Printer Guide IMPORTANT: Read this manual carefully. Use this manual when you need quick reference help for the printer feature of your machine.
Using Your Documentation Your machine includes the following documentation. This documentation has been designed so that you can easily use your machine to suit your particular needs. Setting up the machine .................................. Installing CARPS Software........................... Setup Sheet Document and paper handling ..................... Making copies................................................. Printing with CARPS Software .................... Basic Guide Maintenance .............
How This Manual Is Organized Chapter 1 Before You Start Chapter 2 Installing Canon Advanced Raster Printing System (CARPS) Chapter 3 Printer Properties Chapter 4 Troubleshooting Appendix Printer Specifications Index Glossary • Considerable effort has been made to ensure that this manual is free of inaccuracies and omissions.
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Contents Chapter 1: Before You Start Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 Where to Find Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4 Chapter 2: Installing Canon Advanced Raster Printing System (CARPS) What is CARPS? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2 Installing CARPS . . . . . . . . . .
How to Use This Manual ■ Symbols Used in This Manual Please read the list below of symbols, terms, and abbreviations used in this guide. WARNING Indicates a warning concerning operations that may lead to death or injury to persons if not performed correctly. In order to use the machine safely, always pay attention to these warnings. CAUTION Indicates a caution concerning operations that may lead to injury to persons or damage to property if not performed correctly.
■ 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 Screenshots of computer operation screens used in this manual may differ from the ones you actually see, depending on the model or options that come with your machine. The keys or buttons which you should press are marked with , as shown below.
■ 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® Millennium Edition operating system: Windows Me Microsoft® Windows® 2000 operating system: Windows 2000 Microsoft® Windows® XP operating system: Windows XP viii
Chapter 1 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 help and information regarding the installation and use of this software.
Introduction 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 information about Canon products and update your software on the Canon home page (http://www.usa.canon.com).
System Requirements 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). Hardware Environment Using CARPS software requires following computer environment. 1 Before You Start Computer Any computer on which Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows 2000, or Windows XP runs properly.
Where to Find Help Before you contact Canon, please record the following information: Serial Number (on back of machine): Model Name (on front of machine): Purchase Date: IN THIS GUIDE See “Troubleshooting” on page 4-1 for common problems. IN BASIC GUIDE See chapter 8. 1 Before You Start Here is where to find help if you are having problems with installation, or in using your machine: README.
Chapter 2 Installing Canon Advanced Raster Printing System (CARPS) This chapter describes CARPS (Canon Advanced Raster Printing System).
What is CARPS? 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 Windows applications.
Installation Procedures This section describes how to install CARPS using Setup Wizard, Plug and Play, and Add Printer Wizard. Installing User Software If you want to configure the port setting and your operating system is Windows 2000/XP, follow the steps in “Installing Printer Driver without a USB Connection” on page 2-6. If not, follow the steps in “Installing Printer Driver through a USB Connection” on page 2-3.
3 Click Next on the CARPS Printer Driver dialog box. 4 When the License Agreement dialog box appears, check the contents. Select I accept the terms in the license agreement click Next. NOTE Installing Canon Advanced Raster Printing System 2 A message recommending you to restart your computer may appear under some operating systems. In this case, continue installing after restarting your computer.
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 connected to the port on your computer within 90 seconds after Yes is clicked, otherwise the installation will not complete. For more information on connecting the USB cable, refer to the Setup Sheet.
7 When the installation is complete, the following dialog box appears. Select Yes, I want to restart my computer now on the dialog box click Exit. ■ Installing Printer Driver without a USB Connection The following is the installation procedure of the user software without using a USB connection, under Windows 2000/XP. The screen shots shown are from Windows 2000. . 1 Make sure the machine is connected to your computer and it is turned on.
3 Click Next on the CARPS Printer Driver dialog box. 4 When the License Agreement dialog box appears, check the contents. Select I accept the terms in the license agreement click Next. NOTE Installing Canon Advanced Raster Printing System 2 A message recommending you to restart your computer may appear under some operating systems. In this case, continue installing after restarting your computer.
5 Uncheck Install Printer Driver through a USB connection click Next. 6 Check Add printers and Update Drivers click Next.
