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Using the Machine on Your Network

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Setting Printer Sharing

Open the printer properties dialog box

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select [Share this printer]

(Windows 2000: [Shared as]) in the [Sharing] tab sheet.

NOTE

On how to open the printer properties dialog box, see "Changing Print Settings," on p. 2-4.

Enter a share name in the edit box as needed.

NOTE

Do not enter a space or special character in the [Share name] edit box.

Click [OK].

The printer driver icon changes to indicate sharing.

Summary of Contents for Color imageCLASS MF8170c

Page 1: ...Color imageCLASS MF8170c Software Guide ...

Page 2: ...for Networking and Printing Copying and Printing Instructions Troubleshooting Basic Guide Fax Instructions Troubleshooting Facsimile Guide Software Installation and Instructions Printing Scanning and PC Faxing Instructions Troubleshooting Software Guide This Manual CD ROM Remote User Interface Instructions Remote UI Guide CD ROM Network Connectivity and Setup Instructions Network Guide CD ROM Mode...

Page 3: ...oting Appendix Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Considerable effort has been made to ensure that this manual is free of inaccuracies and omissions However as we are constantly improving our products if you need an exact specification please contact Canon ...

Page 4: ...ep 2 Install the MF Toolbox 1 8 Step 3 Connect the USB Cable 1 10 Install Accompanying Applications 1 11 Read User s Manual 1 11 To Use the Machine as a Network Printer Network Connection 1 12 Step 1 Specifying Network Settings 1 12 Step 2 Connecting the Machine to a Network 1 15 Step 3 Checking Network Settings 1 15 Step 4 Install the MF Network Drivers Network Connection 1 16 Checking Installati...

Page 5: ... Properties 2 29 General Tab 2 30 Sharing Tab 2 31 Ports Tab 2 32 Advanced Tab 2 33 Color Management Tab 2 34 Security Tab 2 35 Profile Tab 2 36 Add Edit Profile 2 38 Printing Preferences 2 39 Page Setup Tab 2 40 Edit Watermark 2 42 Finishing Tab 2 46 Paper Source Tab 2 48 Quality Tab 2 49 Profiles 2 55 Using the Machine on Your Network 2 60 Setting the Machine as a Shared Printer 2 60 Windows 200...

Page 6: ...r MF 3 19 Switching between Simple Mode and Advanced Mode 3 19 Using Simple Mode 3 20 Add Delete the Output Size 3 21 Simple Mode Toolbar 3 22 Using Advanced Mode 3 23 Advanced Mode Toolbar 3 24 Advanced Mode Specifying the Parameters of a Scan 3 25 To Select the Parameters of a Scan Automatically 3 25 To Specify the Parameters of a Scan 3 25 Advanced Mode Settings 3 26 Input Settings 3 26 Output ...

Page 7: ...s and FAX Printing Preferences 4 27 The FAX Properties Dialog Box 4 27 The FAX Printing Preferences Dialog Box 4 27 FAX Properties 4 27 General Tab 4 28 Sharing Tab 4 28 Ports Tab 4 28 Advanced Tab 4 29 Color Management Tab 4 29 Security Tab 4 30 Configuration Tab 4 30 FAX Printing Preferences 4 30 Edit Address Book Tab 4 31 Register Cover Sheet Tab 4 36 Special Tab 4 37 Canon Cover Sheet Editor 4...

Page 8: ...s 5 1 Driver Problems 5 4 Scanning Problems 5 6 Installing and Uninstalling Problems 5 11 Chapter 6 Appendix Printer Specifications 6 1 Hardware 6 1 Software 6 2 About Color Printing 6 3 The Three Primary Colors of Light and Color 6 3 Method for Expressing Color 6 4 Mechanism of Color Printing 6 5 To Achieve More Beautiful Results in Smoother Operations 6 6 Glossary 6 8 Index 6 18 ...

Page 9: ...tional requirements and restrictions Be sure to read these items carefully in order to operate the machine correctly and to avoid damage to the machine NOTE Indicates a clarification of an operation or contains additional explanations for a procedure Reading these notes is highly recommended Buttons Used in This Manual A button or an item is referred to in brackets as follows in this manual A butt...

