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  • Page 1 S900 Photo Printer Quick Start Guide...

  • Page 2: Quick Start Guide

    Quick Start Guide Canon U.S.A., Inc. One Canon Plaza, Lake Success, NY 11042, U.S.A. Digital Home and Personal Systems Division 2995 Redhill Avenue, Costa Mesa, CA 92626, U.S.A. Canon Inc. 30-2, Shimomaruko 3-chome, Ohta-ku, Tokyo 146-8501, Japan Canon Australia Pty. Ltd.

  • Page 3: Getting Help From Canon

    Facsimile 24-hour, Fax-On-Demand System for product specifications and technical information (1-800-526-4345) Extended Warranty For information about extending your Canon service and support up to an additional two years, call , or visit our Web site at 1-800-385-2155 from the date you purchased your Canon peripheral).

  • Page 4: Ordering Information

    Canon eStore at ©2001 Canon U.S.A., Inc. Canon and BCI are trademarks of Canon Inc. All other product and brand names are trademarks of their respective owners. As an Energy Star® partner, Canon U.S.A., Inc., has determined that this product meets the Energy Star® guide- lines for energy efficiency.
  • Page 5 © 2001 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 S900 Photo Printer. All statements, technical information and recommendations in this manual and in any guides or related documents are believed reliable, but the accuracy and completeness thereof are not guaranteed or warranted, and they are not intended to be, nor should they be understood to be, representation or warranties concerning the products described.

  • Page 6: Table Of Contents

    Uninstalling the Printer Driver ......49 Registering Your Canon S900 ......49 Safety Information .
  • Page 7 Contents...

  • Page 8: Chapter 1: Basic Printing

    Canon Glossy Photo Paper or Canon Photo Paper Pro for Borderless Printing 4" x 6", your photos and documents will make a lasting impression! Canon offers a full range of specialty media that can be used with your S900 photo printer, as listed in “Specialty Media” on page 4.

  • Page 9: Turning Your Photo Printer On And Off

    Selecting the S900 Photo Printer for Use If the S900 is the only printer connected to your computer, it will automatically be set as the default (main) printer. However, if your computer has access to multiple printers, you can set the S900 as the default printer.

  • Page 10: Caring For Your Photographs

    To select the S900 from within a Windows application: Even if another printer is set as the default printer, you can still select the Canon S900 for a specific print job from within most Windows applications. Menus vary between applications. Consult your application’s user documentation if the Print option is not listed.

  • Page 11: Recommended Paper Use

    Specialty Media For optimum results, Canon recommends that you use genuine Canon media with your S900 photo printer. Follow the instructions that come with any specialty media on loading, storing, handling and printing. The specialty media available for use with the S900 include: •...

  • Page 12: Loading Plain Paper And Other Canon Media

    Media to Avoid Do not use the following types of media with your S900 photo printer, as they could produce poor quality print images, or jam or damage the printer: • Paper that is folded, excessively curled, wrinkled or wrapped •...

  • Page 13: Basic Printing

    Basic Printing The S900 photo printer can print on paper ranging from standard copier paper (usually 17–28 lb.) to Canon specialty media paper and envelopes. The paper thickness lever is located inside the front cover, on the printhead holder. It controls the paper feed for the type and weight of the media on which you are printing.

  • Page 14: Canceling A Print Job

    Press down on the corners and sides of the envelopes to make them as flat as possible by expelling all of the air. To avoid paper jams, make sure envelopes are flat before you load them into the paper tray. Make sure that none of the flaps overlap.
  • Page 15 For Windows XP, click Start, then Control Panel, then Printers and Other Hardware, then Printers and Faxes. Double-click Canon S900, click the print job, then press the Delete key. The print job will be canceled and the paper ejected. To cancel a print job in Mac OS: On your keyboard, press the Apple the same time.

  • Page 16: Chapter 2: Advanced Print Features

    Many of these features are covered in this chapter. For more detailed information, see the S900 User’s Guide on the S900 Setup Software & User’s Guide CD-ROM. You can also access the online help in one of the following ways while in the printer driver interface: •...

