Canon S900- Manual

iii Contents Chapter 1: Basic Printing Turning Your Photo Printer On and Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2What Is a Printer Driver? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Selecting the S900 Photo Printer for Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

iv Contents S900_QSG.book Page iv Friday, November 2, 2001 1:34 PM

1 Chapter 1: Basic Printing Congratulations on purchasing your new Canon ® S900 Photo Printer! With your S900 photo printer, you can print professional-looking photos and graphics in black and white or vivid color. Using Canon specialty media, such as Canon Glossy Photo Paper or Canon Photo Paper Pr...

2 Basic Printing Turning Your Photo Printer On and Off To turn your photo printer on or off, press the POWER button. The POWER lamp will flash green when warming up or when a print job is being sent to the printer. It will glow a steady (non-flashing) green when the printer is ready for use or when ...

3 Basic Printing To select the S900 from within a Windows application: Even if another printer is set as the default printer, you can still select the Canon S900 for a specific print job from within most Windows applications. Menus vary between applications. Consult your application’s user documenta...

4 Basic Printing Recommended Paper Use There are two steps recommended for getting the best printed output: • Set the paper thickness lever for the media used. (See “Load Limit and Paper Thickness Lever Position” on page 5.) • Select the correct media setting in the printer driver. (See “Chapter 2: ...

5 Basic Printing Media to Avoid Do not use the following types of media with your S900 photo printer, as they could produce poor quality print images, or jam or damage the printer: • Paper that is folded, excessively curled, wrinkled or wrapped • Damp paper • Excessively thin or thick paper (less th...

6 Basic Printing The S900 photo printer can print on paper ranging from standard copier paper (usually 17–28 lb.) to Canon specialty media paper and envelopes. The paper thickness lever is located inside the front cover, on the printhead holder. It controls the paper feed for the type and weight of ...

7 Basic Printing 3. Press down on the corners and sides of the envelopes to make them as flat as possible by expelling all of the air. To avoid paper jams, make sure envelopes are flat before you load them into the paper tray. Make sure that none of the flaps overlap. If the envelope edges are not f...

8 Basic Printing 1. To cancel a print job from the Status Monitor, click the BJ Status Monitor icon on the taskbar and the dialog box will open. 2. Click Cancel Printing. The print job will be canceled and the paper ejected. To cancel a print job from Windows: 1. Click Start, then Settings, then Pri...

9 Chapter 2: Advanced Print Features Improving Printed Images Two important factors control the quality and output of your printed images: For more detailed information, see the S900 User’s Guide on the S900 Setup Software & User’s Guide CD-ROM. You can also access the online help in one of the ...

10 Advanced Print Features Adjusting Print Quality Features that affect the appearance and quality of your printed photos and documents can be controlled with the printer driver. The S900 photo printer automatically adjusts printer settings to improve print quality based on the media type (plain pap...

Advanced Print Features 11 To select best print quality with the Print Advisor wizard: Print Advisor is a wizard that helps you select the most optimum media type and print quality for your print job. 1. From an application File menu, click Print. 2. With Canon S900 as the selected printer, click Pr...

12 Advanced Print Features To automatically make images smoother in Windows: Image Optimizer smooths jagged edges formed when enlarging a photo or graphic from its original size. It is most effective when used with low-resolution images. 1. From an application File menu, click Print. 2. With Canon S...

Advanced Print Features 13 2. From an application File menu, click Print. 3. Click the manual print mode icon, then click the Details button. The Detailed Setting dialog box will open. 4. Click the Special Effects icon, then select the Vivid Photo check box. 5. Click OK, then click Print. To automat...

14 Advanced Print Features 2. From an application File menu, click Print. 3. Click the manual print mode icon, then click the Details button. The Detailed Setting dialog box will open. 4. Click the Special Effects icon, then select the Photo Optimizer PRO check box. When Photo Optimizer PRO is selec...

