Canon printer PIXMA iP90v User Manual

Advanced Printing
37
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...

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 function. This chapter describes the steps used to 
print borderless photos with Easy-PhotoPrint under Windows XP. The steps used under 
Macintosh are basically...

Advanced Printing
39
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 Correct/Enhance
Correct/EnhanceCorrect/Enhance Correct/Enhance button on the   Image Selection
Image SelectionImage Selection Image Selection tab allows 
you to edit and enhance the photos to be printed. For more...

Advanced Printing
40
3Select the paper.
4Select the layout.
(3)Load the media specified in the  Paper Selection
Paper SelectionPaper Selection Paper Selection tab.
(4)
Click Print
PrintPrint Print.
Click Print
PrintPrint Print. When the confirmation message is displayed, click OK
OKOK OK. Click Print
PrintPrint Print in 
the Print
PrintPrint Print dialog box. NoteClicking the Correct/Enhance
Correct/EnhanceCorrect/Enhance Correct/Enhance button on the   Layout/Print
Layout/PrintLayout/Print Layout/Print...

Printing Maintenance
41
Printing Maintenance
Printing MaintenancePrinting Maintenance 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.
SeeAligning the Print Head
Aligning the Print HeadAligning the Print Head Aligning the Print Head on page 57.
• If ink tank...

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
RESUME/CANCELRESUME/CANCEL RESUME/CANCEL button until the POWER
POWERPOWER POWER lamp flashes 
twice, and then release it immediately.

Printing the Nozzle...

Printing Maintenance
43
(4)When the confirmation message is displayed, click OK
OKOK OK.
(5)Confirm the nozzle check pattern.
See Examining the Nozzle Check Pattern
Examining the Nozzle Check PatternExamining the Nozzle Check Pattern 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
BJ Printer UtilityBJ Printer Utility BJ Printer Utility dialog box.
(1)Double-click the hard disk icon where the printer...

Printing Maintenance
44
3Print the Nozzle Check Pattern.
(4)Confirm the nozzle check pattern.
See Examining the Nozzle Check Pattern
Examining the Nozzle Check PatternExamining the Nozzle Check Pattern Examining the Nozzle Check Pattern on page 45.
(1)Select Test Print
Te s t  P r i n tTe s t  P r i n t Test Print from the 
pop-up menu. 
(2)Click Nozzle Check
Nozzle CheckNozzle Check Nozzle Check.
(3) Click Print Check Pattern
Print Check PatternPrint Check Pattern Print Check Pattern.
NoteClick the...

Printing Maintenance
45

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)...

Printing Maintenance
46
2When cleaning is necessary, click the Cleaning
CleaningCleaning Cleaning button on the Pattern Check
Pattern CheckPattern Check Pattern Check 
dialog.
* Click the Cleaning
CleaningCleaning Cleaning button on the Pattern Check
Pattern CheckPattern Check Pattern Check screen to proceed to Print Head 
cleaning.
See Print Head Cleaning
Print Head CleaningPrint Head Cleaning Print Head Cleaning on page 47.
If there are neither missing lines nor white stripes in the nozzle check...