Printer Software Guide (For Canon CP Printer Solution Disk Version 4) Macintosh 1
Contents Safety Precautions ....................................................................................3 Read This First ..........................................................................................4 About the Manuals ............................................................................4 Printing Flow Diagram .......................................................................5 Printing ..........................................................................................
Safety Precautions The precautions noted within this guide are intended to instruct you in the safe and correct use of the products and to prevent injuries or damage to yourself, other persons and property. Please read and ensure that you understand them before proceeding to other sections of the guide. Warning This symbol indicates topics that could lead to death or serious injury if ignored or handled incorrectly.
Read This First About the Manuals These user guides describe how to connect the printer to your computer and print images. Printer User Guide Contains the information necessary to print from your computer, including printer preparation and handling notes, names of parts, installation of necessary software and the printer driver, and connection of the printer to your computer. Please read before using the printer.
Printing Flow Diagram Follow the steps outlined below to prepare the printer and install the necessary software on your computer to enable printing. Prepare the printer. Insert the paper cassette and ink cassette into the printer. See the Printer User Guide. Install the software and printer driver on your computer. Install the necessary software and printer driver on your computer from the CP Printer Solution disk. See the Printer User Guide. Connect the printer to your computer.
Select an image to print. Start ImageBrowser and select an image to print. See Starting ImageBrowser (➡ p.8), Selecting an Image for Printing (➡ p.8) in this user guide. Printing. Print on standard sheet or full-size labels. See Selecting a Layout Type (➡ p.10), Setting the Printer Driver for Printing (➡ p.13) in this user guide. To print on an 8-label sheet, see Printing Duplicate Images on an 8-Label Sheet (➡ p.16) or Printing Different Images on an 8-Label Sheet (➡ p.19) in this user guide.
Printing ImageBrowser is an application included on the Canon CP Printer Solution Disk. This application makes it easy to print. This section describes how to use ImageBrowser to print images with the printer. Before printing, verify that the printer is on, and that the printer is properly connected to your computer with a USB cable.
Starting ImageBrowser 1 Double-click the [Canon ImageBrowser] icon on the desktop. If the [Canon ImageBrowser] icon does not appear on the desktop, double-click the [Canon Utilities] folder, [ImageBrowser] folder, and [ImageBrowser] icon. Selecting an Image for Printing 1 Select an image you want to print from the browser area. Click the (Print) button to display a menu. From the menu, select [Layout printing].
The Print window and Layout Options window appear. Print window You can check the layout of the image. Layout Options window You can adjust the settings for printing. When [Prints to the Canon Compact Photo Printer] is not displayed, install the printer driver.
Selecting a Layout Type This example prints a single image, fit to a whole postcard size sheet, with no borders. 1 In the Layout Options window, select “Prints to the Canon Compact Photo Printer”, select “Photo printer standard printing”, and then click the [Next] button. The image to be printed appears. Select the desired image layout in the [Layout Options] window.
2 Click the [Page Setup] button. 3 Select your printer in [Format for], specify [Paper Size] and [Orientation], and then click the [OK] button. Select your printer. Select the paper size. Select the paper orientation.
4 After returning to the Layout Options window, select “Bordered” or “Borderless”, then click the [OK] button. If you select “Bordered”, the image is automatically resized to fit within the print. The layout settings are reflected in the Print window. [LAYOUT OPTIONS] button Redisplays the Layout Options window, where you can change the settings. You can also use this option to add text in the Print window to create greeting cards and so on. There are 3 methods for adding text, as shown below.
Setting the Printer Driver for Printing This section describes printing with modified printer driver settings. 1 Click the 2 Select your printer in [Printer]. (PRINT) button. This pop-up menu contains various settings. (Do not change the [Layout] setting.) 3 After selecting [Color], adjust the brightness and color of the print result. For details, check the help menu. Adjust the color of print results. Adjust the brightness and contrast of print results.
4 Select [Copies & Pages], and set the various options. When printing in the background, printing cannot be resumed if the printer runs out of paper while printing. To avoid this, load more sheets of paper than required for the number of images to be printed. To print multiple copies of images, enter the number of prints desired. When selecting multiple images, specify the pages (images) to be printed. Selecting [Save As] ([Save Custom Setting] for Mac OS X v10.
5 Click the [Print] button. Printing starts. If you stop printing while printing is in progress, paper is ejected to the paper handling slot and a printing error may occur. This is not a malfunction, but a mechanism for protecting the print head. If you interrupt printing while it is in progress, be sure to check the printer status. • If the indicator lights green: You can continue to print. • If the indicator lights red: Temporarily remove paper from the paper handling slot.
Printing Duplicate Images on an 8-Label Sheet ImageBrowser allows you to print duplicate images. This makes it possible to print multiple copies of the same image on an 8-label sheet. 1 In the Layout Options window, select “Prints to the Canon Compact Photo Printer”, select “Photo printer multiple printing”, and then click the [Next] button.
2 Click the [Page Setup] button. 3 Select your printer in [Format for], and select [CP_C size (L)] in [Paper Size]. Then, specify the printing orientation and click the [OK] button. Images are resized to fit the label dimensions and are displayed in the Print window. Select landscape orientation when printing to an 8-label sheet. 4 After returning to the Layout Options window, click the [OK] button.
5 Click the image and select [Copy Image] from the ImageBrowser [Edit] menu. 6 Enter 7 and click the [OK] button. The images are laid out in replicate, with their positions adjusted for the eight labels on the 8-label sheet. 7 Click the (PRINT) button to start printing.