Advanced Print Features 15 To use ICM for automatic color adjustment, select the Enable ICM check box. All other features on this tab (except Intensity) will become inactive. 8. Under Print Type, select Photo when printing photographs to get a wider range of tones. Select Graphic when printing graph...

16 Advanced Print Features Changing the Page Setup You can change how the image is printed without affecting the original image file. To change page setup in Windows: 1. From an application File menu, click Print. 2. With Canon S900 as the selected printer, click Properties. 3. Click the Page Setup ...

Advanced Print Features 17 Poster Printing Print an oversized image on multiple pages that can then be manually joined together. Click Specify to set the image divisions (how many tiles the image will break up into). Banner Printing Print banners on special banner paper. Borderless Printing Prints t...

18 Advanced Print Features To change page layout and print order in Mac OS: 1. Make sure that S900 is the selected printer. (Click the Apple icon, then Chooser, then S900). 2. From an application File menu, click Print. 3. Click Options. You can enter or change the following: • To print in reverse o...

Advanced Print Features 19 3. Make the desired printer driver setting changes on the various tabs. 4. Without exiting the Properties window, click the Profiles tab. 5. Click Add to Profiles, then type a name for your settings in the Name field. You can also select an icon for this profile. 6. Type a...

20 Advanced Print Features To retrieve driver settings in Mac OS: 1. From an application File menu, click Print. 2. Click Apply, then select the name of your saved settings. 3. Click Defaults, then OK. 4. Click Import, then click Close. S900_QSG.book Page 20 Friday, November 2, 2001 1:34 PM

21 Chapter 3: Printing Maintenance Monitoring Ink Levels The print driver allows you to monitor the level of ink in each ink tank. To check ink levels in Windows: 1. With the printer on, click Start, then Settings, then Printers. For Windows XP, click Start, then Control Panel, then Printers and Oth...

22 Printing Maintenance To check ink levels in Mac OS: The S900 Print Monitor can display ink levels when they are running low if you have enabled background printing in the Chooser option. 1. Click Chooser on the Apple menu. 2. Ensure the S900 is the selected printer. 3. Set Backgrounding to On, th...

Printing Maintenance 23 Aligning the Printhead Part of the setup procedure for a new S900 photo printer includes aligning the printhead. Occasionally, you may need to realign it, as determined by the results of a nozzle check pattern (see “Printing a Nozzle Check Pattern” on page 24.) To align the p...

24 Printing Maintenance To align the printhead in Mac OS: 1. Make sure the printer is on and paper is loaded. 2. From an application File menu, click Page Setup. 3. Click Utilities. 4. Click the down-arrow to select Test Print. 5. Click Print Head Alignment. 6. Follow the on-screen instructions to p...

Printing Maintenance 25 To print a nozzle check pattern in Windows: 1. Make sure the printer is on and paper is loaded. 2. Click Start, then Settings, then Printers. For Windows XP, click Start, then Control Panel, then Printers and Other Hardware, then Printers and Faxes. The Maintenance tab may va...

26 Printing Maintenance 7. Examine the printed nozzle check pattern to verify that the ink is consistent on the printout. If indicated by the printout, clean the printhead (see “Cleaning the Printhead” on page 26), or realign it (see “Aligning the Printhead” on page 23). Cleaning the Printhead If yo...

29 Chapter 4: Using Your Photo Applications Several photo applications come with your Canon S900 that make it easy to organize, view, manipulate and print color photographs. • A browser (ZoomBrowser EX for Windows and ImageBrowser for Mac OS) provides easy viewing of photos and other images stored o...

30 Using Your Photo Applications 3. From the installation main menu, click Application. The photo application software options panel will appear. 4. Make sure all the installation options are selected, then click Install. 5. Follow the on-screen instructions. 6. When the Terminate Installation dialo...

31 Using Your Photo Applications To open ZoomBrowser EX in Windows: 1. Make sure the images you want to view are on your hard drive or other accessible media. 2. Double-click the Canon ZoomBrowser EX icon on the desktop, or click Start, then Programs, then Canon Utilities, then ZoomBrowser EX, then ...

