S600™ Color Bubble Jet™ Printer Quick Start Guide
Canon S600 Color Bubble Jet Printer Quick Start Guide. Copyright This manual is copyrighted by Canon U.S.A., Inc. with all rights reserved. Under the copyright laws, this manual may not be reproduced in any form, in whole or in part, without the prior written consent of Canon U.S.A., Inc. © 2001 Canon U.S.A., Inc. Disclaimer Canon U.S.A., Inc. has reviewed this manual thoroughly in order that it will be an easy to use guide to your Canon S600 Color Bubble Jet Printer.
Contents Chapter 1: Basic Printing Turning Your Printer On and Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . What Is a Printer Driver? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Selecting the S600 Printer for Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Recommended Paper Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Loading Paper and Other Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cancelling a Print Job . . . . . . .
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Chapter 1: Basic Printing Congratulations on purchasing your new Canon® S600 Color Bubble Jet™ Printer! With this printer, you can print basic business documents in color or black and white, as well as print on a variety of specialty media, such as Canon High Resolution Paper (ideal for business documents such as presentations that include large numbers of color illustrations), Canon Glossy Photo Paper or Canon Photo Paper Pro (for digital photographs) and Canon Transparencies (for presentations).
Basic Printing What Is a Printer Driver? Most computers require special software to link the software applications you use to create documents or images with your printer. This software, called a printer driver, converts information from the application into a format that the printer can understand. The Canon S600 printer driver also provides other features such as monitoring the printer’s paper supply and ink levels.
Basic Printing Recommended Paper Use There are two steps recommended for getting the best output for your printed documents: • Set the printer thickness lever for the media used. (See “Load Limit and Paper Thickness Lever Position” on page 4.) • Select the correct media setting in the printer driver. (See “Chapter 2: Advanced Print Features” on page 9.) General Business Printing For everyday paper printing, use plain paper (17 to 28 lb.). Use standard #10 envelopes with your S600 printer.
Basic Printing Media to Avoid Do not use the following types of media with your S600 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 • Paper with pasted photos, stickers, etc. • Envelopes with overlapping flaps or self-sealing flaps • Tractor feed paper, perforated paper or 3-hole punched paper, or paper with any type of attached fasteners, ribbons, etc.
Basic Printing The S600 can print on paper ranging from standard copier paper (usually 17–28 lb.) to 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 the media on which you are printing. For envelopes (see “To load envelopes:” on page 6), banners and T-Shirt Transfers.
Basic Printing To load envelopes: 1. Lift the cover and set the paper thickness lever to the envelope mark. Close the cover. 2. Slide the paper feed guide to the left. 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 flat, crease them with the side of a pen.
Basic Printing Cancelling a Print Job There are several ways to cancel a print job in progress: To cancel a print job from the printer: While a job is printing, press the Resume button on the printer. The print job will be cancelled and the paper ejected. RESUME button To cancel a print job from the S600 print dialog box: When a job is printing on the S600, a print status dialog box displays on your screen. Click Cancel at any time while this dialog box is open to cancel the current print job.
Basic Printing To cancel a print job in Mac OS when using foreground printing: On your keyboard, press the Apple™ Command key ( at the same time. ) and the period key ( . ) The print job will be cancelled and the paper ejected. To cancel a print job in Mac OS when using background printing: 1. While a job is printing, go to the BJ Print Monitor window (click Finder, Finder then BJ Print Monitor Monitor). 2. Highlight the job to be cancelled. 3.
Chapter 2: Advanced Print Features Improving Printed Images Two important factors control the quality and output of your printed images: Paper and Ink Using recommended paper or specialty media for printing graphic images or photographs can significantly improve the quality of your printout. (See “Recommended Paper Use” on page 3.) Also, always use the specific Canon inks for your S600 printer, as noted on the inside back cover.
Advanced Print Features Media Type The S600 automatically adjusts printer settings to improve print quality based on the media type (plain paper, Glossy Photo Paper, etc.) you select. Print Quality When you select a media type, print quality is automatically set for that media. You can change print quality settings if desired. To manually adjust print quality settings in Windows: 1. From an application File menu, select Print. 2. With Canon S600 as the selected printer, click Properties.
