Canon D300- Manuals

v Chapter 1: Before You Start Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3Where to Find Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

vi ■ Symbols Used in This Manual Symbols Used in This Manual Symbols Used in This Manual Symbols Used in This Manual Please read the list below of symbols, terms, and abbreviations used in this guide. Your new machine has many advanced features, including CARPS (Canon Advanced Raster Printing System...

vii ■ ■ ■ ■ Keys Used in This Manual Keys Used in This Manual Keys Used in This Manual Keys Used in This Manual A button is referred to as follows in this manual:A button on the screen ............................ Finish ■ Displays Used in This Manual Displays Used in This Manual Displays Used in Th...

viii ■ ■ ■ ■ Abbreviations Used in This Manual Abbreviations Used in This Manual Abbreviations Used in This Manual Abbreviations Used in This Manual In this manual, product names and model names are abbreviated as follows: Microsoft ® Windows ® 98 operating system: Windows 98 Microsoft ® Windows ® M...

1-1 1 Be fo re Y o u St ar t Chapter 1 Chapter 1 Chapter 1 Chapter 1 Before You Start Before You Start Before You Start Before You Start This chapter provides an explanation of the system environments required for using CARPS (Canon Advanced Raster Printing System). It also explains where to find he...

1-2 1 Be fo re Y o u St ar t CARPS (Canon Advanced Raster Printing System) gives users of Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows 2000, or Windows XP operating system the ability to make full use of the printer. CARPS enables you to print from any Windows application to your machine. You can acquire informa...

1-3 1 Be fo re Y o u St ar t The printer driver for Windows 98/Me/2000/XP can be used in the following system environments: Operating System Software Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows 2000, or Windows XP (x86 architecture). Computer Any computer on which Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows 2000, or Window...

1-4 1 Be fo re Y o u St ar t Before you contact Canon, please record the following information:Serial Number (on back of machine): Model Name (on front of machine): Purchase Date: Here is where to find help if you are having problems with installation, or in using your machine: IN THIS GUIDE See “ T...

2-1 2 In st allin g C anon A d vanced Rast er P rint ing S yst em Chapter 2 Chapter 2 Chapter 2 Chapter 2 Installing Canon Advanced Installing Canon Advanced Installing Canon Advanced Installing Canon Advanced Raster Printing System (CARPS) Raster Printing System (CARPS) Raster Printing System (CARP...

2-2 2 In st allin g C anon A d vanced Rast er P rint ing S yst em Canon Advanced Raster Printing System (CARPS) This software extends the power of the Windows operating system to a printer to speed up and simplify printing. Canon Advanced Raster Printing System provides more printing control under W...

2-3 2 In st allin g C anon A d vanced Rast er P rint ing S yst em This section describes how to install CARPS using Setup Wizard, Plug and Play, and Add Printer Wizard. If you want to configure the port setting and your operating system is Windows 2000/XP, follow the steps in “ Installing Printer Dr...

2-5 2 In st allin g C anon A d vanced Rast er P rint ing S yst em 5 Check Install Printer Driver through a USB Connection click Next Yes . 6 Connect the machine to your computer with the USB cable. The program starts installing the printer driver automatically. IMPORTANT The USB cable must be connec...

2-8 2 In st allin g C anon A d vanced Rast er P rint ing S yst em 5 Uncheck Install Printer Driver through a USB connection click Next . 6 Check Add printers and Update Drivers click Next .

2-10 2 In st allin g C anon A d vanced Rast er P rint ing S yst em 9 When the following dialog box appears, select Yes , I want to restart my computer now click Exit .

2-11 2 In st allin g C anon A d vanced Rast er P rint ing S yst em ■ ■ ■ ■ Windows 98/Me Plug and Play Windows 98/Me Plug and Play Windows 98/Me Plug and Play Windows 98/Me Plug and Play The following is the installation procedure of Plug and Play, under Windows 98/Me. The screen shots shown are fro...

