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...inquiries within 24 hours. 3. Serial Number (located on the back of the printer): Model Number (located on the top of service and support coverage at www.canonesp.com. In addition, the latest driver downloads, answers to frequently asked questions, product information, and "where to buy"... instructions are subject to three full years of the printer): Setup Software and User's Guide CD version number (USCD X.X) located on your Canon service and support, call (1-800-...
...inquiries within 24 hours. 3. Serial Number (located on the back of the printer): Model Number (located on the top of service and support coverage at www.canonesp.com. In addition, the latest driver downloads, answers to frequently asked questions, product information, and "where to buy"... instructions are subject to three full years of the printer): Setup Software and User's Guide CD version number (USCD X.X) located on your Canon service and support, call (1-800-...
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... When Printing Becomes Faint or Colors are Incorrect 41 Printing the Nozzle Check Pattern 42 Print Head Cleaning 47 Print Head Deep Cleaning 52 Aligning the Print Head 57 Replacing an Ink Tank 61 Troubleshooting Cannot Install the Printer Driver 70 Print Quality is Poor ...81 Cannot Print Properly from the Digital Camera 82 Appendix Printing Photographs Directly from Canon Bubble Jet Direct Compatible Digital Cameras 84 User's Guide Table of Contents 86 Accessory Options 87 Traveling Abroad with the Printer 89 Specifications 91 Safety Precautions 94 Regulatory Information 96...
... When Printing Becomes Faint or Colors are Incorrect 41 Printing the Nozzle Check Pattern 42 Print Head Cleaning 47 Print Head Deep Cleaning 52 Aligning the Print Head 57 Replacing an Ink Tank 61 Troubleshooting Cannot Install the Printer Driver 70 Print Quality is Poor ...81 Cannot Print Properly from the Digital Camera 82 Appendix Printing Photographs Directly from Canon Bubble Jet Direct Compatible Digital Cameras 84 User's Guide Table of Contents 86 Accessory Options 87 Traveling Abroad with the Printer 89 Specifications 91 Safety Precautions 94 Regulatory Information 96...
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... on the Printer 1 Open the Paper Support. 2 Press the POWER button. The POWER lamp flashes while the printer warms up and.... Then click the feature you want to steady (nonflashing) green when the printer is ready. When the Help window appears, select your desired topic. in...Printing Note This Quick Start Guide describes some of the features of your iP90 printer and how to the section "Handling Error Messages" on page 76. 2..., or click Help when displayed. For more about each setting. While in the printer's Properties window, press the F1 key, or click in the upper right corner...
... on the Printer 1 Open the Paper Support. 2 Press the POWER button. The POWER lamp flashes while the printer warms up and.... Then click the feature you want to steady (nonflashing) green when the printer is ready. When the Help window appears, select your desired topic. in...Printing Note This Quick Start Guide describes some of the features of your iP90 printer and how to the section "Handling Error Messages" on page 76. 2..., or click Help when displayed. For more about each setting. While in the printer's Properties window, press the F1 key, or click in the upper right corner...
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A maximum of 5 envelopes can be loaded at once. (2) Slide the Paper Guide against the right side of the Auto Sheet Feeder. For the printer driver setting, refer to the envelope size you are using. Fold the envelope flap shut. (1) Align the envelope against the left side. Env. #10 or DL ...
A maximum of 5 envelopes can be loaded at once. (2) Slide the Paper Guide against the right side of the Auto Sheet Feeder. For the printer driver setting, refer to the envelope size you are using. Fold the envelope flap shut. (1) Align the envelope against the left side. Env. #10 or DL ...
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... paper stack against the left side of the stack of paper. (3) Select 4 x 6 in in the vertical direction. You can print on page 12. 7 For the printer driver setting, refer to "Printing with Windows" on page 10, "Printing with Macintosh" on 4" x 6" size papers. Loading 4" x 6" size papers You can load a maximum of 10 sheets...
... paper stack against the left side of the stack of paper. (3) Select 4 x 6 in in the vertical direction. You can print on page 12. 7 For the printer driver setting, refer to "Printing with Windows" on page 10, "Printing with Macintosh" on 4" x 6" size papers. Loading 4" x 6" size papers You can load a maximum of 10 sheets...