33 Using Your Photo Applications To merge images in Windows: 1. Make sure the images you want to view are on your hard drive or other accessible media. 2. Click Start, then Programs, then Canon Utilities, then PhotoStitch 3.1, then PhotoStitch. The PhotoStitch Launcher will appear. 3. From this wind...

34 Using Your Photo Applications Printing on Canon Photo Paper Pro for Borderless Printing 4" x 6" Included with your S900 is the Canon Photo Paper Pro for Borderless Printing 4" x 6" media. This paper is designed to let you print images that cover the entire surface of the card with...

35 Using Your Photo Applications 6. Specify Media Type, Paper Size and Orientation. The Preview area will show the print image in relation to the paper. 7. Click Set Page Margins to widen or narrow the printing area, then click OK, then Next. 8. Specify the number of photo tiles you want to place in...

37 Chapter 5: Troubleshooting Tips for Troubleshooting Troubleshooting usually falls into one of the following categories: If you encounter difficulties during installation or operation of your Canon S900 photo printer, quickly scan all topics until you find a description that approximates your diff...

38 Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Installation Problem Possible Cause Try This Cannot install the printer driver Procedure not followed correctly See “Installing the Printer Driver” on page 47. Previous or same printer driver version already installed Always uninstall the previous version of the pr...

Troubleshooting 39 Troubleshooting Printer Hardware Cannot install the printer driver (continued) Computer cannot detect a printer port Verify that the USB cable is connected to both your printer and directly to your computer, bypassing any USB hubs, and that the connection is secure. Verify that th...

Troubleshooting 41 Troubleshooting Printed Output Printer tried to print but no ink on paper (continued) Printhead clogged Verify that the printhead is working properly. If necessary, perform three to four printhead cleanings, then try printing again. See “Cleaning the Printhead” on page 26. Printhe...

Troubleshooting 43 Handling Error Messages Problem Possible Cause Try This Printer does not print When a printer error occurs, the POWER/ERROR lamp flashes orange between green flashes. Count the number of orange flashes to determine and resolve the problem: Alternately flashes green and orange(serv...

Troubleshooting 45 Customer Care Center Canon offers a full range of customer technical support* options: • For e-mail technical support, the latest driver downloads and answers to frequently asked questions: www.canontechsupport.com • 24-hour, 7-day-a-week automated support for troubleshooting issu...

47 Appendix Installing the Printer Driver If you are re-installing the printer driver, first follow the uninstall procedures on page 49 to remove the existing printer driver before you re-install. To install the printer driver in Windows: For Windows 2000 or Windows XP, be sure to log on to the syst...

48 Appendix If your computer cannot detect a printer port, see the tip, “Computer cannot detect a printer port” on page 39. 7. When the Terminate Installation dialog box appears, click OK. 8. Register your product by following the on-screen instructions. 9. Proceed to install the Application by foll...

Appendix 49 Uninstalling the Printer Driver To uninstall the printer driver in Windows: 1. Click Start, Programs, then Canon S900. For Windows XP, click Start, then click All Programs, then click Canon S900. 2. Click Uninstall. 3. Click Yes to confirm that you want to uninstall the printer driver. 4...

50 Appendix Safety Information Warnings and Cautions This guide uses the following icons to indicate situations that could cause damage or injury: Always follow the instructions provided in Warnings to prevent potential or serious personal injury or death as a result of careless operation of the equ...

Appendix 51 • Always grasp the plug when you unplug the power cord. Pulling on the power cord could damage the cord and cause a fire or electric shock. Never use an extension cord. To avoid a fire or electric shock, always plug the power cord directly into the power outlet. Never use a power supply ...

52 Appendix Regulatory Information Color Printer Model: K10209 (S900) This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including int...

57 Index A adjusting brightness ................................................. 14 color balance ............................................. 14 color saturation .......................................... 14 paper thickness lever .....................................6 print quality .................