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Photo Printer
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Quick Start Guide
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Getting Help from Canon Ordering Information For additional supplies, use the following descriptions and order numbers. Description Order # Help Us Help You Better Before you contact Canon, please record the following information. FINE Cartridges Serial Number (located on the inside of the product):_________________________________________ PG-30 Black 1899B002 CL-31 Color 1900B002 PG-40 Black 0615B002 Model Number (located on the top of the product): __________________________________________ CL
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series Photo Printer Quick Start Guide
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Canon PIXMA iP1800 series Photo Printer Quick Start Guide. Copyright This manual is copyrighted by Canon U.S.A., Inc. with all rights reserved. Under the copyright laws, this manual may not be reproduced in any form, in whole or in part, without the prior written consent of Canon U.S.A., Inc. © 2007 Canon U.S.A., Inc. Disclaimer Canon U.S.A., Inc. has reviewed this manual thoroughly in order that it will be an easy-to-use guide to your Canon PIXMA iP1800 series Photo Printer. All statements
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Table of Contents Before Printing................................................2 Turning the Printer On and Off .......................2 Loading Printing Paper ...................................4 Printing from Your Computer......................10 Printing with Windows...................................10 Printing with Macintosh.................................12 Routine Maintenance ...................................14 When Printing Becomes Faint or Colors Are Incorrect ....................
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Before Printing Turning the Printer On and Off Turn on the printer before printing. Turning on the Printer Before turning on the printer, confirm the following. The FINE Cartridges are installed properly. The printer is connected to your computer (or a compatible device). The printer driver is installed. Note If preparatory operations above are not complete, follow the Easy Setup Instructions to complete them. 1 Press the POWER button. The POWER lamp flashes and then remains lit green. Imp
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Turning off the Printer 1 To turn off the printer, press the POWER button. When the POWER lamp stops flashing, the printer is turned off. Important About the Power Plug When removing the power plug after turing off the printer, be sure to confirm that the POWER lamp is not lit. If the power plug is removed from the wall outlet with the POWER lamp still lit or flashing green, the printer may become unable to print. See “Keeping the Best Printing Results” on page 36. Before Printing 3
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Loading Printing Paper This section describes how to load printing paper in the Auto Sheet Feeder. Using Specialty Media Canon recommends that you use Canon genuine media to ensure optimal print quality. Photo Quality Media Media Suited for Business Documents Glossy Photo Paper High Resolution Paper Matte Photo Paper Photo Paper Plus Double Sided Photo Paper Plus Glossy Photo Paper Plus Semi-gloss Photo Paper Pro Photo Stickers 4 Before Printing
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Paper Handling Recommended Paper and Requirements *1 Media Type Paper Support Load Limit Paper Printer Driver Model Thickness Setting for *6 Media Type Lever Plain Paper — 100 sheets (A4, Letter) Left Plain Paper Envelopes — 10 envelopes (European DL, US Right Envelope Comm. Env. #10) High Resolution HR-101N 80 sheets (A4, Letter) Left High Paper Resolution Paper Super White Paper SW-201 80 sheets (A4, Letter) Left Plain Paper Glossy Photo GP-401 10 sheets (A4, Letter), Left Glossy *3 Pap
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*3 When loading paper in stacks, the print side may be marked as it is fed in or sheets may be stuck to one another causing them not to be fed properly. In this case, load one sheet at a time. *4 You can specify the print setting easily by using the Easy-Photo Print provided with the Setup CD-ROM. ® *5 This paper cannot be used in Macintosh . *6 If the corners or edges of the paper are smudged, try to print with the Paper Thickness Lever set to the right. It may improve print quality. Reset
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Loading Paper Important When performing duplex printing, pay great attention to the dust and stain on the area (desk, etc.) where the printed paper is ejected. Printing with dust and stain remaining on this area can have a bad effect on the printing result and printer. If you cut plain paper to 4" x 6" / 101.6 x 152.4 mm, 5" x 7" / 127.0 x 177.8 mm, or 2.13" x 3.39" / 54.0 x 86.0 mm (credit card-size) for a trial print, it can cause paper jams. You cannot print on postcards affixed with p
