Canon imageRUNNER 3300 - User Manual

About Trademarks iii About Trademarks License Notice Universal Font Scaling Technology, UFST, is licensed from Agfa Monotype Corporation.Copyright © 1993-2000 Agfa Monotype Corporation. Trademark Credits Adobe, PostScript and PostScript 3 are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated.Agfa is a tradem...

Safety Information iv Safety Information ■ A. Laser Safety This Product complies with 21 CFR Chapter 1 Subchapter J as a Class 1 laser product under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Radiation Performance Standard according to the Radiation Control for Health and Safety Act of ...

Table of Contents v Table of Contents How This Manual Is Organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i PREFACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii About Trademarks . . . . . . ....

Table of Contents vi Chapter 3 Printer Settings Menu Functions and Operation Settings Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3 Copies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

How to Use This Manual viii How to Use This Manual Symbols Used in This Manual The following symbols are used in this manual, for explanations of procedures and restrictions, handling cautions, and instructions that should be observed for safety. Keys Used in This Manual The following symbols and ke...

How to Use This Manual ix Displays Used in This Manual Screenshots of the touch panel display used in this manual are those taken when the Finisher-J1, Cassette Feeding Unit-W1, Feeder (DADF-H1), Printer Kit, FAX Board, and Network Interface Adapter are attached to the imageRUNNER 3300. Note that fu...

What the Machine Can Do xi What the Machine Can Do Additional Functions Screen Press to open the Additional Functions screen. The Printer Settings or the Report Settings can be accessed from this screen. In the Additional Functions screen, press [Printer Settings] to open the Custom Priting Settings...

CHAPTER 1-1 1 Before You Start Using the Machine This chapter describes how to set up the printing environment from the touch panel display. Menu Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 What Are Menu Functions? . ....

Menu Functions 1-2 Bef ore Y ou Star t Using the Machine 1 Menu Functions This chapter describes the menu functions and how to access them with the touch panel display. What Are Menu Functions? The machine lets you specify the number of copies, the paper size, etc., to use when it receives a print j...

Menu Functions 1-3 Bef ore Y ou Star t Using the Machine 1 Accessing the Menus To access the printer related menu functions, display the Printer Settings screen on the touch panel display and use the keys on the display to specify the settings. IMPORTANT • You can access menus and modify settings wh...

Using the Printer Settings Menu 1-5 1 Bef ore Y ou Star t Using the Machine Using the Printer Settings Menu The Printer Settings Menu enables you to access common features. Below is an abbreviated outline of the Printer Settings Menu structure. For a detailed description of all Printer Settings Menu...

Using the Report Settings Menu 1-8 Bef ore Y ou Star t Using the Machine 1 Using the Report Settings Menu The Report Settings Menu enables you to access report print features such as checking the configuration. Below is an abbreviated outline of the Report Settings Menu structure. For a detailed desc...

Using the Report Settings Menu 1-11 Bef ore Y ou Star t Using the Machine 1 Configuration Page Sample If the printer function is working correctly, the Configuration Page will be similar to the sample below. PS Configuration Page PCL Configuration Page

CHAPTER 2-1 2 Menu Functions and Operation This chapter describes outline of all functions and settings. Printer Settings Menu Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2 Report Settings Menu Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

Printer Settings Menu Functions 2-2 Men u Functions and Oper ation 2 Printer Settings Menu Functions The following table lists all settings of the Printer Settings Menu. NOTE • The bold values indicate the default settings. Setting Available Options Description Settings Menu (See p.3-3.) Copies 1 - ...

Report Settings Menu Functions 2-5 Men u Functions and Oper ation 2 Report Settings Menu Functions The following table lists functions of the Report Settings Menu. Setting Description Printer Menu (See p. 4-1.) PCL Configuration Page Enables you to print the PCL Configuration Page. Font List Enables y...

3. Printer Settings Menu Functions and Operation 3-2 3 Pr inter Settings Men u Functions and Oper ation Custom Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-21Unit of Measure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

Settings Menu 3-3 Pr inter Settings Men u Functions and Oper ation 3 Settings Menu NOTE • The bold values indicate the default settings. Copies 1 -2000 Enables you to specify the number of copies printed. The default setting is 1, but you can specify up to 2000 copies. 2-Sided Printing On, Off This ...

Settings Menu 3-4 3 Pr inter Settings Men u Functions and Oper ation Paper Feed Default Paper Size Letter , Legal, A4, A3, A5, 11x17, Executive, Statement, Monarch, COM10, DL, ISO-B5, ISO-C5 This parameter defines the default paper size used when the paper size cannot be set within the application so...

Settings Menu 3-5 3 Pr inter Settings Men u Functions and Oper ation Default Paper Type Plain Paper , Transparency, Heavy Paper, Recycled, Color, Letterhead, Tracing Paper, Labels, Bond Paper, 3-Hole Punch, Envelope This parameter sets the default paper type to be used for print job. This printer ha...