7 Configure Port Settings, Printer Name, Use as Shared Printer, and Set as Default click Next. Port Settings: Select one of the following options click Settings to configure the port settings. Use Standard Port: Select to configure the standard port. Use Network Printer: Select to configure your printer as the shared printer. Add Port: Select to add a port. Printer Name: Type your printer name. Use as Shared Printer: Select to configure your printer as the shared printer (only for Windows 2000/XP).
9 When the following dialog box appears, select Yes, I want to restart my computer now click Exit.
Windows 98/Me ■ 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 from Windows 98. Before you install the software, make sure you do the following: • Connect the machine to your computer ( Setup Sheet). • Turn on the machine ( Setup Sheet). • Start up Windows 98/Me. 1 Plug and Play is being carried out and the Add New Hardware Wizard dialog box appears. Click Next.
2 Select Search for the best driver for your device (Recommended) in the Add New Hardware Wizard dialog box click Next. 3 Place the CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive. 4 Select Specify a location (in Windows Me, Specify the location of the driver (Advanced)) 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:\Usbport\win98” click Next.
5 Click Next on Windows driver files search for the device click Finish. 6 The Add New Hardware Wizard dialog box appears. Click Next. 7 Select Search for the best driver for your device (Recommended) in the Add New Hardware Wizard dialog box click Next.
8 Select Specify a location (in Windows Me, Specify the location of the driver (Advanced)) 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\win9x_me” click OK. Confirm that the folder to browse is selected under Specify a location click Next. 9 Click Next on Windows driver files search for the device. 10 Enter the name you wish to use click Finish.
11 When the installation is complete, the following dialog box appears. Click Finish on the Add New Hardware Wizard dialog box.
■ Windows 98/Me Add Printer Wizard The following is the installation procedure of Add printer Wizard, under Windows 98/Me. The screen shots shown are from Windows 98. 1 From the Start menu, select Settings Printers. The Printers folder appears. 2 Double-click the Add Printer icon. The Add Printer Wizard dialog box appears. Click Next. 3 Select Local Printer click Next.
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 software click OK. Installing Canon Advanced Raster Printing System 2 For example, if you are using the CD-ROM to install CARPS software, and your CD-ROM drive is drive “D:”, the path name would be “D:\Drivers\us_eng\win9x_me”.
6 Select the printer click Next. 7 Select the printer’s port click Next.
8 Enter the name you wish to use click Finish. NOTE If you already have another printer installed, you will be asked whether to use this printer as the default.
Windows 2000 ■ Windows 2000 Plug and Play The following is the installation procedure of Plug and Play, under Windows 2000. Before you install the software, make sure you do the following: • Connect the machine to your computer ( Setup Sheet). • Turn on the machine ( Setup Sheet). • Start up Windows 2000. 2 Plug and Play is being carried out and the USB class driver, USB Printing Support, is automatically detected and installed. 3 The Found New Hardware Wizard dialog box appears. Click Next.
4 Select Specify a location click Next. 5 The Found New Hardware Wizard dialog box appears. Place the CD-ROM into the CDROM drive. 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 OK.
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.
■ Windows 2000 Add Printer Wizard The following is the installation procedure of Add Printer Wizard, under Windows 2000. 1 Log on as member of Administrators. The full control access right for the printer is necessary for the installation of CARPS. 2 From the Start menu, select Settings Printers. The Printers folder appears. 3 Double-click the Add Printer icon. The Add Printer Wizard dialog box appears. Click Next. 4 Select Local printer click Next.
5 Select the printer port you want to use click Next. 6 Click Have Disk in the Manufacturers/Printers dialog box.
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. 8 Select your printer model from the list of printers displayed click Next. 2 Installing Canon Advanced Raster Printing System For example, if you are using the CD-ROM to install CARPS, and your CD-ROM drive is drive “D:”, the path name would be “D:\Drivers\us_eng\win2000_xp”.
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 printer is shared with other computers or not click Next.
11 Click Yes if you want to print a test page, or No if you do not want to print a test page click Next. 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 folder.
13 If you opted to print a test page, the test page is printed after the installation completes, and the following dialog appears. If the test page is printed correctly click OK.