2-15 2 In st allin g C anon A d vanced Rast er P rint ing S yst em 11 When the installation is complete, the following dialog box appears. Click Finish on the Add New Hardware Wizard dialog box.

2-16 2 In st allin g C anon A d vanced Rast er P rint ing S yst em ■ ■ ■ ■ Windows 98/Me Add Printer Wizard Windows 98/Me Add Printer Wizard Windows 98/Me Add Printer Wizard Windows 98/Me Add Printer Wizard The following is the installation procedure of Add printer Wizard, under Windows 98/Me. The s...

2-17 2 In st allin g C anon A d vanced Rast er P rint ing S yst em 4 The Wizard displays a list of available printers. Click Have Disk . 5 The Install From Disk dialog box appears. Place the CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive. Use Browse to select the directory, or enter the path name that contains CARPS ...

2-18 2 In st allin g C anon A d vanced Rast er P rint ing S yst em 6 Select the printer click Next . 7 Select the printer’s port click Next .

2-21 2 In st allin g C anon A d vanced Rast er P rint ing S yst em 4 Select Specify a location click Next . 5 The Found New Hardware Wizard dialog box appears. Place the CD-ROM into the CD- ROM drive. Click Browse to select the driver in the language that you want to install. For example, if your CD...

2-22 2 In st allin g C anon A d vanced Rast er P rint ing S yst em 6 Click Next on Driver Files Search Results . 7 When the installation is complete, the following dialog box appears. Click OK to close the dialog box. Click Finish on the Found New Hardware Wizard dialog box.

2-24 2 In st allin g C anon A d vanced Rast er P rint ing S yst em 5 Select the printer port you want to use click Next . 6 Click Have Disk in the Manufacturers / Printers dialog box.

2-25 2 In st allin g C anon A d vanced Rast er P rint ing S yst em 7 The Install From Disk dialog box appears. Place the CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive. Use Browse to select the directory, or enter the path name that contains CARPS software click OK . For example, if you are using the CD-ROM to instal...

2-26 2 In st allin g C anon A d vanced Rast er P rint ing S yst em 9 Click Next to accept the default printer name, or enter the name you wish to use click Next . NOTE If you already have another printer installed, you will be asked whether to use this printer as the default. 10 Select whether this ...

2-29 2 In st allin g C anon A d vanced Rast er P rint ing S yst em ■ ■ ■ ■ Windows XP Plug and Play Windows XP Plug and Play Windows XP Plug and Play Windows XP Plug and Play The following is the installation procedure of Plug and Play, under Windows XP. Before you install the software, make sure yo...

2-30 2 In st allin g C anon A d vanced Rast er P rint ing S yst em 5 Select Include this location in the search click Browse to select the driver in the language that you want to install. For example, if your CD-ROM drive is drive “D:”, browse to “D:\Drivers\us_eng\win2000_xp” click Next. 6 When the...

2-31 2 In st allin g C anon A d vanced Rast er P rint ing S yst em ■ ■ ■ ■ Windows XP Add Printer Wizard Windows XP Add Printer Wizard Windows XP Add Printer Wizard Windows XP Add Printer Wizard The following is the installation procedure of Add Printer Wizard, under Windows XP. 1 Log on as member o...

2-32 2 In st allin g C anon A d vanced Rast er P rint ing S yst em 4 Select Local printer attached to this computer click Next . IMPORTANT Checking on Automatically detect and install my Plug and Play printer is not recommended. 5 Select the printer port you want to use click Next .

2-36 2 In st allin g C anon A d vanced Rast er P rint ing S yst em 12 When the installation is complete, the following dialog box appears. Click Finish to close the dialog box.The Canon imageCLASS D300 icon is added to the Printers and Faxes folder. 13 If you opted to print a test page, the test pag...

2-41 2 In st allin g C anon A d vanced Rast er P rint ing S yst em If you plan to share the Canon imageCLASS D300 Series on a network, install the print server locally, then make the following settings. See your print server system documentation for more information. ■ ■ ■ ■ Windows 98/Me Server Set...