Advanced Print Features 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, select Print. 2. With Canon S600 as the selected printer, click Properties. Properties The S600 Properties window will open to the Main tab. 3. Click the Print Advisor button, and the wizard dialog box will open. 4.
Advanced Print Features To manually adjust print quality settings in Mac OS: 1. Make sure that the S600 is the selected printer (from the Apple menu, select Chooser, Chooser then S600). S600 2. From an application File menu, click Print. Print 3. Click the Manual print mode icon, then click the Details button. The Detailed Setting dialog box will open. Make sure Quality is selected. 4. Click and drag the Print Quality slide bar to select your preferred output quality. 5.
Advanced Print Features 4. Click Set, Set and the Manual Color Adjustment dialog box will open. 5. Click and drag the Color Balance slide bar for each color to adjust the color settings. The results will preview. 6. Click and drag the Intensity slide bar to change the intensity (saturation) for the image. The results will preview. 7. Image Color Management (ICM) is a feature that automatically adjusts the image colors. (This feature is only available in Windows 98, Me and 2000).
Advanced Print Features 3. Select the Effects tab. 4. Click to check the Photo Optimizer PRO check box. When Photo Optimizer PRO is checked, the Apply Throughout Page option becomes active. If this box is left unchecked, the S600 will optimize each image individually. If checked, all images will be automatically corrected with the same settings. 5. When done, click OK. OK To adjust color settings in Mac OS: 1. Make sure that the S600 is the selected printer.
Advanced Print Features Orientation lets you select either portrait or landscape orientation. Printer Paper Size is the page size used by the printer. This defaults to match the page size. However, a different printer paper size can be selected if a Printing Type other than normal is selected (see below). Printing Type defaults to Normalsize Printing.
Advanced Print Features 3. From this dialog box, you can change the following: • Select a paper size from the Paper Size drop-down list. (If printing a banner, click to check the Banner Printing check box, then follow the onscreen instructions.) • Set a Scale percentage value between 50% and 200% to print the image in a size different from the original document. • Click an Orientation icon to change the page orientation. 4. To save these settings for the next print job, click the Save Settings check box.
Advanced Print Features • If the page layout is other than 1-up, you can select a different Page Order specific to the selected page layout. • If the page layout is other than 1-up, you can also select whether to print a Page Border around each page. 5. When done, click OK, OK then Print. Print For more information on printer driver features, see the S600 User’s Guide on the Setup Software & User’s Guide CD-ROM, or use the Mac Bubble Help.
Advanced Print Features 3. Select the Profiles tab. 4. Highlight the saved setting profile you want to use. 5. Click Retrieve from Profiles, Profiles then click OK to confirm the profile change. The profile settings will become active. 6. Click OK again to close the window. To save driver settings in Mac OS: 1. From an application File menu, select Print. Print The Print window will appear. 2. Make the desired printer driver setting changes. 3. From the Print window, click Apply.
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. 2. Right-click the Canon S600 icon, then select Properties. Properties 3. Select the Maintenance tab, then click Start Status Monitor Monitor. The Canon S600 Status Monitor window will appear. The Ink panel displays the ink levels for each tank.
Printing Maintenance Guide on the Setup Software and User’s Guide CD-ROM for more information about this feature. By default, Background Printing is off. Replacing Ink Tanks To replace an empty ink tank: 1. With the printer on, open the front cover. The printhead holder will automatically move to the center. 2. Press the tab on the front of the empty ink tank, then remove and discard the empty tank. 3. Remove the new ink tank from its package.
Printing Maintenance To print a nozzle check pattern in Windows: 1. Make sure the printer is on and paper loaded. 2. Click Start, Start then Settings, Settings then Printers. Printers 3. Right-click the Canon S600 printer icon and select Properties. Properties 4. Click the Maintenance tab, then click the Nozzle Check button. 5. Click OK to start the nozzle test. The nozzle test pattern will print. The Maintenance tab may vary for Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000. 6.
Printing Maintenance Cleaning the Printhead If your printed output appears faded, streaked or scratchy, the printhead may need to be cleaned or aligned. See the S600 User’s Guide on the Setup Software & User’s Guide CD-ROM for additional corrective actions. Printhead cleaning consumes ink. Avoid unnecessary cleaning. To clean the printhead in Windows: 1. With the printer on, click Start, Start then Settings, Settings then Printers. Printers 2.