Windows XP ■ 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 you do the following: • Connect the machine to your computer ( Setup Sheet). • Turn on the machine ( Setup Sheet). • Start up Windows XP. 2 Plug and Play is being carried out and the USB class driver, USB Printing Support, is automatically detected and installed. 3 The Found New Hardware Wizard dialog box appears.
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 installation is complete, the following dialog box appears. Click Finish to close the box.
■ Windows XP Add Printer Wizard The following is the installation procedure of Add Printer Wizard, under Windows XP. 1 Log on as member of Administrators. The full control access right for the printer is necessary for the installation of CARPS. 2 From the Start menu, select Printers and Faxes. The Printers and Faxes folder appears. 3 In Printer Tasks, click Add a printer. The Add Printer Wizard dialog box appears. Click Next.
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.
6 Click Have Disk in the Manufacturer/Printers dialog box. 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. Installing Canon Advanced Raster Printing System 2 For example, if you are using the CD-ROM to install CARPS, and your CD-ROM drive is drive “D:”, the path name would be “D:\Drivers\us_eng\win2000_xp”.
8 Select your printer model from the list of printers displayed click Next. 9 Click Next to accept the default printer name, or enter the name you wish to use click Next. NOTE Installing Canon Advanced Raster Printing System 2 If you already have another printer installed, you will be asked whether to use this printer as the default.
10 Select whether this printer is shared with other computers or not click Next. 11 Click Yes if you want to print a test page, or No if you do not want to print a test page click Next.
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 page is printed after the installation completes, and the following dialog appears. If the test page is printed correctly click OK.
Network Users Connecting to the imageCLASS D300 D300 Series Already Already on Your Network If the imageCLASS D300 Series is already on your network, you can install it in two different ways. The easiest way is using automatic network download. If network download is not available, you can use the Add Printer Wizard. Befor installing the CARPS-software via network, configure the server settings (P. 2-41 to 243, P. 2-47 to 2-48) and shared printer settings (P. 2-44 to 2-46, P. 2-49).
4 Enter the network path or print queue that you want to connect to, or use Browse to open the Browse for Printer dialog box to select the printer. NOTE Depending on your network environment, the installation of the driver may be carried out automatically. In this case you need not perform steps 5 through 8 below. 5 The Wizard displays a list of available printers. Click Have Disk. 6 The Install From Disk dialog box appears.
■ Windows 2000/XP Add Printer Wizard To install CARPS for a shared printer you can use the Windows 2000/XP Add Printer Wizard. 1 Log on as member of Administrators. The full control access right for the printer is necessary for the installation of CARPS. 2 From the Start menu, select Settings click Printers (in Windows XP, select Printers and Faxes from Start menu). The Printers (in Windows XP, Printers and Faxes) folder appears.
Printer Sharing By using your Canon imageCLASS D300 Series machine on a network, users can share the device for printing. Printer sharing with the imageCLASS D300 Series requires that both the print server and the client devices are using Windows 98 or later. The print server and client do not need to use the same operating system, and it is possible to print from a Windows 98/Me client to a Windows 2000/XP print server, or vice versa.
Connecting the imageCLASS D300 Series as as a Shared Printer 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 Settings Network Settings 1 Double-click the Network icon in Control Panel. 2 Installing Canon Advanced Raster Printing System 2 Select the Configuration tab click Add. 3 Select Service click Add.
4 Select File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks in the Select Network Service dialog box click OK. 5 Click File and Print Sharing. Installing Canon Advanced Raster Printing System 2 Be sure to check I want to be able to allow others to print to my printer(s).
6 Select the Access Control tab check either Share-level Access Control or User-level Access control. 7 Click OK restart Windows.
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. Installing Canon Advanced Raster Printing System 2 3 Click OK.
User-level Access Control 1 Open the Canon imageCLASS D300 Properties dialog box check Shared As in the Sharing tab. 2 Enter Share Name and Comment, as needed.
3 Click Add select the users allowed to access the printer. 4 Click OK when you have finished adding users. 5 Click OK again. Do not enter space or special character in Share Name.
Add Server Service (Windows 2000) 1 From the Start menu, select Settings Network and Dial-up Connections. The Network and Dial-up Connections folder appears. 2 Right-click the Local Area Connection icon select Properties from the pop-up menu. The Local Area Connection Properties dialog box appears. 3 Select File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks click OK.