Page 10: ...is manual product names and model names are abbreviated as follows Microsoft Windows 98 operating system is referred to as Windows 98 Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition operating system is referred to as Windows Me Microsoft Windows 2000 operating system is referred to as Windows 2000 Microsoft Windows XP operating system is referred to as Windows XP Microsoft Windows Server 2003 operating syste...

Page 11: ... transcribed stored in a retrieval system or translated into any language or computer language in any form or by any means electronic mechanical magnetic optical chemical manual or otherwise without the prior written permission of Canon Inc Notice The information in this manual is subject to change without notice CANON INC MAKES NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND WITH REGARD TO THIS MATERIAL EITHER EXPRESS O...

Page 12: ...ndows Me Windows 2000 Professional Windows XP Windows Server 2003 Computer Any computer on which Windows 98 Windows Me Windows 2000 Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 runs properly Hardware Environment IBM or IBM compatible PC CD ROM drive or network environment with the access to CD ROM PC equipped with a USB port and the USB class driver installed Only for network connection OS CPU RAM Available ...

Page 13: ...eed OS CPU RAM Available free disk space Windows Me Intel Pentium 150 MHz or greater 32 MB of RAM 64 MB or greater is recommend ed At least 115 MB 200 MB or greater is recommended Windows 2000 Professional Intel Pentium 133 MHz or greater or compatible micro processors up to 2 processors are supported 64 MB of RAM 128 MB or greater is recommend ed At least 115 MB 200 MB or greater is recommended W...

Page 14: ...file provided with the driver software In the Properties dialog box you can click Help to display information about every feature and option in the drivers Context Sensitive Help This Help displays the explanation of each item in the current dialog box Use one of the following procedures to activate a context sensitive help Click Help in the title bar of the dialog box click the desired item Right...

Page 15: ...lling the drivers follow the steps shown in the MF8100 Series Setup screen Before you install the software be sure to Confirm the machine is not connected to your computer Turn on the machine See the Set Up Instructions for the Machine Quit any Windows application running on your computer IMPORTANT If you are using Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 be sure to log on as a member of Administrators NOTE Us...

Page 16: ...software following steps 1 2 and 3 in the Install Drivers screen If the MF8100 Series Setup screen is not displayed on the Windows desktop click start My Computer Windows 98 Me 2000 double click My Computer Open the CD ROM icon double click Setup Setup exe If you are installing from a copy saved on a network or hard disk double click Setup Setup exe in the copy MF8100 Series Setup screen ...

Page 17: ...talling Software on Your Computer 1 6 Installation 1 Step 1 Install the MF Drivers USB Connection 1 In the MF8100 Series Setup screen click USB Connection 2 Click Install Drivers 3 Click Install MF Drivers ...

Page 18: ...er 1 7 Installation 1 4 Read the License Agreement click Yes 5 Click Exit NOTE If you are using Windows 98 Me a message recommending you to restart your computer may appear In this case continue installing after restarting your computer ...

Page 19: ...Install MF Toolbox If you have closed the Install Drivers screen on the Windows desktop click start My Computer Windows 98 Me 2000 double click My Computer Open the CD ROM icon double click Setup Setup exe If you are installing from a copy saved on a network or hard disk double click Setup Setup exe in the copy 2 Click Next ...

Page 20: ...Installing Software on Your Computer 1 9 Installation 1 3 Click Continue 4 Read the License Agreement click Yes 5 When the Choose Destination Location dialog box appears click Next ...

Page 21: ...onnect the USB cable to the machine and computer USB port When you connect the USB cable to the computer the machine is automatically detected as a new hardware Wait for a while as your computer performs various settings Depending on your computer a message may display asking you to restart your computer After restarting your computer wait for a while for your computer to continue performing vario...

Page 22: ...n the MF8100 Series Setup screen click Install Applications You can also install it later Read User s Manual To read the PDF manual on the CD ROM click Read Manuals on the MF8100 Series Setup screen Installation is now complete In the MF8100 Series Setup screen click Exit to close the screen Then remove the CD ROM from the disk drive ...

