Photo Printer series Direct Photo Guide Table of Contents Introduction How to Use the Documentation Provided Printer Parts and Their Functions Loading Printing Paper Printing from a Memory Card Printing Photographs Directly from a Compliant Device Printing Photographs from a Wireless Communication Device Routine Maintenance Changing the Printer Settings Troubleshooting...
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How to Use the Documentation Provided Printed Documentation Setup Sheet Be sure to read this sheet first. This sheet explains how to setup the printer and the procedure to install the printer driver. Direct Photo Guide (This guide) Read this guide when starting to use the printer. This guide explains how to print photos while viewing them on the LCD, and the procedure of doing the regular maintenance of the printer.
Slide to the right to open the Printer Cover. *The Bluetooth unit is not available in some countries or regions depending on the local laws and regulations. For details, contact your local Canon Service representative. Printer Parts and Their Functions...
Interior Rear View Ink lamp Print Head Holder Lights or flashes red to The print head is installed in indicate the status of the ink advance. tank. See “Replacing an Ink Tank” on page 31. AC Adapter Connector Battery Connector Cover Connector used to connect the Remove each cover to attach the supplied AC Adapter plug.
How to Navigate Menus on the LCD Operation Panel (1) Home screen (2) Left Function button (3) Right Function button (4) NAVI button (5) HOME button (6) Back button (7) OK button (8) {, }, [, and ] buttons (9) Easy-Scroll Wheel (1) ON/OFF button Turns the printer on and off.
Turning On/Off the Printer Create item: You can create your own items such as stickers or calendars using selected photo, or print your favorite photo with a frame. See “Using Other Useful This section describes the method to turn on/off the printer. Printing Function”...
Press the ON/OFF button to turn the printer on. Turn off the printer by pressing the ON/OFF button. Access lamp The Power lamp goes out and the power will be turned off. The Power lamp flashes, then changes to steady (non-flashing). Push down the LCD Monitor.
Do not load higher than the Paper Guide’s thickness. (1) Load the paper into the Rear Tray with the print side facing up. If you use Canon genuine 4" x 6" / 101.6 x 152.4 mm paper, up to 20 sheets of paper can be loaded.
Do not touch the printed surface nor stack the printed sheets until the ink is fixed. Note You may not be able to purchase some Canon genuine papers depending on the country or region of purchase. For information on the page sizes available for each Canon genuine paper, visit our website.
Printing from a Memory Card Using the Memory Card This section describes the memory cards compatible with this printer, and how to insert and remove them. Memory Cards Supported by this Printer The following memory cards are compatible with this printer. Memory cards that can be directly inserted into the Card Slot: Memory cards that can be inserted in the Card Slot using the adapter: SD Secure Digital memory card...
Printable Image Data Insert only one memory card into the Card Slot. This printer supports JPEG and TIFF images created by DCF ver. 1.0/2.0 Caution standard compliant digital cameras (Exif ver. 2.2/2.21 compliant). When a memory card is inserted into the Card Slot, the Access lamp is lit. When this Access lamp is flashing, the printer is accessing to the memory Important card.
Printing Photographs Saved on a Memory Card Removing the Memory Card Important Photos saved on the memory card can be reviewed on the printer’s LCD. You can select a photo and print a single copy of the photo, or specify the number of copies If you used the Card Slot as the memory card drive of the computer, you need to do a “safe removal”...
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Select the photo to print and specify the number of copies for each Note photo. When the page size is Credit card: (1) Use the Easy-Scroll Wheel or the [ or ] button to display the photo to Even if both Date ON and File no. ON are set, only the shooting date will be print.
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Use the Easy-Scroll Wheel or the [ or ] button to select the Note layout, then press the OK button. Press the Back button to cancel pasting the specified photo. Press the left Function button not to paste a photo in the selected frame. You cannot paste photos on more than one page.
Print Setting Screens Note For the print setting screen, select Next to proceed to the next step. This section describes about the print setting screen and the print confirmation For the print confirmation screen, press the Print button to start printing. screen displayed during the operation to print photos on a memory card.
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Using Other Useful Printing Function Date Activate/deactivate to print the shooting date on a photo. File no. You can enjoy various printouts of photos in the memory card. Activate/deactivate to print the file no. on a photo. Prepare for printing. Note (1) Turn on the printer.
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Sticker print Select ID photo size print on the Special photo print screen. You can print your favorite photo with a frame on the Canon genuine Photo Stickers. Select the photo size and the photo to print, then press the Print button.
