When the confirmation message is displayed, click OOK. Click PPrint in 
the P
Print dialog box. NoteClicking the C
Correct/Enhance button on the   LLayout/Print tab, allowing 
you to edit and enhance the photos to be printed. For more information, 
refer to the 
Photo Application Guide.
(1)Click the  PPaper 
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.
(2)Select BBorderless (full).
(1)Click the    Layout/
Print tab. 
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Printing Maintenance
When Printing Becomes Faint or Colors are Incorrect
When printing becomes faint or colors are incorrect, the Print Head Nozzles are probably 
clogged. Follow the procedures below to clean the nozzles.
Note• If ruled lines are printed misaligned, adjust the Print Head position.
See"A
Aligning the Print Head"on page 37.
• If ink tank replacement does not resolve the problem, the Print Head may be 
worn out. Contact the Customer Care Center.
"PPrinting the Nozzle Check Pattern"on page 27
If the print quality is poor, perform 
Print Head cleaning
Step 1
"PPrint Head Cleaning"on page 31
Step 2
If the pattern is printed normally, 
click Exit.
If the problem remains after performing Print Head cleaning three times
"PPrint Head Deep Cleaning"on page 34
Step 3
If the problem still remains
"RReplacing an Ink Tank"on page 41
Step 4
After Print Head cleaning, print 
the nozzle check pattern.
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