Page 23: ...twork Settings in the Network Guide For additional network protocol settings see the Network Guide For the values of the network settings consult your network administrator or internet service provider ISP Step 1 Specifying Network Settings 1 Press Menu or to select 6 NETWORK SETTINGS on the LCD press Set 2 Press or to select 1 LAN SETTINGS press Set 3 Press or to select 1 IP ADDRESS AUTO press Se...

Page 24: ...en reconnecting it To specify an IP address manually static allocation 4 Press or to select OFF press Set 5 Press or to select 2 IP ADDRESS press Set 6 Enter an IP address of the machine using the numeric keys press Set Write down the IP address you entered 7 Press or to select 3 SUBNET MASK press Set IP ADDRESS AUTO 1 DHCP IP ADDRESS AUTO OFF LAN SETTINGS 2 IP ADDRESS IP ADDRESS 000 000 000 000 _...

Page 25: ...ect 4 DEFAULT GATEWAY press Set 10 Enter the default gateway address using the numeric keys press Set Write down the gateway address you entered 11 Press Stop Reset to return to the standby display 12 Restart the machine by disconnecting the power cord and then reconnecting it SUBNET MASK 000 000 000 000 _ LAN SETTINGS 4 DEFAULT GATEWAY DEFAULT GATEWAY 000 000 000 000 _ ...

Page 26: ...machine Connect the other end of the cable to a network router or a hub Step 3 Checking Network Settings 1 Press Menu or to select 6 NETWORK SETTINGS on the LCD press Set 2 Press or to select 2 VIEW IP ADDRESS press Set 3 Press or to select the desired setting press Set 4 Press Stop Reset to return to the standby display MENU 6 NETWORK SETTINGS NETWORK SETTINGS 2 VIEW IP ADDRESS VIEW IP ADDRESS 1 ...

Page 27: ...rver 2003 log on as Administrator to install the software 1 Insert the CD ROM into your CD ROM drive The MF8100 Series Setup screen appears Install the software following steps in the Install Drivers screen 2 In the MF8100 Series Setup screen click Network Connection 3 Click Install Drivers NOTE You can click Read Manuals to read PDF manuals ...

Page 28: ...Installing Software on Your Computer 1 17 Installation 1 4 Click Next 5 License Agreement screen appears then click Yes ...

Page 29: ...ine in the Device List click Next NOTE If the target machine is not listed in the Device List click Search by IP Address and enter the IP address click OK If you do not know the machine s IP address see Checking Network Settings on p 1 15 7 Select the driver s to install click Next ...

Page 30: ...or fax click Next 9 Select the driver type Printer and or Fax click Next 10 Click Exit NOTE When a screen prompting you to restart your computer is appeared instead of the screen above select Yes I want to restart my computer now or No I will restart my computer later and then click Exit ...

Page 31: ...displayed 2 Select the default printer If your machine is already set as the default printer go to step 3 Click the corresponding printer driver icon From the File menu click Set as Default Printer Windows 98 Me Set as Default 3 Open the Scanners and Cameras folder Windows 98 Me 2000 the Scanners and Cameras Properties dialog box Click start on the Windows task bar select Control Panel Printers an...

Page 32: ...tion No application is running on your computer IMPORTANT To uninstall the software in Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 you must be the user with administrative privileges Removing the MF Toolbox 1 Quit the MF Toolbox and any applications including anti virus that are currently running To close the MF Toolbox click X at the top right of the MF Toolbox window 2 Click start on the Windows task bar All Pr...

Page 33: ...rivers Uninstaller dialog box appears 2 Select the corresponding printer click Perform The confirmation message dialog box appears 3 Click Yes Uninstallation proceeds automatically and next dialog box appears 4 Click Exit NOTE A message recommending you to restart your computer may appear under some operating systems In this case continue installing after restarting your computer ...