  • Page 17: Adjusting Print Quality

    Features that affect the appearance and quality of your printed photos and documents can be controlled with the printer driver. The S900 photo printer automatically adjusts printer settings to improve print quality based on the media type (plain paper, Glossy Photo Paper, and so on). You can also customize the print quality settings if desired.
  • Page 18 Click OK to save the changes and close the dialog box. To manually adjust print quality settings in Mac OS: Make sure the S900 is the selected printer (click the Apple icon, then Chooser, then S900).
  • Page 19 To use the Vivid Photo Option in Mac OS: Vivid photo intensifies background colors for fields, trees, oceans and skies, while maintaining natural skin tones in the images. Make sure the S900 is the selected printer (click the Apple icon, click Chooser, then S900).
  • Page 20 Photo Optimizer PRO automatically adjusts a photographic image created with a digital camera. Use this feature to compensate for unsatisfactory color balance and over- or under-exposure before printing. Make sure the S900 is the selected printer (click the Apple icon, then Chooser, then S900). Advanced Print Features...

  • Page 21: Adjusting Color Balance, Intensity And Brightness

    When Photo Optimizer PRO is selected, the Apply Throughout Page option becomes active. If this box is not selected, the S900 will optimize each image individually. If selected, all images will be automatically corrected with the same settings.
  • Page 22 Main tab. This will convert color images to grayscale when printing without changing the original colors in the document. To manually adjust color settings in Mac OS: Make sure that the S900 is the selected printer. (Click the Apple icon, then Chooser, then S900.) From an application File menu, click Print.

  • Page 23: Changing The Page Setup

    You can change how the image is printed without affecting the original image file. To change page setup in Windows: From an application File menu, click Print. With Canon S900 as the selected printer, click Properties. Click the Page Setup tab. From this tab, you can change the following options:...
  • Page 24 Banner Printing Print banners on special banner paper. Borderless Printing Prints the image to the edge of the media without a white border. Borderless printing should be done on Canon Photo Paper Pro for Borderless Printing 4" x 6", or on Canon Photo Paper Pro.

  • Page 25: Saving And Recalling Driver Settings

    To save driver settings in Windows: From an application File menu, click Print. With Canon S900 as the selected printer, click Properties.
  • Page 26 Type a description of your settings, then click OK. To retrieve a saved setting profile in Windows: From an application File menu, click Print. With Canon S900 as the selected printer, click Properties. Click the Profiles tab. Highlight the saved setting profile you want to use.
  • Page 27 Advanced Print Features To retrieve driver settings in Mac OS: From an application File menu, click Print. Click Apply, then select the name of your saved settings. Click Defaults, then OK. Click Import, then click Close.

  • Page 28: Chapter 3: Printing Maintenance

    The print driver allows you to monitor the level of ink in each ink tank. To check ink levels in Windows: With the printer on, click Start, then Settings, then Printers. Right-click the Canon S900 icon, then click Properties. Click the Maintenance tab, then click Start Status Monitor.

  • Page 29: Replacing Ink Tanks

    Printing Maintenance To check ink levels in Mac OS: The S900 Print Monitor can display ink levels when they are running low if you have enabled background printing in the Chooser option. Click Chooser on the Apple menu. Ensure the S900 is the selected printer.

  • Page 30: Aligning The Printhead

    Aligning the Printhead Part of the setup procedure for a new S900 photo printer includes aligning the printhead. Occasionally, you may need to realign it, as determined by the results of a nozzle check pattern (see “Printing a Nozzle Check Pattern” on page 24.) To align the printhead in Windows: Make sure the printer is on and paper is loaded.

  • Page 31: Printing A Nozzle Check Pattern

    Printing Maintenance To align the printhead in Mac OS: Make sure the printer is on and paper is loaded. From an application File menu, click Page Setup. Click Utilities. Click the down-arrow to select Test Print. Click Print Head Alignment. Follow the on-screen instructions to print an alignment pattern.

  • Page 32: Printing Maintenance

    To print a nozzle check pattern in Mac OS: Make sure the printer is on and paper is loaded. From an application File menu, click Page Setup. Click Utilities. The Canon S900 Printer Utility window will appear. Select Test Print from the drop-down menu.