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1 Flatten the four corners of the paper before loading it. Note Align the edges of paper neatly before loading. Loading paper without aligning the edges may cause paper jams. If paper is curled, hold the opposing curled corners and gently bend them in the opposite direction until the paper becomes completely flat. See “Paper is curled.” on page 46. To avoid curling, handle paper as follows. – Put unused paper back into the package and keep them on a level surface. – Take out only the necess
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Loading Envelopes Use either European DL or US Comm. Env. #10-sized envelope. 1 Load the envelopes against the right side of (B) the Auto Sheet Feeder. 1 Load with the address side facing UP and the rear flaps DOWN on the left. Up to 10 envelopes can be loaded at once. 2 Pinch the Paper Guide and slide it against the (A) left side of the envelope. 2 3 Set the Paper Thickness Lever to the right. 3 Note Reset the Paper Thickness Lever to the left when you (A) Printing orientation finish printi
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Printing from Your Computer This section describes the procedure for basic printing. When printing photographs, you can also use Easy-PhotoPrint to easily specify print settings. Easy-PhotoPrint is provided on the Setup CD- ROM. For details on using Easy-PhotoPrint, refer to the Photo Application Guide on-screen manual. Printing with Windows Note Depending on your application program, operations may differ. For details, refer to the instruction manual of your application. The steps described i
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Note To confirm the paper size, click the Page Setup tab. If the setting does not match the document’s paper size you set in the application software, you need to set the paper size to the same size, or otherwise use Scaled Printing or Fit-to-Page Printing. For details, refer to the Printer Driver Guide on-screen manual. For details on the printer driver functions, click Help or Instructions to view the online help or the Printer Driver Guide on-screen manual. The Instructions button is di
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Printing with Macintosh Note Depending on your application program, operations may differ. For details, refer to the instruction manual of your application. ® The steps described in this section are for printing in Mac OS X v.10.4.x. 1 Turn on the printer and load the paper in the printer. See “Loading Printing Paper” on page 4. 2 Create a document or open a file to print using an appropriate application software. 3 Select Paper Size. (1) Select Page Setup on the application software’s File me
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5 Print the document. (1) Click Print. Printing begins. Do not open the Front Cover while printing. Note Click the printer icon in the Dock to display the list of print jobs in progress. If you are using Mac OS X v.10.2.8, click the printer icon in the Dock to start up the Print Center and double-click the name of your printer in the Printer List. To cancel a print job in progress, select the desired document in the Name list and click Delete. To temporarily stop a job in progress, click Hold
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Routine Maintenance When Printing Becomes Faint or Colors Are Incorrect When printing becomes faint or colors are incorrect, the print head nozzles on FINE Cartridges are probably clogged. Print the nozzle check pattern to confirm the condition of the nozzles and then perform Print Head Cleaning. If print results are not satisfactory, performing Print Head Alignment may improve print quality. Note Before performing maintenance Make sure that the orange protective tape is removed from the bott
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Printing the Nozzle Check Pattern Print the nozzle check pattern to determine whether the ink ejects properly from the print head nozzles. 1 Make sure that the printer is on, load a sheet of A4 or Letter-sized plain paper in the Auto Sheet Feeder. Set the Paper Thickness Lever to the left. For details on the Paper Thickness Lever, refer to “Front View” in “Main Components” of the User’s Guide on-screen manual. 2 Open the printer properties dialog box. Refer to “Opening the Printer Properties
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3 Print the nozzle check pattern. (1) Select Test Print in the pop-up menu. (2) Click Nozzle Check. (3) Confirm the displayed message and click Print Check Pattern. The nozzle check pattern is printed. Do not open the Front Cover while printing. Note Clicking Initial Check Items displays the items to be checked before printing the pattern. 4 Examine the pattern and take the appropriate action. See “Examining the Nozzle Check Pattern” on page 17. 16 Routine Maintenance