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Printing all Photographs—Print all photos Note You can print all photos saved on the memory card. The printer supports the following DPOF functions: Version: Select Print all photo on the Special photo print screen. Based on ver. 1.00 Supported image types: Specify the print range, then press the Print button.
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Using Useful Display Function Printing a Specified Area—Trimming You can edit images displayed on the LCD by cropping them. There are other useful functions to print the photo from memory card. Note “Changing the Display—Change display” below Crop images after specifying the page size, media type, and bordered or “Display photos sequentially—Slide show”...
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Searching for Photos with the Shooting Date—Search Specify the date range. If you selected One date only You can choose to display and print only photos shot on the specified date or within the specified range of dates. (1) Specify the date to search for. Note If the number of copies to print is already specified for some photos before searching with the shooting date, or if some photos are already pasted on a...
Printing Photographs Directly from a Prepare for printing Compliant Device (1) Turn on the printer. See “Turning On/Off the Printer” on page 6. You can connect a PictBridge compliant device such as a digital camera, (2) Load paper. camcorder, or mobile phone using a USB cable recommended by the device’s See “Loading Printing Paper”...
PictBridge compliant device. Can be selected only on certain Canon-brand PictBridge compliant devices. You may not be able to purchase some Canon genuine papers Note depending on the country or region of purchase. In the following description, names of setting items are given according to those Exclusively used to print photo stickers.
When you select On, photos are optimized for printing using the Photo opt. pro (3) Select PictBridge settings, then press the OK button. function. If you are using a Canon-brand PictBridge compliant device, the following Confirm and change the settings. additional options may be available, depending on the model.
Setting Items Setting Item Description Corresponding Setting of PictBridge Compliant Devices* Photo opt. pro Automatically optimizes Image optimize brightness and tone of a photo. Vivid photo Makes green and blue more lively. Face brightener Brightens a darkened face on the photo taken against the light.
Printing Photographs from a Wireless (3) Select Wireless print settings, then press the OK button. The Wireless print settings screen is displayed. Communication Device Confirm or change the settings. If you have a mobile phone or a PDA with an infrared port for wireless data (1) Select the item to set, then press the OK button.
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Printing via Infrared Communication (2) Select the photo to print and send the data to the printer using the infrared communication function of the mobile phone or PDA. Printing will start after receiving all data. You can print photos stored in your mobile phone or PDA via infrared communication.
See “Turning On/Off the Printer” on page 6. (2) Load one sheet of Canon genuine 4" x 6" / 101.6 x 152.4 mm paper or Canon genuine 5" x 7" / 127.0 x 177.8 mm paper in the Rear Tray. See If the print quality is poor, perform Print Head Cleaning.
Print Head Cleaning (2) Select Maintenance, then press the OK button. Clean the Print Head if white streaks appear in the printed nozzle check pattern. (3) Select Nozzle check pattern, then Cleaning unclogs the nozzles and restores the print head condition. Note that press the OK button.
Prepare for printing. (2) Load one sheet of the supplied 5" x 7" / 127.0 x 177.8 mm paper or Turn on the printer. same-sized Canon genuine paper in the Rear Tray. See “Turning On/Off the Printer” on page 6. Important Start Print Head Deep Cleaning.
Replacing an Ink Tank Ink is low. You can continue printing for a while, but we recommend you to have a new ink tank available. This section explains the way to confirm the ink status and the procedure to replace Ink may have run out.
If the Printer Cover is left open Handling Ink for more than 10 minutes, the Print Head Holder moves to the To maintain optimal printing quality, we recommend the use of specified Canon right. Close and reopen the genuine ink tank. Printer Cover to return the Refilling ink is not recommended.
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If the front (innermost) part of the ink tank (A) is sticking up, push down on the orange protective cap. the Canon logo on the ink tank as illustrated below. Do not remove the ink tank forcibly. Discard the cap once it is removed.
Changing the Printer Settings Change the settings. (1) Select the setting item, then press the OK button. This section describes the procedure to change the settings in the Device settings screen, taking the steps to specify Date display as an example. Make sure that the printer is turned on, then press the HOME button.
Other settings Language selection Changes the language for LCD messages and menus. Date display Reset setting Changes the display format of shooting dates when printed. Note You can change the settings back to the default, except for the LCD language and When Date ON is selected on the advanced print settings screen, the shooting the position of the Print Head.