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For instructions on how to print from the printer driver Media Type. • For a detailed description of sheets in the User's Guide. 9 Set the Paper Thickness Lever (gray) to the right and select Plain Paper ... types, refer to "Printing Media" in the Auto Sheet Feeder with the Setup Software & User's Guide CD-ROM. Basic Printing Canon Speciality Media Media Name Paper Support Load Limit Paper Printer Driver Settings Thickness for Media Type Lever Position Super White Paper Letter: up to 3mm Right Plain Paper Photo Paper Pro Photo...
For instructions on how to print from the printer driver Media Type. • For a detailed description of sheets in the User's Guide. 9 Set the Paper Thickness Lever (gray) to the right and select Plain Paper ... types, refer to "Printing Media" in the Auto Sheet Feeder with the Setup Software & User's Guide CD-ROM. Basic Printing Canon Speciality Media Media Name Paper Support Load Limit Paper Printer Driver Settings Thickness for Media Type Lever Position Super White Paper Letter: up to 3mm Right Plain Paper Photo Paper Pro Photo...
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... Preview before printing by clicking the check box. You can control the quality in the Set Print Quality dialog box. • For details about other printer driver functions, refer to be printed. • To adjust Print Quality settings, select Custom and click Set on the Main tab. Some applications do not contain... how your document will look when printed. 3 Specify the required settings. Note • From the Page Setup tab select the correct document size to "(Windows) Printer Driver Functions" in the printer. (2) Click OK.
... Preview before printing by clicking the check box. You can control the quality in the Set Print Quality dialog box. • For details about other printer driver functions, refer to be printed. • To adjust Print Quality settings, select Custom and click Set on the Main tab. Some applications do not contain... how your document will look when printed. 3 Specify the required settings. Note • From the Page Setup tab select the correct document size to "(Windows) Printer Driver Functions" in the printer. (2) Click OK.
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... documents consisting mainly of photographs and graphics featuring fine color gradation. See "Canceling Printing" on page 30. • For details about other printer driver functions, refer to "(Macintosh) Printer Driver Functions" in the color and print quality suited to your document from the ...and Halftoning settings. Printing a top-quality photo: Select when printing documents consisting mainly of graphs and graphics (illustrations) with strong color definition. Detailed Setting: You can cancel a print job while printing. See "Adjusting Print Quality" on page 14. 13 Basic...
... documents consisting mainly of photographs and graphics featuring fine color gradation. See "Canceling Printing" on page 30. • For details about other printer driver functions, refer to "(Macintosh) Printer Driver Functions" in the color and print quality suited to your document from the ...and Halftoning settings. Printing a top-quality photo: Select when printing documents consisting mainly of graphs and graphics (illustrations) with strong color definition. Detailed Setting: You can cancel a print job while printing. See "Adjusting Print Quality" on page 14. 13 Basic...
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... the check box is not selected, select it. • Before printing data or using a maintenance function of the printer driver, ensure that the name of the printer is not displayed, change the BIOS setting to your computer must have a computer, PDA or mobile phone with an Infrared... Port for Infrared Communication with the printer. Requirements for wireless data communication, you have been installed in the window. For the procedure, refer to activate (turn on the Control ...
... the check box is not selected, select it. • Before printing data or using a maintenance function of the printer driver, ensure that the name of the printer is not displayed, change the BIOS setting to your computer must have a computer, PDA or mobile phone with an Infrared... Port for Infrared Communication with the printer. Requirements for wireless data communication, you have been installed in the window. For the procedure, refer to activate (turn on the Control ...
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When using the Canon iP90 Setup Utility, you must connect this printer to your mobile phone must satisfy the following requirements: PDA Printable contents Character code The PDA must have an IrDA port and support the file ... 8859-1/2/5 Requirements for Infrared Communication with the PDA In order to use infrared communication, your computer with a USB cable and install the printer driver and Canon iP90 Setup Utility. 1 Set up the printer. (1) Ensure that it has been charged. 16 Important Before using the optional battery, ensure that the Universal AC Adapter is connected...
When using the Canon iP90 Setup Utility, you must connect this printer to your mobile phone must satisfy the following requirements: PDA Printable contents Character code The PDA must have an IrDA port and support the file ... 8859-1/2/5 Requirements for Infrared Communication with the PDA In order to use infrared communication, your computer with a USB cable and install the printer driver and Canon iP90 Setup Utility. 1 Set up the printer. (1) Ensure that it has been charged. 16 Important Before using the optional battery, ensure that the Universal AC Adapter is connected...