Settings Menu 3-6 3 Pr inter Settings Men u Functions and Oper ation Paper Size Override On, Off When paper of the size that is set in the printer driver has not been loaded in the paper drawer, the paper that is printed will be changed to the following sizes. If [On] is selected, the paper size wil...

Settings Menu 3-7 3 Pr inter Settings Men u Functions and Oper ation Layout Binding Long Edge , Short Edge This parameter determines whether the binding position is along the long edge or the short edge of the paper. When binding for 2-sided printing, the image orientation is automatically adjusted ...

Settings Menu 3-10 3 Pr inter Settings Men u Functions and Oper ation Offset XOffset Y -2.00 - 0.0 - +2.00 inch (in increments of 0.01 inch) This setting sets the offset position in inch. The settings can be set between -2.00 inch (-50.0 mm) to +2.00 inch (+50.0 mm) in increments of 0.01 inch (0.5 m...

Settings Menu 3-13 3 Pr inter Settings Men u Functions and Oper ation Finisher None , Rotate Collating, Rotate Grouping, Offset Collating, Offset Grouping, Staple SortStaple Position Corner (Upper-L), Double (Top)Corner (Upper-R), Double (Right)Corner (Lower-R), Double (Bottom)Corner (Lower-L), Doub...

Settings Menu 3-19 3 Pr inter Settings Men u Functions and Oper ation Transparency Inter-leaving None , Blank, Printed When printing on transparencies you can use this setting to output a sheet of paper after each transparency. The paper can be blank, or it can be a paper copy of the transparency.If...

PCL/PS Settings 3-20 Pr inter Settings Men u Functions and Oper ation 3 PCL/PS Settings This section explains the different menu settings available for PCL and PS, respectively. PCL Orientation Portrait , Landscape Enables you to set the paper orientation. If [Portrait] is selected, the print image ...

PCL/PS Settings 3-21 3 Pr inter Settings Men u Functions and Oper ation Form Lines 5 - 60 - 128 lines Enables you to specify the number of lines to be printed on a page. You can specify from 5 to 128 lines. Symbol Set DESKTOP, ISO4, ISO6, ISO11, ISO15, ISO17, ISO21, ISO60, ISO69, ISOL1, ISOL2, ISOL5...

Utility Menu 3-23 Pr inter Settings Men u Functions and Oper ation 3 Utility Menu This section explains the Utility Menu function. Reset Printer If, for whatever reason, you want to clear all print jobs in progress as well as data that has been received in the memory, you must reset the printer func...

CHAPTER 4-1 4 Report Settings Menu This chapter describes how to use the Report Settings Menu to check the configuration of the print function or print a font list. PCL Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2 PS ...

PCL Menu 4-2 4 Repor t Settings Men u PCL Menu This section explains the report functions available for PCL. Configuration Page Details of RAM capacity, settings in the printer’s menus, etc. are printed. When you select Configuration Page, the confirmation message “Print configuration page?” is displaye...

PS Menu 4-3 4 Repor t Settings Men u PS Menu This section explains the report functions available for PS. Configuration Page Details of RAM capacity, settings in the printer’s menus, etc. are printed. When you select Configuration Page, the confirmation message “Print configuration page?” is displayed. ...

CHAPTER 5-1 5 Troubleshooting This chapter explains how to solve printing problems and the steps to take if printing fails. Responding to Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2 Resetting the Machine After a Service Call Message . . ...

Responding to Error Messages 5-2 T roub leshooting 5 Responding to Error Messages When the status indicator is orange, printing is not possible. If this happens during printing, the print operation stops. Read the displayed error message to determine the appropriate actions necessary to correct the ...

When a Message Is Displayed 5-3 5 T roub leshooting When a Message Is Displayed If the printer is unable to print for some reason, the error indicator lights up and a message indicating the cause of the problem is displayed on the touch panel display. When these messages are displayed, take the foll...

Printing Problems 5-5 5 T roub leshooting Printing Problems If you have trouble printing, we recommend dealing with the problems in the following ways. NOTE • Please contact your Canon service representative if a problem persists, or if you encounter problems not listed below. Printer Trouble The pr...

Printing Problems 5-8 5 T roub leshooting Print Quality Problems The printout is too light or too dark Cause 1 The toner density settings are not correct. Solution Adjust Density in the printer settings menu. Reference See “Density,” on p. 3-6. Cause 2 Toner Save in the printer settings menu is set ...

CHAPTER 6-1 6 Appendix This chapter shows print samples for different fonts, describes font information, including sources and font lists, and lists a summary of the specifications for the machine. Some Basic Facts About Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

Some Basic Facts About Fonts 6-2 6 Appendix Some Basic Facts About Fonts This section summarises some of the basic facts you should know about fonts. What Is a Font? A font is a collection of letters and symbols used when printing a document. In general, a group of letters and symbols sharing a comm...

Some Basic Facts About Fonts 6-3 6 Appendix 6 Typeface Typeface refers to the design of the characters and symbols. The following figure shows an example of some typefaces. ■ Typeface Courier ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ Times ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ Helvetica ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ Stroke Weigh...