Add Server Service (Windows XP)* 1 From the Start menu, select Control Panel. The Control Panel folder appears. 2 Click Network and Internet Connections. The Network and Internet Connections folder appears. 3 Click Network Connections. The Network Connections folder appears. 4 Right-click the Local Area Connection icon select Properties from the menu. The Local Area Connection Properties dialog box appears.
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. Installing Canon Advanced Raster Printing System 2 Sharing settings may also be made during installation.
Chapter 3 Printer Properties This chapter describes the dialogs and settings on the Printer Properties dialog box.
Windows 98/Me Printer Properties 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 options. • You can also open the Properties dialog box from the Printers folder by rightclicking the Canon imageCLASS D300 icon and clicking Properties from the popup menu.
■ General Tab Lets you print a test page or define separator pages. Refer to your Windows operating system documentation for more information.
■ Details Tab Specifies the printer port and time-out settings. Refer to your Windows operating system documentation for more information. Printer Properties 3 Spool Settings The installer sets the following defaults.
■ 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.
■ 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 (1) (2) (3) (4) (6) (7) (8) 3 Printer Properties (5) (9) (10) Default settings depend on the country/region of purchase. (1) Page Size lets you select the paper size you are working with in your application. Available options are A4, B5, A5, Letter, Legal, Executive, Envelope #10, and Envelope Monarch.
(5) Page Layout lets you select the number of pages per sheet (1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 16) and [Poster] (2 x 2, 3 x 3, 4 x 4 pages to comprise one sheet). If you select an option other than [1 Page per Sheet] and [Poster], the image may be reduced to fit on the selected output size, and Manual Scaling (6) disappears and Page Order (11) appears in its place. When [Poster] is selected, Manual Scaling (6), Watermark (8) and Layout Options (10) are disabled. (6) Manual Scaling lets you shrink or enlarge images.
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 tab window ( p. 3-6). (1) (2) (3) (5) (6) (11) (12) (10) (13) (14) 3 Printer Properties (4) (7) (8) (9) (15) (1) Watermark List displays the names of registered watermarks.
(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 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) Watermark Type lets you select either of [Transparent] or [Solid] for the watermark type.
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) box. You can specify the name, width, and height of each size. Up to 50 custom sizes can be defined.
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 [Poster] ( p. 36). (1) (2) (3) 3 Printer Properties (4) (1) Edging lets you add a page frame to be printed on each page. 11 options are available. Edging is not available to use with Print Sample in the Quality tab ( p. 3-17).
■ 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, and select a profile, which facilitates your print jobs. (1) (2) (3) (6) (4) 3 Printer Properties (5) (4) Profile lets you select one of the registered profiles from the drop-down list.
(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 dialog box ( p. 3-11) when the frame of the image is clicked, and the Edit Watermark dialog box ( p. 3-8) when anywhere inside the image is clicked.
Edit Profiles Clicking (Edit) opens the Edit Profile dialog box. This dialog box allows you to edit the profile selected in Profile List. (1) (3) (4) (5) 3 Printer Properties (2) (1) Profile List displays the list of registered profiles. The order that profiles appear in this list is the order they appear in the Profile pull-down list in the Page Setup, Finishing, and Quality tab windows. (2) Delete deletes the profile selected in Profile List (1).
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.
■ Finishing Tab Specifies the finishing settings for the printed pages including the collating and binding. For information on Profiles, see page 3-12. (1) (2) Printer Properties 3 (3) (1) Binding Location lets you select a binding location for the printed pages. (2) Collate sorts the printed pages by copy. Checking this checkbox enables this function. (3) Restore Defaults resets all the current settings to their default values.
■ Quality Tab Specifies the settings for print quality including the resolution and contrast. For more information on Profiles, see page 3-12. (1) (3) (4) (5) (6) 3 Printer Properties (2) (7) (1) Objective lets you select the best setting for the print job according to document content. (2) Resolution lets you select the printer's resolution in dot per inch (600 dpi or 300 dpi). (3) Manual Grayscale Settings allows you to set the grayscale manually.