Page 34: ...indows application If you want to change print settings you can access the properties dialog box of the printer driver Printing a Document 1 Load paper in the cassette or the multi purpose tray For details on loading paper see Chapter 2 Paper Handling in the Basic Guide 2 Open the document in an application ...

Page 35: ...he printer to be used 5 Click Preferences or Properties NOTE Depending on the application you are using select the printer to be used in the General tab sheet in the Print dialog box then specify the print settings in the corresponding tab sheet only for Windows 2000 6 Specify the required settings click OK NOTE For details see Changing Print Settings on p 2 4 7 Click Print or OK Printing starts N...

Page 36: ...ndows task bar select Printers and Faxes Windows 98 Me 2000 Start Settings Printers 2 Double click the corresponding printer driver icon 3 Right click the print job click Cancel Printing NOTE You can also cancel a print job using Status Monitor on the operation panel of the machine For details see Chapter 7 System Monitor in the Basic Guide ...

Page 37: ...ndows 2000 XP Server 2003 The number of tabs displayed in the properties dialog box will vary depending on the type of operating system you are using and the method you use to access the dialog box The method you use to access the dialog boxes determines how long the printing options remain in effect If you access the dialog box from an application s Print dialog box your selected printing options...

Page 38: ...perties dialog box by right clicking the corresponding printer driver icon and selecting Properties from the pop up menu The Canon MF8100 Series Properties dialog box appears Opening the Printing Preferences Dialog Box Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 1 Open the Printers and Faxes Windows 2000 Printers folder Click start on the Windows task bar select Printers and Faxes Windows 2000 Start Settings Prin...

Page 39: ...perties NOTE The screens shown below are displayed when you open Canon MF8100 Series Properties from the Printers folder General Tab Lets you print a test page or define separator pages Refer to your Windows operating system documentation for more information ...

Page 40: ...roperties 2 7 Printing 2 Details Tab Specifies the printer port and time out settings Refer to your Windows operating system documentation for more information Spool Settings The installer sets the following defaults ...

Page 41: ...ur color printer Refer to your Windows operating system documentation for more information Sharing Tab Specifies the printer sharing settings This tab sheet is available only when the printer sharing is enabled see p 2 63 Refer to your Windows operating system documentation for more information ...

Page 42: ...age size to work with in an application Available options are Letter 11x17 Legal Executive A5 B5 A4 B4 A3 Index Card Envelope Monarch Envelope COM10 Envelope DL Envelope C5 Envelope B5 and Custom However when 11x17 B4 or A3 is selected in the Page Size the original page size is automatically reduced to fit Letter size Output Size Selects the output paper size to print on When this option is set to...

Page 43: ... to fit the selected page layout when printed NOTE When Poster is selected Manual Scaling Watermark and Layout Options are disabled When 1 Page per Sheet is selected Manual Scaling appears When this option is set to anything other than 1 Page per Sheet and Poster Manual Scaling disappears and Page Order appears in its place Manual Scaling Reduces or enlarges the original page size Selecting this c...

Page 44: ... box enables Edit Watermark to add a watermark NOTE This option is disabled when Page Layout is set to Poster Edit Watermark Opens the Edit Watermark dialog box see p 2 12 Custom Paper Size Opens the Custom Paper Size Settings dialog box see p 2 13 Layout Options Opens the Layout Options dialog box see p 2 14 NOTE This option is disabled when Page Layout is set to Poster Restore Defaults Resets al...

Page 45: ... the upper left part of the dialog box displays the selected watermark with the specified settings reflected Add Registers a new watermark Clicking this button adds a blank name field in Watermark List in which you enter the name of watermark to be registered Up to 50 watermarks can be registered Delete Removes the selected watermark from Watermark List NOTE You cannot delete a pre defined waterma...

Page 46: ... the center of the page Angle Specifies the angle of watermark You can select the corresponding radio button or use the slide bar to move the angle Name Displays the name of the currently selected watermark Text Displays the text string of the currently selected watermark Font Selects the font type of the watermark Style Selects the font style of the watermark Available styles are Regular Italic B...