“Cannot Remove a Memory Card” on page 46 error is not resolved, the Print Head may be Install the print head. “Cannot Print Properly through Wireless Communication” on page 46 damaged. Contact your Canon Service U051 representative. Error Message Is Displayed on the LCD The type of print head is incorrect.
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Contact This error message indicates that the ink absorber is Please be advised that Canon shall not be liable for the service center. nearly full. any malfunction or trouble which may be caused by Press the OK button to cancel the error so you can continuation of printing under the ink out condition.
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5" (2) After a while, plug the power cord of the printer x 7" / 127.0 x 177.8 mm paper or same-sized Canon back in, and then turn on the printer.
* Slide the Paper Guide against the left side of the paper stack. If the Power lamp is lit * Use the Canon genuine 4" x 6" / 101.6 x 152.4 mm paper or Canon genuine 5" x 7" On the Operation Panel, press a button the other than / 127.0 x 177.8 mm paper.
If other disks are screen. displayed, there is a problem with the Setup CD-ROM. Contact your Canon service representative. (3) Click Back on the screen that appears next. (4) Click Exit on the PIXMA XXX screen (where...
Cannot Connect to Computer Properly Print Results Not Satisfactory If the print result is not satisfactory such as white streaks, misaligned lines, and Printing Speed Is Slow/USB2.0 Hi-Speed Connection uneven colors, confirm the paper and print quality settings first. Does Not Work Check 1: Do the page size and media type settings match the size and type of the loaded paper? Cause...
The media is loaded with Many types of paper are made to be printed on only using Photo Paper Pro or other Canon genuine the wrong side facing a particular side of the paper.
Cause Action Cause Action Paper is curled. If you are using paper with either any of the corners The Paper Thickness Normally set the Paper Thickness Lever to the right. or the whole printing surface curled, the paper may Lever position is incorrect. Depending on the printing content, the printed become dirty, not feed properly, or both.
Make sure that there are no foreign objects in the into the printer correctly. Tray. Rear Tray. If you cannot remove the paper or the paper tears inside the printer, or if the paper jam error continues after removing the paper, contact your Canon Service representative. Troubleshooting...
If you cannot remove the jammed paper, contact your For errors on non-Canon PictBridge compliant devices, check the error message on the LCD and take the appropriate action to clear the error. For details, see “Error Canon Service representative.
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The image quality also may be decreased. If the same error occurs, contact your Canon service representative. “Printer cover open” Close the Printer Cover on the printer.
Cause Action MEMORYSTICK PRO accident. If you cannot remove the memory card, Duo, or RS-MMC is contact your Canon service representative. Printer placement is When printing through infrared communication, attempted to insert into inadequate. confirm that the IrDA ports on the printer and the...
To view the on-screen manual, double-click the XXX On-screen Manual shortcut * Page number was measured under the following conditions: icon on the desktop, or click Start > All Programs (or Programs) > Canon XXX Battery: New battery, fully charged Manual >...
Approx. 10.2 (W) × 8.9 (D) × 3.2 (H) inches / eye”* Approx. 258 (W) × 225 (D) × 81 (H) mm * If using a Canon PictBridge compliant camera, you can * With the Paper Feed Tray and Paper Output Tray select it.
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Hard Disk Space 400 MB 200 MB Note: For bundled software Note: For bundled software installation. installation. CD-ROM Drive Required Other SVGA 800 x 600 restrictions To upgrade from Windows XP to Windows Vista, first uninstall software bundled with the Canon inkjet printer. Appendix...
Use the power cable included with the printer. Use only power supplies listed in the user instructions (Canon AC Adapter: K30285 and/or Li-ion Battery Pack: Canon K30274). Do not use them for other products.
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Russia only During Do not touch the part around the ejecting paper during printing. For Canon Customer Support contacts, please see the back cover of the European printing This could cause the printer to malfunction. Warranty Systems (EWS) Booklet or visit www.canon-europe.com.
Warranty. Non-Canon brand equipment and software that may be distributed with receiver is connected. the Product are sold “as is” and without warranty of any kind by Canon USA, including any implied warranty regarding merchantability or fitness for a particular Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
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(b) Use of parts, media, software or supplies (other than those sold by Canon THE PRODUCT OR THE PERSON FOR WHOM IT WAS PURCHASED AS A USA), including non-Canon ink cartridges or refilled ink cartridges, that cause GIFT, AND STATES YOUR EXCLUSIVE REMEDY.