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) (2) (3) (1) Monochrome Halftones lets you select a halftone pattern from the drop-down list. (3) Toner Save lets you select the setting for saving the toner consumption. Edit Grayscale Settings Clicking Grayscale Settings in the Quality tab window opens the Edit Grayscale Settings dialog box.
Adjustment Tab (1) (4) (2) (3) (5) (6) Printer Properties 3 (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 the thumbnail with different brightness and contrast. The image located in the center is displayed with the currently selected brightness and contrast.
Matching Tab (1) (2) (3) (4) Printer Properties 3 (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 list. (3) Monitor Profile lets you select the profile appropriate for your monitor or scanner from the drop-down list. (4) Gamma lets you specify the gamma correction factor.
Windows 2000/XP Printer Properties and Default Document Properties CARPS for Windows 2000/XP has two main dialog boxes: the Printer Properties dialog box and the Default Document Properties dialog box.
Printer Properties ■ General Tab Lets you print a test page and define printing preferences. Refer to your Windows operating system documentation for more information. Printer Properties 3 ■ Sharing Tab Specifies the printer-sharing settings. Refer to your Windows operating system documentation for more information.
■ Ports Tab Specifies the port to which the printer is attached. Refer to your Windows operating system documentation for more information. ■ Advanced Tab Printer Properties 3 Specifies the settings for print spooling. Refer to your Windows operating system documentation for more information. Spool print documents so program finishes printing faster and Start printing immediately are set automatically when you install the printer driver.
■ Color Management Tab Associates color profiles with your color printer. Refer to your Windows operating system documentation for more information. ■ Security Tab Printer Properties 3 Specifies security settings. Refer to your operating system documentation for more information.
■ Profile Tab Allows you to add, edit, and select a profile to be applied to print jobs. (1) (2) (3) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) 3 Printer Properties (4) (5) (1) Profile List displays the list of registered profiles. (2) Name displays the name of the profile currently selected in Profile List (1). (3) Comment describes the currently selected profile. (4) View Settings displays the settings of the currently selected profile.
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 the profile. (1) (2) (3) (4) Printer Properties 3 (1) Name lets you name the new profile, or rename the existing profile. (2) Icon lets you select an icon to represent the new profile, or change the icon of the existing profile.
Page Setup Tab Specifies the page settings including the paper size, scaling, number of copies, orientation, and number of pages per sheet ( p. 3-29). Finishing Tab Specifies the finishing settings for the printed pages including the collating and binding ( p. 3-38).
Quality Tab Specifies the print quality including resolution, brightness and contrast ( p. 3-39).
Default Document Properties ■ Page Setup Tab Specifies the page settings including the paper size, scaling, number of copies, orientation, and number of pages per sheet. (1) (2) (3) (4) (6) (7) (8) 3 Printer Properties (5) (9) (10) Default settings depend on the country/region of purchase. (1) Page Size lets you select the paper size you are working with in your application. Available options are A4, B5, A5, Letter, Legal, Executive, Envelope #10, and Envelope Monarch.
(6) Manual Scaling lets you shrink or enlarge images. This option only appears when [1 Page per Sheet] is selected for Page Layout (5). Checking this checkbox enables the edit box on the right side to specify the magnification factor (25 to 200). (5) (11) (11) Page Order lets you select the order in which original pages are placed on each sheet of the output paper when more than one page is printed per sheet. (8) Watermark lets you insert the watermark to be printed on the document.
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 tab window ( p. 3-29). (1) (2) (3) (7) (8) (9) (5) (6) (11) (12) (10) (13) (14) (15) 3 Printer Properties (4) (1) Watermark List displays the names of registered watermarks.
(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) Watermark Type lets you select either of [Transparent] or [Solid] for the watermark type. (15) Print on First Page Only lets you select whether the watermark appears only on the first page or all pages.
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 [Poster] ( p. 327). (1) (2) (3) (1) Edging lets you add a page frame to be printed on each page. 11 options are available. Edging is not available to use with Print Samples in the Quality tab ( p. 3-39).
■ 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, and select a profile, which facilitates your print jobs. (1) (2) (3) (6) (4) 3 Printer Properties (5) (4) Profile lets you select one of the registered profiles from the drop-down list.