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... the Details tab. Accessing Printer Driver Advanced Printing The Printer Properties dialog box can usually be opened from either within an application. For more steps involved in opening the Printer Properties dialog box. These do not appear when the Printer Properties dialog box is used...for your Windows documentation. 1 Click Start and select Control Panel, Printers and Other Hardware, and then Printers and Faxes. For non-Windows XP users, click Start, select Settings, and then Printers. 2 Select the Canon iP90 icon. 3 Open the File menu and select Printing Preferences ...
... the Details tab. Accessing Printer Driver Advanced Printing The Printer Properties dialog box can usually be opened from either within an application. For more steps involved in opening the Printer Properties dialog box. These do not appear when the Printer Properties dialog box is used...for your Windows documentation. 1 Click Start and select Control Panel, Printers and Other Hardware, and then Printers and Faxes. For non-Windows XP users, click Start, select Settings, and then Printers. 2 Select the Canon iP90 icon. 3 Open the File menu and select Printing Preferences ...
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... Canon paper, speciality media and ink for this chapter. You can also access the online help in this printer. Adjusting Print Quality Features that can be controlled with the printer driver. Printer Driver Settings The printer driver has a variety of your photographs. See"Opening the Printer ...; Click Help when displayed. • Click in the User's Guide. PIXMA iP90 automatically adjusts printer settings to know more detailed information, refer to enhance the colors and output of Canon media and inks for printing photographs can be used to "Printing Media" in...
... Canon paper, speciality media and ink for this chapter. You can also access the online help in this printer. Adjusting Print Quality Features that can be controlled with the printer driver. Printer Driver Settings The printer driver has a variety of your photographs. See"Opening the Printer ...; Click Help when displayed. • Click in the User's Guide. PIXMA iP90 automatically adjusts printer settings to know more detailed information, refer to enhance the colors and output of Canon media and inks for printing photographs can be used to "Printing Media" in...
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... desired profile from Printing Profiles, and click Retrieve from Printing Profiles, and click Delete. Advanced Printing Saving and Recalling Driver Settings When you change printer driver settings for a specific print job, such as printing black and white photos or printing documents with a special background,... or delete the print settings profile at any time. Deleting unwanted profile: Select the desired profile from Profiles. This registers your printer driver print settings. For details, click Help and refer to Profiles dialog box opens. (2) Enter a name of this function. 35...
... desired profile from Printing Profiles, and click Retrieve from Printing Profiles, and click Delete. Advanced Printing Saving and Recalling Driver Settings When you change printer driver settings for a specific print job, such as printing black and white photos or printing documents with a special background,... or delete the print settings profile at any time. Deleting unwanted profile: Select the desired profile from Profiles. This registers your printer driver print settings. For details, click Help and refer to Profiles dialog box opens. (2) Enter a name of this function. 35...
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... name. 36 Advanced Printing 1 Open the Print dialog box. Retrieving print settings: Select the name of your printer driver settings. Note You can delete them or change the saved printer driver settings any time. This registers your printer driver settings. 4 Click OK. See "Printing with Macintosh" on page 12. 2 Select all of the necessary settings. 3 Register...
... name. 36 Advanced Printing 1 Open the Print dialog box. Retrieving print settings: Select the name of your printer driver settings. Note You can delete them or change the saved printer driver settings any time. This registers your printer driver settings. 4 Click OK. See "Printing with Macintosh" on page 12. 2 Select all of the necessary settings. 3 Register...
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... cannot be used with Bluetooth communication. (1) Double-click the hard disk icon where the printer driver was installed, the Applications folder, and then the Utilities folder. (2) Double-click the Printer Setup Utility icon. Printing Maintenance (3) Click Print Check Pattern. Confirmation message for printing the nozzle check pattern is displayed. (4) When the confirmation message...
... cannot be used with Bluetooth communication. (1) Double-click the hard disk icon where the printer driver was installed, the Applications folder, and then the Utilities folder. (2) Double-click the Printer Setup Utility icon. Printing Maintenance (3) Click Print Check Pattern. Confirmation message for printing the nozzle check pattern is displayed. (4) When the confirmation message...