Page 47: ...imeter or Inch Paper Size Specifies the width and height of the custom paper NOTE Be sure that Width does not exceed Height when specifying the values Register Registers the custom paper and adds its name to Paper List Delete Removes the selected custom paper from Paper List NOTE You cannot delete a pre defined paper size Edging Adds a page frame to be printed on each page 11 options are available...

Page 48: ... the printed pages Gutter Click this button to set the gutter width for binding a printed document see p 2 16 Finishing Select the Collate option to print a document in correct binding order For example when printing multiple copies of a 3 page document the print order is 1 2 3 1 2 3 and so on Finishing Details Click this button to display Finishing Details dialog box for specifying the finishing ...

Page 49: ...box Finishing Details Clicking Finishing Details in the Finishing tab sheet opens the Finishing Details dialog box Gutter Specifies the gutter width in a range between 0 0 and 1 2 in 0 and 30 mm Rotate Print Data 180 Degrees Rotates the print output 180 degrees Restore Defaults Resets all the current settings to their default values ...

Page 50: ...rofiles on p 2 24 Paper Source Specifies the paper Source Paper Type Specifies the type of paper to be used as follow Printed Paper Paper Type Plain Paper 17 lb to 24 lb 64 g m2 to 90 g m2 Plain Paper Heavy Paper 25 lb to 34 lb 91 g m2 to 128 g m2 Heavy Paper Envelope Heavy Paper Transparency Transparencies Restore Defaults Resets all the current settings to their default values ...

Page 51: ...color printing or black and white printing Manual Color Settings Enables the manual color Selecting this check box enables Color Settings to access the dialog box which enables you to set the color for images see p 2 20 Color Settings Click this button after selecting the Manual Color Settings check box to manually adjust the color settings The Color Settings dialog box allows you to specify Color...

Page 52: ...s Resolution Prints normal letters and photo images at high quality You can print most image data to a very high quality by selecting this item Gradation Produces high quality printing for image data that contains a lot of gradations for Graphics and Computer Graphics Color Tone Make any color differences imperceptible when you print photos or images on multiple pages Pattern1 to 5 Applies differe...

Page 53: ...ty gradation to graphics data and of high quality nature image to image data Pattern 3 Applies dither pattern of clear cut to text and graphics data and of high quality nature image to image data None Solid Prints all colors in black except for white Enable Image Correction Select Enable Image Correction to smooth out the streaking and coarse features that tend to occur when printing enlarged imag...

Page 54: ...the center of the Adjustment Grid from side to side or up and down Adjusted Position Indicates with X horizontal and Y vertical the position of Preview Icon after adjustment The center position is X 0 and Y 0 Brightness Adjusts the brightness of the preview image in the range between 5 and 5 Contrast Adjusts the contrast of the preview image in the range between 5 and 5 Restore Defaults Resets all...

Page 55: ...ecified in Matching Method and Monitor Profile will be enabled ICM Mode Performs ICM function on Windows systems or in the application Gamma Adjustment Performs gamma adjustment with the gamma correction value specified in the Gamma box NOTE All the settings in the Color Adjustment sheet and Monitor Profile Gamma and Use CanoFine in the Matching sheet become disabled when ICM Mode is selected ...

Page 56: ...e is selected in the Matching Mode box NOTE In the case where several gamma values are provided for one option to obtain better results select the higher gamma value if the printed image is lighter than that of the monitor If the monitor is set to a custom setting it is difficult to produce printed output similar to the color of the monitor when performing matching Gamma Specifies the gamma correc...

Page 57: ...rop down list enables the printer to perform a variety of print jobs A frequently performed print job can also be saved as a Profile Preview image Displays the image with the currently selected settings reflected Changes the setting for Page Layout every time you click anywhere inside the image of the page see p 2 10 The setting changes in the following order 1 Page per Sheet 2 Pages per Sheet 4 P...

Page 58: ...ck button appears on the right side When you click this button the Edit and Preview mode is locked Add Profile Click this button to display the Add Profile dialog box to add a new Profile to the list see p 2 26 Edit Profile Click this button to display the Edit Profile dialog box to edit the name icon or comment of a stored Profile see p 2 26 View Settings Click this button to display the View Set...