(7) Change Page Layout Modes lets you change the Page Layout setting ( p. 3-29). 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 dialog box ( p. 3-33) when the frame of the image is clicked, and the Edit Watermark dialog box ( p. 3-31) when anywhere inside the image is clicked.
Edit Profiles Clicking (Edit) opens the Edit Profile dialog box. This dialog box allows you to edit the profile selected in Profile List. (1) (3) (4) (5) 3 Printer Properties (2) (1) Profile List displays the list of registered profiles. The order that profiles appear in this list is the order they appear in the Profile pull-down list in the Page Setup, Finishing, and Quality tab windows. (2) Delete deletes the profile selected in Profile List (1).
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.
■ Finishing Tab Specifies the finishing settings for the printed pages including the collating and binding. For information on Profiles, see page 3-34. (1) (2) (3) Printer Properties 3 (1) Binding Location lets you select a binding location for the printed pages. (2) Collate sorts the printed pages by copy. Checking this checkbox enables the option. (3) Restore Defaults resets all the current settings to their default values.
■ Quality Tab Specifies the settings for print quality including the resolution and contrast. For information on Profiles, see page 3-34. (1) (2) (4) (5) (6) (7) 3 Printer Properties (3) (1) Objective lets you select the best setting for the print job according to document content. (2) Resolution lets you select the printer's resolution in dot per inch (600 dpi or 300 dpi). (3) Manual Grayscale Settings allows you to set the grayscale manually.
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 detailed settings for print quality. (1) (2) (3) (1) Monochrome Halftones lets you select a halftone pattern from the drop-down list. (3) Toner Save lets you select the setting for saving the toner consumption.
Adjustment Tab (1) (4) (2) (3) (5) (1) Sample Picture lets you select an image sample from the drop-down list. (2) Original displays the original image. 3 Printer Properties (6) (3) Preview displays the image with the currently selected brightness and contrast reflected. (4) Brightness displays nine images of the thumbnail with different brightness and contrast. The image located in the center is displayed with the currently selected brightness and contrast.
Matching Tab (1) (2) (3) (4) (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). Printer Properties 3 (2) Matching Method lets you select the matching method from the drop-down list. (3) Monitor Profile lets you select the profile appropriate for your monitor or scanner from the drop-down list. (4) Gamma lets you specify the gamma correction factor.
Chapter 4 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 errors, the printer cable, or the printer. Many printing problems are related to how your software interacts with the printer. If you can print a self test, but the printer does not print other jobs, or your printed output is not what you expected, the problem is with your computer, software, or cables.
Printer Problems 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 automatically when the copy job is completed. The cartridge is not installed correctly. Check that the cartridge is installed correctly. Setup Sheet Your BIOS port setting needs to be modified. See your computer’s documentation concerning available ports. Your computer is not working properly.
Problem Cause Solution Printout is wrong There is a communication problem between the printer and your computer. • • • Printer locks up system The wrong printer is selected in the Printers folder. Make sure the Canon imageCLASS D300 is selected in the Printers (in Windows XP, Printers and Faxes) folder. Your system setup might be a problem. • • • • Computer indicates a device time-out. Your computer is sending data to the printer but the printer is not responding.
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 driver for the imageCLASS D300 Series. Cannot print with a printer driver other than the Canon imageCLASS D300 Adobe Type Manager (ATM) is not supported. The printer driver is connected to the same port as the Canon imageCLASS D300 printer driver.
Cause Solution Cannot install CARPS using USB port. USB class driver is not properly installed. Perform the following steps. 1) Make sure the printer is connected to your computer using a USB cable and the printer is turned on. 2) For Windows 98/Me/2000, open the System dialog box from the Control Panel. For Windows XP*, click Performance and Maintenance in the Control Panel See basic information about your computer in the Performance and Maintenance folder. The System Properties dialog box appears.
Cause Solution Strings of garbled characters printed. The software is not installed properly. Check if the printer icon is displayed in the Printers (in Windows XP, Printers and Faxes) folder. If not, install the software. If the printer icon is displayed, right-click the printer icon check if Set as Default printer is checked in the pull-down menu. Refer to Chapter 2 for more information. Edge of output is missing. The gutter width exceeds the allowable range.