2-42 2 In st allin g C anon A d vanced Rast er P rint ing S yst em 4 Select File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks in the Select Network Service dialog box click OK . 5 Click File and Print Sharing . NOTE Be sure to check I want to be able to allow others to print to my printer(s) .

2-43 2 In st allin g C anon A d vanced Rast er P rint ing S yst em 6 Select the Access Control tab check either Share-level Access Control or User-level Access control . 7 Click OK restart Windows.

2-44 2 In st allin g C anon A d vanced Rast er P rint ing S yst em Printer Settings Share-level Access Control 1 Open the Canon imageCLASS D300 Properties dialog box check Shared As in the Sharing tab. 2 Enter Share Name , Comment , and Password as needed. 3 Click OK .

2-46 2 In st allin g C anon A d vanced Rast er P rint ing S yst em 3 Click Add select the users allowed to access the printer. 4 Click OK when you have finished adding users. 5 Click OK again. NOTE Do not enter space or special character in Share Name .

2-49 2 In st allin g C anon A d vanced Rast er P rint ing S yst em Printer Sharing Settings 1 Open the Canon imageCLASS D300 Properties dialog box check Shared as in the Sharing tab. 2 Enter the share name as needed. 3 Click OK . The printer icon changes to indicate sharing. NOTE Sharing settings ma...

3-1 3 Pr in te r Pro pert ie s Chapter 3 Chapter 3 Chapter 3 Chapter 3 Printer Properties Printer Properties Printer Properties Printer Properties This chapter describes the dialogs and settings on the Printer Properties dialog box. It includes the following information: • Windows 98/Me Printer Prop...

3-2 3 Pr in te r Pro pert ie s With CARPS, you initiate printing as you normally would from a Windows application. From the Print dialog box, usually accessed from an application’s File menu, you can select Properties to proceed to the Canon imageCLASS D300 Properties dialog box and its printing opt...

3-3 3 Pr in te r Pro pert ie s ■ ■ ■ ■ General Tab General Tab General Tab General Tab Lets you print a test page or define separator pages. Refer to your Windows operating system documentation for more information.

3-4 3 Pr in te r Pro pert ie s ■ ■ ■ ■ Details Tab Details Tab Details Tab Details Tab Specifies the printer port and time-out settings. Refer to your Windows operating system documentation for more information. Spool Settings The installer sets the following defaults.

3-5 3 Pr in te r Pro pert ie s ■ ■ ■ ■ Sharing Tab Sharing Tab Sharing Tab Sharing Tab Specifies the printer-sharing settings. This tab is available only when file and printer sharing is turned on ( p. 2-41). Refer to your Windows operating system documentation for more information.

3-6 3 Pr in te r Pro pert ie s ■ ■ ■ ■ Page Setup Tab Page Setup Tab Page Setup Tab Page Setup Tab Specifies the page settings including the paper size, scaling, number of copies, orientation, and number of pages per sheet. For information on profiles, see page p.3-12 Default settings depend on the ...

3-8 3 Pr in te r Pro pert ie s Edit Watermark Clicking Edit Watermark in the Page Setup tab window opens the Edit Watermark dialog box. This dialog box allows you to insert a text string as a watermark onto pages. This option is enabled only when the Watermark checkbox is checked in the Page Setup t...

3-9 3 Pr in te r Pro pert ie s (10) Style lets you select the font style of the text watermark from the drop-down list. Available styles are [Regular], [Italic], [Bold], and [Bold Italic]. (11) Size lets you specify the font size of the text watermark. (12) Color lets you select the font color of th...

3-10 3 Pr in te r Pro pert ie s Custom Paper Size Settings Clicking Custom Paper Size in the Page Setup tab window opens the Custom Paper Size Settings dialog box. This dialog box allows you to define custom paper sizes for quick selection and register new custom paper sizes to the Paper List (1) bo...