  • Page 33: Cleaning The Printhead

    See “Monitoring Ink Levels” on page 21. To clean the printhead in Mac OS: Make sure the printer is on. From an application File menu, click Page Setup. Click Utilities. The Canon S900 Printer Utility dialog box will appear.
  • Page 34 Click the Cleaning button. Click OK. The printer will clean the printhead. When done, click Close. After the cleaning, print a nozzle check pattern to check the results. See “Printing a Nozzle Check Pattern” on page 24. If there is no change after cleaning, check the amount of ink remaining. If an ink tank is empty, replace it.
  • Page 35 Printing Maintenance...

  • Page 36: Chapter 4: Using Your Photo Applications

    Chapter 4: Using Your Photo Applications Several photo applications come with your Canon S900 that make it easy to organize, view, manipulate and print color photographs. • A browser (ZoomBrowser EX for Windows and ImageBrowser for Mac OS) provides easy viewing of photos and other images stored on your computer.

  • Page 37: Using The Photo Applications

    To install ImageBrowser and PhotoStitch in Mac OS: Close any open applications. Insert the S900 Setup Software & User’s Guide CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive. Double-click the Canon_BJ icon on your desktop, then double-click the Application folder.
  • Page 38 Make sure the images you want to view are on your hard drive or other accessible media. Double-click the Canon ZoomBrowser EX icon Start, then Programs, then Canon Utilities, then ZoomBrowser EX, then ZoomBrowser. From this window, you can: Navigate through available files from the panel on the left.

  • Page 39: Using Photorecord For Windows

    You can rotate your pictures, add captions, change page backgrounds or add a frame around each picture. To use PhotoRecord: Click Start, then Programs, then Canon PhotoRecord, then PhotoRecord. By default, the PhotoRecord Print Modes wizard will appear.
  • Page 40 To merge images in Windows: Make sure the images you want to view are on your hard drive or other accessible media. Click Start, then Programs, then Canon Utilities, then PhotoStitch 3.1, then PhotoStitch. The PhotoStitch Launcher will appear. From this window, click the PhotoStitch 3.1 Merge Images icon.
  • Page 41 Printing on Canon Photo Paper Pro for Borderless Printing 4" x 6" Included with your S900 is the Canon Photo Paper Pro for Borderless Printing 4" x 6" media. This paper is designed to let you print images that cover the entire surface of the card without a white border.
  • Page 42 Specify Media Type, Paper Size and Orientation. The Preview area will show the print image in relation to the paper. Click Set Page Margins to widen or narrow the printing area, then click OK, then Next. Specify the number of photo tiles you want to place in a single page. Select 1 (1 row) when printing a photo with no margins.
  • Page 43 Using Your Photo Applications...

  • Page 44: Chapter 5: Troubleshooting

    Customer Care Center Canon offers a full range of customer technical support options. If you encounter difficulties during installation or operation of your Canon S900 photo printer, quickly scan all topics until you find a description that approximates your difficulty. Go through the related solutions until you find one...

  • Page 45: Troubleshooting

    CD-ROM drive and file name (D:\msetup.exe, where D is the CD-ROM drive). Mac OS Double-click the CD-ROM icon on your desktop. Normally, after you insert the S900 CD-ROM, the setup window displays automatically. If it does not: Windows 1. Double-click My Computer on the Windows desktop, then double-click the CD-ROM drive.

  • Page 46: Troubleshooting Printer Hardware

    The installer will prompt you when to turn the printer back on. Also see the S900 User’s Guide on the S900 Setup Software & User’s Guide CD-ROM for more information.
  • Page 47 If the POWER lamp flashes orange, or green and orange alternately, see “Handling Error Messages” on page 43. Reconnect the USB cable to the port. See the S900 User’s Guide on the S900 Setup Software & User’s Guide CD-ROM for more information.
  • Page 48 For procedures, see “Cleaning the Printhead” on page 26. Windows 1. On the Main tab of the S900 Properties window, confirm that Color Adjustment is set to Auto. 2. If Manual is set, click the Defaults button on the Manual Color Adjustment window.
  • Page 49 BJ Status Monitor or the BJ Print Monitor. See “Canceling a Print Job” on page 7. Check that the S900 is the selected default printer. See “Selecting the S900 Photo Printer for Use” on page 2. Create the document again and print it. If it prints successfully, the...