Printing Maintenance 4. Click the Cleaning button. 5. Select the colors to be cleaned, then click OK. OK The printer will clean the printhead. 6. When done, click Close. Close 7. After the cleaning, print a nozzle check pattern to check the results. See “Printing a Nozzle Check Pattern” on page 20. 8. If there is no change after cleaning, check the amount of ink remaining. If an ink tank is empty, replace it. See “Monitoring Ink Levels” on page 19.
Printing Maintenance To align the printhead in Mac OS: 1. Make sure the printer is on and paper loaded. 2. From the File menu in a software application, click Page Setup. Setup 3. Click the Utilities button. 4. Click the down-arrow to select Test Print. Print 5. Click the Print Head Alignment icon. 6. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete printhead alignment. 7. After each printhead alignment pattern check, click Send. Send 8. When printhead alignment is complete, click Close.
Chapter 4: Troubleshooting Tips for Troubleshooting Troubleshooting usually falls into one of the following categories: Installation The printer driver will not install properly. Printer Hardware The printer is not working or not working as expected. Printed Output The printed output is not coming out as expected. Error Message You are getting an error message from the software (displayed on the screen) or the printer (indicated by flashing lights).
Troubleshooting Problem Possible Cause Cannot install the printer driver (continued) Previous or same printer driver version already installed Always uninstall the previous version of the printer driver before installing the new version. See “Uninstalling the Printer Driver” on page 35. Other applications running in the background Other open applications on your computer can interfere with the installation routine. Close all open software applications before reinstalling the printer driver.
Troubleshooting Problem Possible Cause Try This Cannot install the printer driver (continued) Computer cannot detect a printer port Verify that the correct cable (USB or parallel) is connected to both your printer and your computer, and that the connection is secure. Verify that the computer is turned on and the POWER light is a steady (non-flashing) green. If this does not handle the problem, exit the installation procedure, turn off the printer, restart the computer and reinstall the software again.
Troubleshooting Problem Printer is not responding (continued) Printer tried to print but no ink on paper Possible Cause Try This Bad cable Replace the printer cable. Computer and/or printer needs to be reset Reboot the computer and/or reset the printer. Ink tanks are not seated properly Check the ink tanks, and reseat them if necessary. See “Replacing Ink Tanks” on page 20. Printhead clogged Verify that the printhead is working properly.
Troubleshooting Problem Printed colors are incorrect (continued) Possible Cause Try This Print Mode is improperly set Mac OS In the Print dialog box, select the appropriate Print Mode setting. Incorrect media type Windows On the Main tab of the S600 Properties window, confirm that the Media Type selected matches the paper loaded. Mac OS In the Print dialog box, confirm that the Media Type selected matches the paper loaded.
Troubleshooting Problem Possible Cause Meaningless characters printed (continued) Previous print job paused before it was finished Try This If a previous print job was paused before it was printed, turn the printer and the computer off, then back on again, or Windows 1. Click Start, Start Settings, Settings Printers. Printers 2. Double-click Canon S600 and cancel any unfinished print jobs. Mac OS On your keyboard, press the Apple Command key ( ) and the period key (..) at the same time.
Troubleshooting Problem Possible Cause Try This Printer does not print (continued) 3 orange flashes (paper jam) See the troubleshooting topic “Paper jams in the printer” on page 27. 4 orange flashes (empty ink tank) One of the ink tanks is empty. Replace it. See “Monitoring Ink Levels” on page 19 and “Replacing Ink Tanks” on page 20 for more information. 7 orange flashes (defective printhead) Remove and re-install the printhead.
Troubleshooting Problem System error message displays Possible Cause System error occurred Try This If a system error occurs, printing stops. Windows A window displays the error message. System errors may include problems writing to LPT1 or USBPRN, application errors, or general protection faults. Make sure that the printer is turned on, the printer and computer are connected securely, and that the printer port is operating correctly.