Printing Different Images on an 8-Label Sheet You can also print a combination of different images on an 8-label sheet. 1 In the Layout Options window, select “Prints to the Canon Compact Photo Printer”, select “Photo printer multiple printing”, and then click the [Next] button. 2 Click the [Page Setup] button.
3 Select your printer in [Format for], and select [CP_C size (L)] in [Paper Size]. Then, specify the printing orientation and click the [OK] button. Select landscape orientation when printing to an 8-label sheet. 4 After returning to the Layout Options window, click the [OK] button. 5 From the browser area, drag and drop the images to be printed onto the Print window. The different images are laid out with their positions adjusted for the eight labels on the 8-label sheet.
Merging Images to Print a Panorama You can create panoramic images by merging multiple images, and then printing them on wide paper. This operation is performed using the PhotoStitch software. When you use images captured with a Canon digital camera in Stitch Assist mode, PhotoStitch determines the order and direction of the composition automatically, facilitating the composition process. 1 Select the series of images you want to merge from the ImageBrowser’s Browser area.
Printing Part of an Image (Trimming) You can select and then print a portion of an image (trimming). This is useful when you only want to print part of an image, or if the part you are most interested in is not at the center of the image. • You can print portions of images selected from any type of layout.
2 Select the portion of the image to be printed, then close the Trimming window. After selecting the portion to be printed, clicking this closes the window. The area inside the dotted line is the portion of the image to be printed. Changes the size of the window. The Trimming window closes and the selected area appears in the Print window. 3 Click the (PRINT) button to start printing.
Printing with Image Quality Correction ImageBrowser has a function that supports Exif 2.2 (referred to as Exif Print), allowing you to automatically optimize print quality and print clearer, betterlooking images. The image quality correction is adopted for all images printed from ImageBrowser. 1 Click the image you want to print, and select [Preferences] from the ImageBrowser [ImageBrowser] menu.
2 Select [Print] in the Preferences window, set image quality correction, and then click the [OK] button. Be sure to place a check mark in the check box when using image quality correction. Automatically corrects images captured with Exif 2.2 compatible cameras and other images. Automatically corrects only images captured with Exif 2.2 compatible cameras. 3 Click the (PRINT) button to start printing.
Appendices About the Print Area and Pixels Print Area The shaded area ( ) in the following diagrams indicates the maximum printable area. Note that because the print area is larger than the actual paper size, a border is trimmed from the image when it is printed. (shown in millimeters) Postcard size sheet 3.0 2.0 100.0 2.0 2.0 148.
L size sheet 2.6 2.0 89.0 2.0 2.6 119.0 Credit card size sheet (Standard sheets, full-size label sheets and 8-label sheets are available) 1.0 1.0 54.0 1.0 1.0 86.0 With 8-label sheets, the images are laid out to fit the page. The borders around each label are trimmed when printing, so verify the preview image(s) on the screen before printing.
Wide size sheet 2.0 2.0 100.0 2.0 2.0 200.0 Number of Pixels Total number of pixels (dots)* Effective number of pixels (dots) Postcard size sheet 1232 × 1808 approx. 1180 × 1748 L size sheet 1100 × 1456 approx. 1050 × 1406 Credit card size sheet (Standard sheets, full-size label sheets and 8-label sheets are available) 672 × 1066 approx. 638 × 1016 Wide size sheet 1232 × 2416 approx. 1180 × 2362 Paper Type * Number of pixels of print area.
Troubleshooting This section describes how to troubleshoot problems. If the problem still exists after trying these solutions, restart your computer. If the problem still persists, uninstall the printer driver and then install it again. The printer cannot be selected. Cause : The printer driver is not installed. Correction : Follow the procedure in the Printer User Guide to install the printer driver. Reinstall it if you suspect that it was not installed correctly.
The color of an image seen on the screen is different from that seen in prints. Cause : Printers and computer displays use different color reproduction methods, and lighting conditions and display settings affect the appearance of colors on your computer’s display. Correction : You can adjust color using [Color] (➡ p.13). Error Messages If an error occurs while printing is in progress, an error message appears on the screen of your computer.
Printer error No ink cassette installed in printer. To enable printing, insert an ink cassette. Cause : The ink cassette is not inserted into the printer. Correction : Insert the ink cassette into the printer. No paper. Check that paper is correctly loaded in the paper cassette, and that the paper cassette is correctly installed. Cause : The paper cassette is not inserted correctly. Correction : Remove the paper cassette, and then insert it back into the printer correctly.
No Paper Cassette has been found. Insert an appropriate Paper Cassette. Cause : The paper cassette is not inserted. Correction : Insert the paper cassette into the printer. Wrong type of paper. Replace the Paper. Cause : The paper is not suitable for the print settings. Correction : Replace the paper with the correct size. Wrong type of Paper Cassette. Check the Paper Cassette. Cause : The paper cassette in the printer is not suitable for the print settings.
The battery capacity of the printer is insufficient. Please connect AC adapter, or stop printing and replace the battery. Cause : The printer’s battery charge is running low. The printer will not work. Correction : Use a new or fully charged battery pack, or use the printer with the AC adapter (compact adapter) connected. ■ Errors where printing is canceled If any of the following messages appear, printing is canceled.
Communication error. Switch the printer off and on again, and then start the print job again. Cause : There is a problem with communications. Correction : Turn printer off and back on. Error in printer. Turn printer off and back on, then try printing again. Cause : The printer was not initialized successfully. Correction : Turn printer off and back on, then try printing again. Cause : There is too much paper in the paper cassette.