3-11 3 Pr in te r Pro pert ie s Layout Options Clicking Layout Options in the Page Setup tab window opens the Layout Options dialog box. This dialog box allows you to print pages with a page frame, header, and footer. This option is disabled when Page Layout in the Page Setup tab window is set to [P...

3-12 3 Pr in te r Pro pert ie s ■ ■ ■ ■ Profiles Profiles Profiles Profiles A registered combination of settings for the Page Setup (1), Finishing (2) and Quality (3) tab windows is referred to as a profile. The profile function commonly provided in each of these tab windows allows you to add, edit,...

3-13 3 Pr in te r Pro pert ie s (7) Change Page Layout Modes lets you change the setting for Page Layout ( p. 3-7). The setting changes in the following order; [1 Page per Sheet], [2 Pages per Sheet], [4 Pages per Sheet], [1 Page per Sheet]. (8) Edit Watermark/Layout Options opens the Layout Option ...

3-14 3 Pr in te r Pro pert ie s Edit Profiles Clicking (Edit) opens the Edit Profile dialog box. This dialog box allows you to edit the profile selected in Profile List . (1) Profile List displays the list of registered profiles. The order that profiles appear in this list is the order they appear i...

3-15 3 Pr in te r Pro pert ie s View Settings Clicking View Settings opens the View Settings dialog box. This dialog box displays the current settings in the Page Setup , Finishing , and Quality tab windows.

3-16 3 Pr in te r Pro pert ie s ■ ■ ■ ■ Finishing Tab Finishing Tab Finishing Tab Finishing Tab Specifies the finishing settings for the printed pages including the collating and binding. For information on Profiles, see page 3-12. (1) Binding Location lets you select a binding location for the prin...

3-17 3 Pr in te r Pro pert ie s ■ ■ ■ ■ Quality Tab Quality Tab Quality Tab Quality Tab Specifies the settings for print quality including the resolution and contrast. For more information on Profiles, see page 3-12. (1) Objective lets you select the best setting for the print job according to docum...

3-18 3 Pr in te r Pro pert ie s Detailed Settings for Objective Clicking Details in the Quality tab window opens the Detailed Settings for Objective dialog box. This dialog box allows you to specify the detailed settings for print quality. (1) Monochrome Halftones lets you select a halftone pattern ...

3-19 3 Pr in te r Pro pert ie s Adjustment Tab (1) Sample Picture lets you select an image sample from the drop-down list. (2) Original displays the original image. (3) Preview displays the image with the currently selected brightness and contrast reflected. (4) Brightness displays nine images of th...

3-20 3 Pr in te r Pro pert ie s Matching Tab (1) Enable Matching performs the color matching according to the selected method and monitor profile. Checking this checkbox enables Matching Method (2) and Monitor Profile (3). (2) Matching Method lets you select the matching method from the drop-down li...

3-23 3 Pr in te r Pro pert ie s ■ ■ ■ ■ Ports Tab Ports Tab Ports Tab Ports Tab Specifies the port to which the printer is attached. Refer to your Windows operating system documentation for more information. ■ ■ ■ ■ Advanced Tab Advanced Tab Advanced Tab Advanced Tab Specifies the settings for print...

3-25 3 Pr in te r Pro pert ie s ■ ■ ■ ■ Profile Tab Profile Tab Profile Tab Profile Tab Allows you to add, edit, and select a profile to be applied to print jobs. (1) Profile List displays the list of registered profiles. (2) Name displays the name of the profile currently selected in Profile List (...

3-26 3 Pr in te r Pro pert ie s Add/Edit Profile Clicking Add or Edit opens the Add/Edit Profiles dialog box which allows you to register new profiles and edit existing profiles. This dialog box has four tab windows. Attribution Tab The Attribution tab window allows you to specify attributions of th...

3-29 3 Pr in te r Pro pert ie s ■ ■ ■ ■ Page Setup Tab Page Setup Tab Page Setup Tab Page Setup Tab Specifies the page settings including the paper size, scaling, number of copies, orientation, and number of pages per sheet. Default settings depend on the country/region of purchase. (1) Page Size le...

