Canon printer PIXMA iP2000 User Manual

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Adjusting Print Quality for Photographs
„Improving Printed Images
Two important factors control the quality and output of your printed images:
Paper and Ink
Using recommended Canon paper, speciality media, and inks for printing 
photographs can significantly improve the quality of your printouts. See inside the 
back cover for a list of Canon media and inks for this printer.
For more detailed information, refer to "P
Printing Media" in the User's Guide.
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2Select Custom in Print Quality, then click Set... to open the Set Print 
Quality dialog box. 
3Move the slide bar to adjust the Print Quality.
4When the process is complete, click OK.
1Open the Print dialog box.
See"PPrinting with Macintosh"on page 16.
2Select Quality & Media from the pop-up menu, and then click Detailed 
Setting.
3Move the slide bar to adjust the Print Quality.
4When the process is complete, click OK.
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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 26.
2Click the Effects tab.
3Select the Photo Optimizer PRO check box.
4Click OK.
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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...

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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 26.
2Click the Profiles tab.
3Enter new settings in Profiles.
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1Open the Print dialog box.
See"PPrinting with Macintosh"on page 16.
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...

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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 
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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...

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(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.
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...