Page 59: ...pens the Edit Profile dialog box This dialog box enables you to edit the profile selected in Profile List Name Specifies the name of the profile to be registered Icon Selects an icon to represent the profile to be registered Comment Adds comments on the profile to be registered View Settings Click this button to display the View Settings dialog box This dialog box allows you to view and confirm al...

Page 60: ...ed profiles is selected this button is disabled Name Displays and allows you to change the name of the currently selected profile NOTE When one of the pre defined profiles is selected the name cannot be changed Icon Displays and allows you to change the icon representing the currently selected profile NOTE When one of the pre defined profiles is selected the icon cannot be changed Comment Displays...

Page 61: ...ent settings in the Page Setup Finishing Paper Source and Quality tab sheets NOTE When one of the pre defined profiles is selected this button is disabled Apply Settings from Application Applies the selected profile only to the settings other than Paper Size Orientation and Copies Copy Copies the contents of the current settings to the clipboard ...

Page 62: ...pplications The Printing Preferences Dialog Box This dialog box enables you to specify the default settings for the printing options available when you print on the Canon MF8170c Properties The Canon MF8100 Series Properties dialog box contains several tab sheets that enable you to set up the printer configuration and configure the print settings NOTE The number of tabs displayed in the properties...

Page 63: ...0 XP Server 2003 Properties and Printing Preferences 2 30 Printing 2 General Tab Lets you print a test page and define printing preferences Refer to your Windows operating system documentation for more information ...

Page 64: ...d Printing Preferences 2 31 Printing 2 Sharing Tab Specifies the printer sharing settings This tab sheet is available only when the printer sharing is enabled see p 2 63 Refer to your Windows operating system documentation for more information ...

Page 65: ... 2000 XP Server 2003 Properties and Printing Preferences 2 32 Printing 2 Ports Tab Specifies the port to which the printer is attached Refer to your Windows operating system documentation for more information ...

Page 66: ... Advanced Tab Specifies the settings for print spooling Refer to your Windows operating system documentation for more information NOTE Spool print documents so program finishes printing faster and Start printing immediately are set automatically when you install the printer driver ...

Page 67: ...0 XP Server 2003 Properties and Printing Preferences 2 34 Printing 2 Color Management Tab Associates color profiles with your color printer Refer to your Windows operating system documentation for more information ...

Page 68: ...Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 Properties and Printing Preferences 2 35 Printing 2 Security Tab Specifies security settings Refer to your operating system documentation for more information ...

Page 69: ... Profile List Comment Describes the currently selected profile View Settings Displays the settings of the currently selected profile Add Opens the Add Edit Profile dialog box which enables you to register a new profile see p 2 38 Edit Opens the Add Edit Profile dialog box which enables you to edit the registered profiles see p 2 38 NOTE When one of the pre defined profile Default Settings 2 on 1 B...

Page 70: ...file Export Enables you to export the selected profile information to a file NOTE When one of the pre defined profiles is selected this button is disabled Define Document Property Controls the profile settings Allow Profile Selection Enables the selecting of profiles in the document properties dialog box Allow Setting Edition Enables the adding and editing of profiles as well as selecting NOTE Whe...

Page 71: ...enables you to specify attributions of the profile Name Specifies the name of the new profile or allows you to change the name of the profile selected in the Profile tab sheet Icon Selects an icon to represent the new profile or allows you to change the icon of the profile selected in the Profile tab sheet Comment Adds comments on the new profile or allows you to change the comments on the profile...

Page 72: ...ncluding the paper source and paper type see p 2 48 Quality Tab Specifies the print quality including resolution brightness and contrast see p 2 49 Printing Preferences The Canon MF8100 Series Printing Preferences dialog box contains four tab sheets that enable you to specify the default print settings for every print job NOTE If you access the equivalent dialog box from an application s Print dia...

