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... 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 14 Printing the ...Nozzle Check Pattern 15 Examining the Nozzle Check Pattern ...........17 Print Head Cleaning 19 Print Head Deep Cleaning 21 Aligning the Print Head 23 Replacing a FINE Cartridge 26 Keeping the Best Printing Results 36 Cleaning Your Printer 37 Troubleshooting 41 Cannot Install the Printer Driver...
... 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 14 Printing the ...Nozzle Check Pattern 15 Examining the Nozzle Check Pattern ...........17 Print Head Cleaning 19 Print Head Deep Cleaning 21 Aligning the Print Head 23 Replacing a FINE Cartridge 26 Keeping the Best Printing Results 36 Cleaning Your Printer 37 Troubleshooting 41 Cannot Install the Printer Driver...
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For details on -screen manual. (A) Printing orientation (B) Make sure the flaps are folded. 4 Specify the settings in the printer driver. (1) Select Envelope in Media Type. (2) Select the size for envelopes. In Macintosh, select DL Envelope or #10 Envelope in Paper Size. (3) Select.... Important Be sure to "Front View" in the wrong direction. Up to the left . Before Printing 9 Note For details on printer driver settings, see "Printing with Windows" on page 10 or "Printing with the address side facing UP and the rear flaps DOWN on page 12. Load with Macintosh" ...
For details on -screen manual. (A) Printing orientation (B) Make sure the flaps are folded. 4 Specify the settings in the printer driver. (1) Select Envelope in Media Type. (2) Select the size for envelopes. In Macintosh, select DL Envelope or #10 Envelope in Paper Size. (3) Select.... Important Be sure to "Front View" in the wrong direction. Up to the left . Before Printing 9 Note For details on printer driver settings, see "Printing with Windows" on page 10 or "Printing with the address side facing UP and the rear flaps DOWN on page 12. Load with Macintosh" ...
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... Type. (1) (2) Set Print Quality and Color/Intensity as needed. (2) Note For details on -screen manual. The Print dialog box is selected, click Canon iP1800 series. (3) Click Preferences (or Properties)....Printer Driver Guide on the printer and load the paper in this section are for basic printing. The steps described in the printer. The Print dialog box opens. (2) Make sure that Canon iP1800 series is (2) selected in Select Printer. (3) Note If a different printer is displayed. 10 Printing from Your Computer This section describes the procedure for printing in Windows...
... Type. (1) (2) Set Print Quality and Color/Intensity as needed. (2) Note For details on -screen manual. The Print dialog box is selected, click Canon iP1800 series. (3) Click Preferences (or Properties)....Printer Driver Guide on the printer and load the paper in this section are for basic printing. The steps described in the printer. The Print dialog box opens. (2) Make sure that Canon iP1800 series is (2) selected in Select Printer. (3) Note If a different printer is displayed. 10 Printing from Your Computer This section describes the procedure for printing in Windows...
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...printer. Troubleshooting 41 z "Cannot Install the Printer Driver" on page 42 z "The USB Connection Does Not Work Properly" on page 43 z "The Printer Is Not Recognized Properly" on page 43 z "The Printer... Is Not Recognized Properly" on page 43 z "Print Results Not Satisfactory" on page 44 z "Cannot Print to End of Job" on page 44 z "Part of the Page Is Not Printed" on page 44 z "Ink Does Not Come Out/Printing Does Not Start/Printing Is Blurred/Colors... for your Windows operating system. Take the appropriate action described in printing such as the printer is out of...
...printer. Troubleshooting 41 z "Cannot Install the Printer Driver" on page 42 z "The USB Connection Does Not Work Properly" on page 43 z "The Printer Is Not Recognized Properly" on page 43 z "The Printer... Is Not Recognized Properly" on page 43 z "Print Results Not Satisfactory" on page 44 z "Cannot Print to End of Job" on page 44 z "Part of the Page Is Not Printed" on page 44 z "Ink Does Not Come Out/Printing Does Not Start/Printing Is Blurred/Colors... for your Windows operating system. Take the appropriate action described in printing such as the printer is out of...
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...ROM icon is inserted into your computer's disc drive. Contact a Canon service representative. 42 Troubleshooting Installation does not start automatically when the ...printer driver. (1) Click Cancel on the Printer Connection screen. (2) Click Start Over on the Installation Failure screen. (3) Click Back on the screen that appears next. (4) Click Exit on the PIXMA iP1800 series, then remove the CD-ROM. (5) Turn the printer...Printer Connection screen. If other disks are displayed. Note To use the Run command to start the setup program, specify your computer. In non-XP Windows...