Some Basic Facts About Fonts 6-4 Appendix 6 6 Style Style refers to the shape of the characters. The printer function can print in two styles:upright and italic. With some fonts like Letter Gothic, the term “Oblique” is used in the same manner as italics. ■ Style Point size Point size refers to the ...

Some Basic Facts About Fonts 6-5 6 Appendix 6 Pitch (cpi) Pitch refers to the number of characters that are printed in one inch. The unit is cpi (characters per inch). As the number of characters per inch increases, the space between characters decreases; as the cpi decreases, the space between char...

Some Basic Facts About Fonts 6-6 Appendix 6 6 ■ Fixed spacing and Proportional spacing Orientation Orientation refers to the direction of printing. The printer function can print using two different paper orientations: portrait and landscape. With portrait orientation, text is printed across the wid...

Some Basic Facts About Fonts 6-7 6 Appendix 6 Symbol Set When you print the letter “A,” the host computer sends a code corresponding to “A” (hexadecimal 41 is an example of this) to the machine. This code is referred to as the character code. The machine stores an internal representation of each cha...

Some Basic Facts About Fonts 6-8 Appendix 6 6 Bit-mapped Fonts and Scalable Fonts There are two types of fonts available, and these fonts are distinguished by the type of data from which they are formed. • Bit-mapped fonts • Scalable fonts Bit-mapped Fonts Each character of bit-mapped fonts are comp...

Some Basic Facts About Fonts 6-9 6 Appendix 6 Scalable Fonts With scalable fonts, characters are freely enlarged or compressed from the one point to any size you wish in 0.1 point increments. ■ Scalable fonts

Some Basic Facts About Fonts 6-11 6 Appendix 6 Bar Code Fonts (PCL) BC3 of 9 ThinBC3 of 9 LightBC3 of 9BC3 of 9 SemiBoldBC3 of 9 HeavyCode 128Code 128 BoldCode 128 CondensedCode 128 Condensed BoldCode 128 ExpandedCode 128 Expanded BoldCodebar Codebar CondensedCodebar ExpandedInterleaved 2 of 5 Light...

Checking the Font Lists for Available Fonts 6-14 6 Appendix Checking the Font Lists for Available Fonts Font lists are a comprehensive listing of all fonts currently available. The listing contains both the names of resident fonts, and the names of the fonts stored on any external hard disk that may...

Checking the Font Lists for Available Fonts 6-15 6 Appendix 6 The Font List includes the following information: q q q q Font Name The typeface name. w w w w Spacing This indicates whether a font is a fixed-size, non-proportional font or a proportional font. e e e e Style Upright (straight) characters...

Checking the Font Lists for Available Fonts 6-16 Appendix 6 6 Typeface Samples Standard Scalable Fonts (PCL) Courier CG Times CG Times Bold CG Times Italic CG Times Bold Italic CG Omega CG Omega Bold CG Omega Italic CG Omega Bold Italic Coronet Clarendon Condensed Univers Medium Univers Bold Univers...

Checking the Font Lists for Available Fonts 6-30 Appendix 6 6 Symbol Sets ASCII DeskTop

Checking the Font Lists for Available Fonts 6-33 6 Appendix 6 ISO French ISO German

Checking the Font Lists for Available Fonts 6-34 Appendix 6 6 ISO Italian ISO Norwegian

Checking the Font Lists for Available Fonts 6-35 6 Appendix 6 ISO Spanish ISO Swedish

Checking the Font Lists for Available Fonts 6-36 Appendix 6 6 ISO United Kingdom Legal

Checking the Font Lists for Available Fonts 6-37 6 Appendix 6 Math-8 MC Text

Checking the Font Lists for Available Fonts 6-38 Appendix 6 6 Microsoft Publishing PC-1004

Checking the Font Lists for Available Fonts 6-42 Appendix 6 6 PI Font PS Math

Checking the Font Lists for Available Fonts 6-43 6 Appendix 6 PS Text Roman-8

Checking the Font Lists for Available Fonts 6-44 Appendix 6 6 Symbol Ventura International

Checking the Font Lists for Available Fonts 6-45 6 Appendix 6 Ventura Math Ventura US

Checking the Font Lists for Available Fonts 6-48 Appendix 6 6 Windows Baltic Wingdings

Checking the Font Lists for Available Fonts 6-49 6 Appendix 6 3 of 9 Barcode Code 128

Checking the Font Lists for Available Fonts 6-50 Appendix 6 6 Code bar Interleaved 2 of 5

Checking the Font Lists for Available Fonts 6-51 6 Appendix 6 MSI / Plessey PostNet

Specifications 6-56 6 Appendix Specifications Software Specifications Command language: PCL 6, PCL 5e, PostScript 3 emulation Resident fonts: PCL 80 Scalable fonts 30 Barcode fonts 2 OCR fonts 9 Bitmap fonts PS 136 Scalable fonts Printable area: PCL 5eReduced to 1/6" (4 mm) from the top, bottom, l...

Index 6-57 Appendix 6 Index Numerics 2-Sided Printing .......................................................................................................................... 3-3 A Accessing the Menus ....................................................................................................