Page 73: ...age size to work with in an application Available options are Letter 11 x17 Legal Executive A5 B5 A4 B4 A3 Index Card Envelope COM10 Envelope Monarch Envelope DL Envelope C5 Envelope B5 and Custom However when 11x17 B4 or A3 is selected in the Page Size the original page size is automatically reduced to fit Letter size Output Size Selects the output paper size to print on When this option is set t...

Page 74: ...he right side to specify the magnification factor 25 to 200 Page Order Selects the order in which original pages are placed on each sheet of the output paper when more than one page is printed per sheet Watermark Inserts the selected watermark to be printed on each page Eight types of watermark are available as default CONFIDENTIAL COPY DRAFT FILE COPY FINAL PRELIMINARY PROOF TOP SECRET Selecting ...

Page 75: ...e numbers and borders etc see p 2 45 NOTE This option is disabled when Page Layout is set to Poster Restore Defaults Resets all the current settings to their default values Watermark List Displays the names of registered watermarks The preview image in the upper left part of the dialog box displays the selected watermark with the specified settings reflected Add Registers a new watermark Clicking ...

Page 76: ...e the X and Y slide bars to move the position Move to Center Relocates the watermark to the center of the page Angle Sets the angle of watermark You can select the corresponding radio button or use the slide bar to move the angle or enter a desired value in the Set Angle edit box in a range between 180 and 180 Name Displays the name of the currently selected watermark Text Displays the text string...

Page 77: ...NOTE Be sure that Width does not exceed Height when specifying the values Register Registers the custom paper and adds its name to Paper List NOTE To register a new custom paper size be sure to log on as a member of Administrators Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 or Power User Windows 2000 only To change the paper size for the existing custom paper size be sure to log on as a member of Administrators D...

Page 78: ...rame to be printed on each page 11 options are available Edging is not available to use with Print Color Sample in the Quality tab sheet see p 2 49 Print Date Selects if the date is printed on each page or not Six positions to print the date are available Print User Name Selects if the user name is printed on each page or not Six positions to print the user name are available Print Page Number Sel...

Page 79: ...s Gutter Click this button to set the gutter width for binding a printed document see p 2 47 Finishing Select the Collate option to print a document in correct binding order For example when printing multiple copies of a 3 page document the print order is 1 2 3 1 2 3 and so on Finishing Details Click this button to display Finishing Details dialog box for specifying the finishing details and print...

Page 80: ...r Specifies the gutter width in a range between 0 0 and 1 2 in 0 and 30 mm Rotate Print Data 180 Degrees Rotates the print output 180 degrees EMF Spooling Specifies whether the print data is spooled as EMF meta file format NOTE With some application spooling in EMF format may cause printed images to appear differently from how they look on the screen and may require a longer time to print In this ...

Page 81: ...t Method refer to Profiles on p 2 55 Paper Source Specifies the paper Source Paper Type Specifies the type of paper to be used as follow Printed Paper Paper Type Plain Paper 17 lb to 24 lb 64 g m2 to 90 g m2 Plain Paper Heavy Paper 25 lb to 34 lb 91 g m2 to 128 g m2 Heavy Paper Envelope Heavy Paper Transparency Transparencies Restore Defaults Resets all the current settings to their default values...

Page 82: ...nd white printing Manual Color Settings Enables the manual color Selecting this check box enables Color Settings to access the dialog box which allows you to set the color for images see p 2 52 Print Color Sample Prints nine thumbnails per sheet to provide the print samples with the current color settings when printing the document NOTE This option is enabled only when Manual Color Settings is sel...

Page 83: ...detailed settings for print quality About Displays the version information on the driver Restore Defaults Resets all the current settings to their default values Gradation Selects gradation when you print images in halftones Normal Performs a normal print job by processing black and white High 1 Performs a high quality print job by processing multi valued colors High 2 Performs a higher quality pr...

Page 84: ...esolution Graphics Gradation Image Color Tone Monochrome Halftones Specifies the use of dithering for printing halftone data Pattern 1 Applies the same dither pattern to text data graphics data and image data Pattern 2 Applies dither pattern of clear cut to text data of high quality gradation to graphics data and of high quality nature image to image data Pattern 3 Applies dither pattern of clear ...

