Canon printer PIXMA iP90 User Manual
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Advanced Printing37 Using the Bundle 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. 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 facial skin. It is compatible with Exif Print*. „ PhotoRecord (Windows) You can create fun and unique photo albums with decorative themes such as frame, background, and clip-art. You can also copy or move decorated photos. It is compatible with Exif Print*. „ Easy-WebPrint (Windows) You can easily print out homepages displayed on Internet Explorer in full size without its right-hand side being cropped. This application is automatically added to the Internet Explorer toolbar. Internet Explorer 5.5 or later must be installed. For more information on the applications, refer to the Photo Application Guide. * 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 PIXMA 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 color more accurately. Note • To install applications, refer to the Easy Setup Instructions. • For details about photo applications, refer to the Photo Application Guide. QSG_Advan.fm Page 37 Monday, October 25, 2004 2:43 PM
Advanced Printing 38 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 functi on. 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 a folder on the hard disk. This section describes how to print photog raphs stored in the folder on the hard disk. (2) Click Start, select All Programs (or Programs ), Canon Utilities , Easy-PhotoPrint , and then Easy-PhotoPrint . Double-click the hard disk icon, the Applications folder, the Easy-PhotoPrint folder, and then double-click the Easy-PhotoPrint icon. The Image Selection sheet is displayed. Note Media Types Suitable for Borderless Printing - Photo Paper Plus Glossy (LTR, 4×6, 5×7) - Photo Paper Plus Semi-Gloss (LTR, 4×6) - Photo Paper Plus Double Sided (LTR, 5×7) -Photo Paper Pro (LTR, 4×6) - Matte Photo Paper (LTR, 4×6) - Glossy Photo Paper (LTR, 4×6, Credit Card) Note You 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. QSG_Advan.fm Page 38 Monday, October 25, 2004 2:43 PM
Advanced Printing39 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. Note Clicking the Correct/Enhance button on the Image Selection tab allows 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. QSG_Advan.fm Page 39 Monday, October 25, 2004 2:43 PM
Advanced Printing 40 3Select the paper. 4Select the layout. (3)Load the media specified in the Paper Selection tab. (4) Click Print. Click Print. When the confirmation message is displayed, click OK. Click Print in the Print dialog box. Note Clicking the Correct/Enhance button on the Layout/Print tab allows you to edit and enhance the photos to be pr inted. For more information, refer to the Photo Application Guide. (1)Click the Paper Selection tab. (2)Select the size of paper you use from Paper Size. (3)Select the type of paper you use from Media Type . (2)Select Borderless (full) . (1)Click the Layout/ Print tab. QSG_Advan.fm Page 40 Monday, October 25, 2004 2:43 PM
Printing Maintenance41 Printing Maintenance When Printing Becomes Faint or Colors are Incorrect When printing becomes faint or colors are in correct, 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 Aligning the Print Head on page 57. • If ink tank replacement does not resolve the problem, the Print Head may be worn out. Contact the Customer Care Center. Printing the Nozzle Check Pattern on page 42 If the print quality is poor, perform a Print Head cleaning Step 1 Print Head Cleaning on page 47 Step 2 If the pattern is printed normally, click Exit. If the problem remains after performing Print Head cleaning three times Print Head Deep Cleaning on page 52 Step 3 If the problem still remains Replacing an Ink Tank on page 61 Step 4 After Print Head cleaning, print the nozzle check pattern. QSG_When_Printing.fm Page 41 Monday, October 25, 2004 2:44 PM
Printing Maintenance 42 Printing the Nozzle Check Pattern Print the nozzle check pattern to determine whether the ink ejects properly from the Print Head Nozzles. Use this function when printed results are blurred or the color is incorrect. (1) Ensure that the printer is turned on, and then load a sheet of Letter paper. (2) Hold down the RESUME/CANCEL button until the POWER lamp flashes twice, and then release it immediately. „ Printing the Nozzle Check Pattern 1With the printer on, load a sheet of Letter-sized plain paper in the printer. 2Open the Printer Properties dialog box. See Opening the Printer Properties Dialog Box Directly from the Start Menu on page 29. 3Print the Nozzle Check Pattern. Note The nozzle check pattern can also be printed by pressing the RESUME/CANCEL button on the printer. (1) Click the Maintenance tab. (2)Click Nozzle Check . QSG_Printing_Nozzle_Check.fm Page 42 Monday, October 25, 2004 2:45 PM
Printing Maintenance43 (4)When the confirmation message is displayed, click OK. (5) Confirm the nozzle check pattern. See Examining the Nozzle Check Pattern on page 45. 1With the printer on, load a sheet of Letter-sized plain paper in the printer. 2Open the BJ Printer Utility dialog box. (1)Double-click the hard disk icon where the printer driver was installed, the Applications folder, and then the Utilities folder. (2) Double-click the Printer Setup Utility icon. If you are using an OS other than Mac OS X v.10.3, double-click the Print Center icon. (3) Select iP90 from the Name list and click Utility or Configure . (4) Select iP90 from the Product list and click Maintenance. Note The BJ Printer Utility cannot be used with Bluetooth communication. (3)Click Print Check Pattern . NoteClick the Initial Check Items button. Confirmation message for printing the nozzle check pattern is displayed. QSG_Printing_Nozzle_Check.fm Page 43 Monday, October 25, 2004 2:45 PM
Printing Maintenance 44 3Print the Nozzle Check Pattern. (4)Confirm the nozzle check pattern. See Examining the Nozzle Check Pattern on page 45. (1) Select Te s t P r i n t from the pop-up menu. (2) Click Nozzle Check . (3) Click Print Check Pattern . NoteClick the Initial Check Items button. Confirmation message for printing the nozzle check pattern is displayed. QSG_Printing_Nozzle_Check.fm Page 44 Monday, October 25, 2004 2:45 PM
Printing Maintenance45 „Examining the Nozzle Check Pattern The nozzle check pattern should appear as follows when ink is discharged properly. Examine the nozzle check pattern output by the printer. 1Confirm the printed nozzle check pattern. (1) Lines missing in this pattern indicate that the Print Head of black ink requires cleaning. When with lines missing (black ink) (2) White stripes in this pattern indicate that the Print Head of color ink requires cleaning. When white stripes appear (color ink) Note If the ink level is low, the nozzle check pattern is not printed properly. Replace an ink tank. See Replacing an Ink Tank on page 61. (1) (2) QSG_Printing_Nozzle_Check.fm Page 45 Monday, October 25, 2004 2:45 PM
Printing Maintenance 46 2When cleaning is necessary, click the Cleaning button on the Pattern Check dialog. *Click the Cleaning button on the Pattern Check screen to proceed to Print Head cleaning. See Print Head Cleaning on page 47. If there are neither missing lines nor white stripes in the nozzle check pattern, click Exit (Windows) or Quit (Macintosh) to finish the nozzle check. ** QSG_Printing_Nozzle_Check.fm Page 46 Monday, October 25, 2004 2:45 PM