Appendix Installing the Printer Driver If you are re-installing the printer driver, first follow the uninstall procedures on page 35 to remove the existing printer driver before you re-install. To install the printer driver in Windows: For Windows 2000 or Windows NT 4.0, refer to the README.TXT file on the S600 Setup Software & User’s Guide CD-ROM. 1. Turn both the printer and computer off. 2. Make sure the cable between the printer and computer (USB or parallel) is securely connected. 3.
Appendix If your computer cannot detect a printer port, see the tip, “Computer cannot detect a printer port” on page 27. 7. When the Terminate Installation window appears, click OK. OK If you are prompted to restart the computer, click Yes. Yes When the installation process has completed, click Exit. Exit 8. Align the printhead. (See “Aligning the Printhead” on page 23.) To install the printer driver in Mac OS: 1. Prepare your Mac (if needed). • If you have an iMac® with Mac OS 8.
Appendix Uninstalling the Printer Driver To uninstall the printer driver in Windows: 1. Click Start, 600. Start Programs, Programs then Canon 600 2. Click Uninstall. Uninstall 3. Click Yes to confirm that you want to uninstall the printer driver. 4. Restart your computer. To uninstall the printer driver in Mac OS: 1. Insert the S600 Setup Software & User’s Guide CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive, then click the CD-ROM icon. 2. Double-click Installer. Installer 3. Read the License Agreement, then click Accept.
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 equipment. Always follow the instructions provided in Cautions to prevent minor injuries to yourself or damage to the equipment as a result of careless operation of the equipment.
Appendix If you detect smoke, unusual odors, or strange noises around the printer, immediately press the POWER button to turn off the printer and disconnect the power plug. To avoid fire or electric shock, never use the printer under these conditions. Call the Customer Care Center. • 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.
Appendix Turning Off the Printer To avoid printer malfunction always use the POWER button to turn the printer on and off. Never remove the power cord from the power outlet until you have turned off the printer by pressing the POWER button. After the POWER/ERROR light goes out, you can unplug the power cord from the power outlet. Using the Printer Near Appliances and Fluorescent Lamps Allow at least 6 inches clearance between the printer and another appliance or a fluorescent lamp.
Appendix Product Specifications System Requirements Windows 95/98: Windows Me: Windows 2000: Windows NT 4.0: Macintosh: 486 processor; 16 MB RAM; 40 MB free hard disk space Pentium® processor, 150MHz; 32 MB RAM; 40 MB free hard disk space Pentium processor, 133MHz or faster; 32 MB RAM for Professional, 64MB RAM for Server; 25 MB free hard disk space Pentium processor; 16 MB RAM; 25 MB free hard disk space OS 8.1 - 9.
Appendix Dimensions: Weight: Feed method: Sheet feeder capacity: Plain paper (17 lb.) High Resolution Paper Envelopes Transparencies Glossy Photo Paper High Gloss Photo Film Glossy Photo Cards Banner Paper Photo Paper Pro Greeting Cards Magnet Sheets T-Shirt Transfers Ordinary print media: Graphic image printing: Printhead: Ink Tank BCI-3e: Black ink tank capacity: Ink tank capacities: Resident print control mode: Receiver buffer: (with paper rest and paper output tray retracted) 16.9" (W) x 11.
Appendix comparable rebuilt parts, or a refurbished product, as determined by the Canon repair facility or the ASF. Warranty repair or replacement shall not extend the original warranty period of the defective product. This limited warranty does not cover any supplies or accessories, including without limitation, ink tanks, as to which there shall be no warranty or replacement.
Appendix If the problem can’t be corrected by using one of the above technical support options, you will be asked to follow the applicable procedures for warranty service. Note that a dated proof of purchase (bill of sale) is required to verify eligibility at the time of service. This requirement will be satisfied by providing a copy of your dated bill of sale. You will also need to supply the product serial number.
Index A adjusting brightness ................................................. 12 color balance ............................................. 12 color saturation .......................................... 12 paper thickness lever .....................................5 print quality ............................................... 10 advanced print features ....................................9 aligning the printhead ................................... 23 auto feed paper limits ...............................
Index P Q page setup ................................................... 14 paper how many sheets can be used in auto feeder ..... 4 loading ....................................................... 5 paper jams, avoiding........................................ 5 paper thickness lever ................................... 4, 5 paper types to avoid ........................................ 4 Photo Optimizer ............................................ 13 POWER button ............................................