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.... (1) Double-click the hard disk icon where the printer driver was installed, the Applications folder, and the Utilities folder. (2) Double-click the Printer Setup Utility icon. See "Examining the Nozzle Check Pattern" on . 2 Open the BJ Printer Utility dialog box. Do not perform any operation until ... OK. See "Print Head Deep Cleaning" on page 52. 1 Ensure that the printer is turned on page 45. (3) If the problem persists after cleaning is complete. Note The BJ Printer Utility cannot be printed. If you performed Print Head normal cleaning three times, execute Print...
.... (1) Double-click the hard disk icon where the printer driver was installed, the Applications folder, and the Utilities folder. (2) Double-click the Printer Setup Utility icon. See "Examining the Nozzle Check Pattern" on . 2 Open the BJ Printer Utility dialog box. Do not perform any operation until ... OK. See "Print Head Deep Cleaning" on page 52. 1 Ensure that the printer is turned on page 45. (3) If the problem persists after cleaning is complete. Note The BJ Printer Utility cannot be printed. If you performed Print Head normal cleaning three times, execute Print...
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...perform step 3 again. (3) If the problem persists, the printer may be used with Bluetooth communication. (1) Double-click the hard disk icon where the printer driver was installed, the Applications folder, and then the Utilities folder. (2) Double-click the Printer Setup Utility icon. If you are using the OS other.... (4) Select iP90 from the Product list and click Maintenance. 54 See "Replacing an Ink Tank" on . 2 Open the BJ Printer Utility dialog box. Printing Maintenance 4 Check the Print Head condition. (1) Print a nozzle check pattern to check the Print Head condition. Contact the...
...perform step 3 again. (3) If the problem persists, the printer may be used with Bluetooth communication. (1) Double-click the hard disk icon where the printer driver was installed, the Applications folder, and then the Utilities folder. (2) Double-click the Printer Setup Utility icon. If you are using the OS other.... (4) Select iP90 from the Product list and click Maintenance. 54 See "Replacing an Ink Tank" on . 2 Open the BJ Printer Utility dialog box. Printing Maintenance 4 Check the Print Head condition. (1) Print a nozzle check pattern to check the Print Head condition. Contact the...
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.... (2) Click Print Head Alignment. (3) Click Print Head Alignment. Printing Maintenance 1 With the printer on, load a sheet of Letter-sized plain paper in the printer. The pattern will be used with Bluetooth communication. (1) Double-click the hard disk icon where the printer driver was installed, the Applications folder, and the Utilities folder. (2) Double-click the...
.... (2) Click Print Head Alignment. (3) Click Print Head Alignment. Printing Maintenance 1 With the printer on, load a sheet of Letter-sized plain paper in the printer. The pattern will be used with Bluetooth communication. (1) Double-click the hard disk icon where the printer driver was installed, the Applications folder, and the Utilities folder. (2) Double-click the...
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... confirm replacement of the ink tank at the start of ink tank replacement. The dialog box allows you have been replaced, select both black and color ink tanks have not replaced the ink tank with a new one, click Cancel. 64 The low ink warning is only displayed properly if the ink... counter is reset. If you to open the driver's Properties dialog box and manually reset the ink tank counter in the Printer Properties dialog box" on page 65 2 Select the replaced ink tank, and click OK. The low ink warning is...
... confirm replacement of the ink tank at the start of ink tank replacement. The dialog box allows you have been replaced, select both black and color ink tanks have not replaced the ink tank with a new one, click Cancel. 64 The low ink warning is only displayed properly if the ink... counter is reset. If you to open the driver's Properties dialog box and manually reset the ink tank counter in the Printer Properties dialog box" on page 65 2 Select the replaced ink tank, and click OK. The low ink warning is...
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... 29 2 Click Ink Counter Reset. 3 Select the newly installed ink tank, then click OK. 1 Open the BJ Printer Utility dialog box. Note The BJ Printer Utility cannot be used with Bluetooth communication. (1) Double-click the hard disk icon where the printer driver was installed, the Application folder, and the Utilities folder. (2) Double-click the...
... 29 2 Click Ink Counter Reset. 3 Select the newly installed ink tank, then click OK. 1 Open the BJ Printer Utility dialog box. Note The BJ Printer Utility cannot be used with Bluetooth communication. (1) Double-click the hard disk icon where the printer driver was installed, the Application folder, and the Utilities folder. (2) Double-click the...