  • Page 50: Handling Error Messages

    If no paper is loaded in the paper rest, or if paper is not loaded correctly, reload the paper correctly, then press the RESUME/CANCEL button on the printer. See “Loading Plain Paper and Other Canon Media” on page 5 for how to load different types of media.
  • Page 51 When Backgrounding is turned on, you can confirm the low ink alert in the BJ Print Monitor. See the S900 User’s Guide on the S900 Setup Software & User’s Guide CD-ROM for more information on using the BJ Print Monitor.

  • Page 52: Customer Care Center

    Customer Care Center Canon offers a full range of customer technical support* options: • For e-mail technical support, the latest driver downloads and answers to frequently asked questions: www.canontechsupport.com • 24-hour, 7-day-a-week automated support for troubleshooting issues on most current products: 1-800-423-2366 •...
  • Page 53 Troubleshooting...

  • Page 54: Appendix

    Make sure the cable between the printer and computer is securely connected. Turn on the computer, then close any open software applications. Insert the S900 Setup Software & User’s Guide CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive. The setup program should run automatically.
  • Page 55 Align the printhead. (See “Aligning the Printhead” on page 23.) To install the printer driver in Mac OS: Turn off the printer. Insert the S900 Setup Software & User’s Guide CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive. Open the Printer Driver folder on the CD-ROM, then double-click the Installer icon.

  • Page 56: Uninstalling The Printer Driver

    Restart your computer. To uninstall the printer driver in Mac OS: Insert the S900 Setup Software & User’s Guide CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive, then click the CD-ROM icon. Open the Printer Driver folder on the CD-ROM, then double-click the Installer icon.

  • Page 57: Safety Information

    Appendix Safety Information Warnings and Cautions This guide uses the following icons to indicate situations that could cause damage or injury: Always follow the instructions provided in Warnings to prevent potential or serious personal injury or death as a result of careless operation of the equipment. Always follow the instructions provided in Cautions to prevent minor injuries to yourself or damage to the equipment as a result of careless operation of the equipment.

  • Page 58: Cleaning And Maintaining The Printer

    • Always grasp the plug when you unplug the power cord. Pulling on the power cord could damage the cord and cause a fire or electric shock. Never use an extension cord. To avoid a fire or electric shock, always plug the power cord directly into the power outlet.

  • Page 59: Regulatory Information

    Appendix Regulatory Information Color Printer Model: K10209 (S900) This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
  • Page 60 Printing method: Bubble Jet on-demand Printing resolution: 2400 x 1200 dpi Print speed 4" x 6" and 8" x 10" photo print speeds are based on using standard (default) mode on Photo Paper Pro. Print speeds will vary depending on system configuration, software, document complexity, print mode and page coverage.

  • Page 61: Limited Warranty-U.s. Only

    Receiver buffer: Limited Warranty—U.S. Only The limited warranty set forth below is given by Canon U.S.A., Inc. (“Canon”) with respect to the Canon brand computer peripheral product (the “product”) that you have purchased, when purchased and used in the United States.
  • Page 62 Canon’s instruction manual, or service performed by other than a Canon repair facility or an ASF. (b) Use of parts or supplies (other than those sold by Canon) that cause damage to the product or cause abnormally frequent service calls or service problems.
  • Page 63 InstantExchange warranty program service. Your credit card number will be charged in an amount up to the cost of a new product (i) if you do not return your defective product to a Canon repair facility by the date specified by Canon and in the manner described below;...

  • Page 64: Index

    Index adjusting ... 14 brightness ... 14 color balance ... 14 color saturation ...6 paper thickness lever ... 10 print quality ...9 advanced print features ... 23 aligning the printhead ...5 auto feed paper limits ...6 auto sheet feeder ...6 avoiding paper jams ...
  • Page 65 Index ... 32 merging images ... 21 monitoring ink levels ... 24 nozzle check pattern, printing ... 16 page setup paper how many sheets can be used in auto feeder ... 6 loading ... 6 paper jams, avoiding ... 5, 6 paper thickness lever ...

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