3-32 3 Pr in te r Pro pert ie s (11) Size lets you specify the font size of the text watermark. (12) Color lets you select the font color of the text watermark from the drop-down list. (13) Watermark Border lets you select either of [Round] or [Box] for the frame type of the watermark. (14) Watermar...

4-1 4 T roubl es hoot in g Chapter 4 Chapter 4 Chapter 4 Chapter 4 Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Troubleshooting This chapter includes information to help you solve printer problems. A problem might have one or a combination of causes, including a computer malfunction, software err...

4-2 4 T roubl es hoot in g Printer Problems Printer Problems Printer Problems Printer Problems Problem Cause Solution Printer does not print The printer is out of paper. Make sure paper is loaded. A copy job has not been completed due to out of Paper. Load paper. The print job will start automatical...

4-3 4 T roubl es hoot in g Printout is wrong There is a communication problem between the printer and your computer. • Make sure your cable connections are secure. • Make sure your USB interface cable is less than 16.5 feet (5.0 m) long. • Make sure you are not using a switch box. • Check that you h...

4-4 4 T roubl es hoot in g CARPS Problems CARPS Problems CARPS Problems CARPS Problems Problem Cause Solution CARPS is not working properly CARPS (Canon imageCLASS D300) is not selected as the default printer driver for imageCLASS D300 Series. Specify CARPS (Canon imageCLASS D300) as the default dri...

4-7 4 T roubl es hoot in g If CARPS is not working properly, it might help to remove the CARPS-software and install it again. Before you begin, be sure you have the installation software available for installation. Before uninstalling the CARPS-software, make sure you close all running applications....

A-1 A Appe ndix Appendix Appendix Appendix Appendix Printer Specifications Printer Specifications Printer Specifications Printer Specifications • Hardware Printing speed: 15 pages per minute (LTR-size paper) Resolution: 600 dpi Paper sizes: Cassette: Legal (8 1/2 x 14 inches) to 3 x 5 inchesPlain pa...

I-1 I In de x Index Index Index Index Numerics 600 dpi, A-1 A AC, G-1Add Printer Wizard Windows 2000/XP, 2-39Windows 98/Me, 2-37 Add profiles, 3-35Add/Edit profile, 3-26Adjustment tab Windows 2000/XP, 3-41Windows 98/Me, 3-19 Adobe Type Manager fonts, cannot use, 4-4Advanced tab, Windows 2000/XP, 3-2...

G-1 G G lo ssa ry Glossary Glossary Glossary Glossary A A A A AC Alternating Current. The type of electrical current typically available from household wall outlets. Alert A message displayed in the Printer Status Window when a problem or condition caused the Canon Advanced Printing Technology to pa...

G-2 G G lo ssa ry Control Panels The set of Windows programs you can use to change system, hardware, software, and Windows settings. D D D D Default setting A setting that is automatically used if no other setting is specified. Desktop The entire Windows screen that represents your work area in Wind...

G-3 G G lo ssa ry H H H H Halftones The process of converting a greyscale image to black dots and white (unprinted) dots that simulate the grey shades in the original image. IIII Image Refinement A printer technology from Canon which automatically senses and refines the jagged edges and ragged curve...

G-4 G G lo ssa ry My Computer The Windows program that you can use to browse through your computer’s filing system, and to open drives, folders, and files. You can also use My Computer to manage your files and your filing system, by moving, copying, renaming, and deleting items. N N N N Network A gr...

G-5 G G lo ssa ry Point size Character height is defined in points: one point is 1/72 of an inch. Portrait A vertical print orientation. Text and graphics are printed across the shorter axis of the page. Print job A document that a Windows application has processed and sent to the Spooler to be adde...

G-6 G G lo ssa ry Resolution The density of dots for any given output device, expressed in terms of dots per inch (dpi). Low resolution causes font characters and graphics to have a jagged appearance, but prints faster than higher resolutions. Higher resolution provides smoother curves and angles as...