...ROM icon is inserted into your computer's disc drive. Contact a Canon service representative. 42 Troubleshooting Installation does not start automatically when the ...printer driver. (1) Click Cancel on the Printer Connection screen. (2) Click Start Over on the Installation Failure screen. (3) Click Back on the screen that appears next. (4) Click Exit on the PIXMA iP1800 series, then remove the CD-ROM. (5) Turn the printer...Printer Connection screen. If other disks are displayed. Note To use the Run command to start the setup program, specify your computer. In non-XP Windows...
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... expansion card and reinstall the card. If other disks are displayed. If the printer driver was forced to be terminated due to a Windows error, the system may not be able to the Printer Driver Guide onscreen manual. Note If the installer was not installed correctly, uninstall the... the CD-ROM. Restart your computer, and then reinstall the driver. Troubleshooting 43 Follow the procedure described in the window. Confirm that CD-ROM icon is not displayed, restart your computer. Contact a Canon service representative. USB expansion card is not installed correctly. Refer ...
... expansion card and reinstall the card. If other disks are displayed. If the printer driver was forced to be terminated due to a Windows error, the system may not be able to the Printer Driver Guide onscreen manual. Note If the installer was not installed correctly, uninstall the... the CD-ROM. Restart your computer, and then reinstall the driver. Troubleshooting 43 Follow the procedure described in the window. Confirm that CD-ROM icon is not displayed, restart your computer. Contact a Canon service representative. USB expansion card is not installed correctly. Refer ...
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.../Printing Is Blurred/ Colors Are Wrong/Straight Lines Are Misaligned Cause Action FINE Cartridge is not installed properly Remove the FINE Cartridge, then reinstall it. / There is extremely large (Windows XP/Windows 2000 only). Then, select the Reduce spool data size check box in the printer properties dialog box of the printer driver (Windows) or Paper Size...
.../Printing Is Blurred/ Colors Are Wrong/Straight Lines Are Misaligned Cause Action FINE Cartridge is not installed properly Remove the FINE Cartridge, then reinstall it. / There is extremely large (Windows XP/Windows 2000 only). Then, select the Reduce spool data size check box in the printer properties dialog box of the printer driver (Windows) or Paper Size...
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...resolved after performing Print Head Cleaning twice Perform Print Head Deep Cleaning. Replace it with high color saturation such as photographs or images in deep color, we recommend using Photo Paper Pro or other Canon specialty paper. If ruled lines are printed misaligned or print results are clogged. Set the... manual. (2) On the Main sheet, click High for uneven ink output. Note Depending on the type of (Windows) or the Quality & Media in the Main sheet of the printer driver does not match the actual type of paper, you did not align the Print Head after performing Print Head Deep...
...resolved after performing Print Head Cleaning twice Perform Print Head Deep Cleaning. Replace it with high color saturation such as photographs or images in deep color, we recommend using Photo Paper Pro or other Canon specialty paper. If ruled lines are printed misaligned or print results are clogged. Set the... manual. (2) On the Main sheet, click High for uneven ink output. Note Depending on the type of (Windows) or the Quality & Media in the Main sheet of the printer driver does not match the actual type of paper, you did not align the Print Head after performing Print Head Deep...
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... 50. If printing starts normally, there is selected for details. Replace the USB cable and try printing again. The printer driver may not be detected. In non-XP Windows, click Start > Settings > Printers. (2) Click the Canon iP1800 series icon. (3) Open the File menu and select Properties. (4) Click the Ports tab to resolve the error, see "ALARM...
... 50. If printing starts normally, there is selected for details. Replace the USB cable and try printing again. The printer driver may not be detected. In non-XP Windows, click Start > Settings > Printers. (2) Click the Canon iP1800 series icon. (3) Open the File menu and select Properties. (4) Click the Ports tab to resolve the error, see "ALARM...
Easy Setup Instructions
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...entered to install the printer driver. See Step 1- d When the main menu appears, click Easy Install. The software will be among the first to this information and expedite your Canon PIXMA printer today, and you would take part in the PIXMA Extended Survey Program regarding ...is misaligned or print quality is not satisfactory after Step j. • If your administrator name and password. Windows® Printer Driver Installation Windows Note • The screens below refer to Windows XP Service Pack 2 installation. Note • Use Mac OS X v.10.2.8 to 10.4.x. •...
...entered to install the printer driver. See Step 1- d When the main menu appears, click Easy Install. The software will be among the first to this information and expedite your Canon PIXMA printer today, and you would take part in the PIXMA Extended Survey Program regarding ...is misaligned or print quality is not satisfactory after Step j. • If your administrator name and password. Windows® Printer Driver Installation Windows Note • The screens below refer to Windows XP Service Pack 2 installation. Note • Use Mac OS X v.10.2.8 to 10.4.x. •...