Uninstalling CARPS 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. From Printer Driver Uninstaller: 1 From the Start menu, select Programs Canon Printer uninstaller click CARPS Printer Driver Uninstaller. The Delete Printer dialog box appears.
Appendix Printer Specifications • Hardware Printing speed: 15 pages per minute (LTR-size paper) Resolution: 600 dpi Paper sizes: Legal (8 1/2 x 14 inches) to 3 x 5 inches Plain paper, colored paper, recycled paper, envelopes and heavy paper (up to 32- lb bond or 128 g/m2) Maximum capacity: 250 sheets of 17-lb bond (64 g/m2 paper) Multi-purpose Tray: Legal (8 1/2 x 14 inches) to 3 x 5 inches Plain paper, colored paper, recycled paper, transparencies, envelopes and heavy paper (up to 32-lb bond or 128
Index 600 dpi, A-1 A AC, G-1 Add Printer Wizard Windows 2000/XP, 2-39 Windows 98/Me, 2-37 Add profiles, 3-35 Add/Edit profile, 3-26 Adjustment tab Windows 2000/XP, 3-41 Windows 98/Me, 3-19 Adobe Type Manager fonts, cannot use, 4-4 Advanced tab, Windows 2000/XP, 3-23 B Brightness, G-1 C Canon Advanced Raster Printing System (CARPS) CARPS Problems, 4-4–4-6 installing, 2-2–2-49 not working properly, 4-4 uninstalling, 4-7 Canon Raster Printing System (CARPS), G-1 Cassette, A-1 Client, G-1 Collate, G-1 Color
O R Orientation, G-4 Random Access Memory, G-5 Removing Canon Advanced Raster Printing System, 47 Resolution, A-1, G-6 Reverse Output Order, G-6 Page setup tab custom paper size, 3-10 Windows 2000/XP, 3-27, 3-29 Windows 98/Me, 3-6 Paper delivery, A-1 Paper feed, G-4 Paper size, A-1 custom, 3-10 Paper Source, G-4 Paper Type, G-4 PDF, G-4 Plain paper, A-1 Plug and play for USB Port Windows 2000, 2-20–2-22 Windows 98/Me, 2-11–2-15 Windows XP, 2-29–2-30 Portrait, G-5 Ports tab, Windows 2000/XP, 3-23 Power n
Windows 2000/XP advanced tab, 3-23 finishing tab, 3-27 general tab, 3-22 page setup tab, 3-29 ports tab, 3-23 quality tab, 3-39 security tab, 3-24 sharing tab, 3-22 Windows 98/Me details tab, 3-4 finishing tab, 3-16 general tab, 3-3 page setup tab, 3-6 Printer Property, 3-2–3-20 quality tab, 3-17 sharing tab, 3-5 WYSIWYG, G-7 Index I I-3
Glossary 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 pause printing. You must follow the on-screen instructions before printing resumes. B Bold A characteristic of a printed character that indicates wider, darker representation. Also referred to as emphasized or double-strike printing.
Control Panels The set of Windows programs you can use to change system, hardware, software, and Windows settings. 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 Windows. Icons, windows, and the taskbar are displayed on the Windows desktop. dpi Dots per inch. A unit of measurement for indicating a printer’s resolution. The imageCLASS D300 Series prints at a resolution of 600 dpi.
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. I Image Refinement A printer technology from Canon which automatically senses and refines the jagged edges and ragged curves of characters and graphics. Interface The connection between two devices through which they communicate with each other.
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 Network A group of computers connected by cables or other means and using software that enables them to share equipment (such as printers) and exchange information.
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 added to the print queue or directly to the printer. Print queue A list of files that are either waiting to be printed or are currently printing. Once a file has been printed, it is removed from the print queue.
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 well as a better match to traditional typeface designs, but prints more slowly. This printer can produce output with 300 or 600 dpi resolution.
Toner A black, resin-coated powder contained in the Cartridge S35. The printer applies the toner to the surface of the photosensitive drum inside the printer via an electrophotographic mechanism. Toner saver Because the black areas of print data are thinned, toner consumption is reduced. Tool bar In the Status Window, the area in the tab window that includes buttons for pausing, resuming, and deleting the current print job.