Page 85: ...b Preview Displays the image with the currently selected brightness and contrast reflected Original Displays the original image Adjustment Grid Adjust color by moving Preview Image at the center of the Adjustment Grid from side to side or up and down Adjusted Position Indicates with X horizontal and Y vertical the position of Preview Icon after adjustment The center position is X 0 and Y 0 Brightn...

Page 86: ... The settings specified in Matching Method and Monitor Profile will be enabled ICM Mode Performs ICM function on Windows systems or in the application Gamma Adjustment Performs gamma adjustment with the gamma correction value specified in the Gamma box NOTE All the settings in the Color Adjustment sheet and Monitor Profile Gamma and Use CanoFine in the Matching sheet become disabled when ICM Mode ...

Page 87: ...de is selected in the Matching Mode box NOTE In the case where several gamma values are provided for one option to obtain better results select the higher gamma value if the printed image is lighter than that of the monitor If the monitor is set to a custom setting it is difficult to produce printed output similar to the color of the monitor when performing matching Gamma Specifies the gamma corre...

Page 88: ...bs Single page Batch Processing Processes multiple bitmaps on a page as a single data item when Use CanoFine is selected Enhanced Saturation Emphasizes color intensity for CanoFine processing when Use CanoFine is selected Restore Defaults Resets all the current settings to their default values Profile Stores various printer driver settings each suitable for certain print jobs as pre defined Profil...

Page 89: ...ion Output Method Switches the job mode between Print and Edit and Preview Print Executes a normal print job Edit and Preview Saves the data in the Canon Page Composer dialog box If you open Canon MF8100 Series Properties from the Printers folder and select the Edit and Preview mode Lock button appears on the right side When you click this button the Edit and Preview mode is locked Add Profile Cli...

Page 90: ...cking Edit Profile opens the Edit Profile dialog box This dialog box enables you to edit the profile selected in Profile List Name Specifies the name of the profile to be registered Icon Selects an icon to represent the profile to be registered Comment Adds comments on the profile to be registered View Settings Click this button to display the View Settings dialog box This dialog box allows you to...

Page 91: ...les or the profiles you defined in the Profile tab of the printer properties dialog box is selected the name cannot be changed Icon Displays and allows you to change the icon representing the currently selected profile NOTE When one of the pre defined profiles or the profiles you defined in the Profile tab of the printer properties dialog box is selected the icon cannot be changed Comment Displays...

Page 92: ... 2 59 Printing 2 View Settings Clicking View Settings opens the View Settings dialog box This dialog box displays the current settings in the Page Setup Finishing Paper Source and Quality tab sheets Copy Copies the contents of the current settings to the clipboard ...

Page 93: ...e client was started If the server is running on Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 you can print even if no one is logged into the server For more information see the Network Guide Setting the Machine as a Shared Printer If you plan to share your Canon Color imageCLASS MF8170c machine on a network install the print server locally then make the following settings For more information see your print serve...

Page 94: ...t File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks click OK The server service is added Adding Server Service Windows 2000 1 Click Start on the Windows task bar 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 ...

Page 95: ...Using the Machine on Your Network 2 62 Printing 2 3 Select File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks click OK The server service is added ...

Page 96: ...s printer Windows 2000 Shared as in the Sharing tab sheet NOTE On how to open the printer properties dialog box see Changing Print Settings on p 2 4 2 Enter a share name in the edit box as needed NOTE Do not enter a space or special character in the Share name edit box 3 Click OK The printer driver icon changes to indicate sharing ...

Page 97: ...work users under Windows 98 Me The screen shots shown are from Windows 98 Adding Server Service 1 Click Start on the Windows task bar select Settings Control Panel The Control Panel folder appears 2 Double click the Network icon The Network dialog box appears 3 Click Add in the Configuration tab sheet The Select Network Component Type dialog box appears ...

Page 98: ...Using the Machine on Your Network 2 65 Printing 2 4 Select Service click Add The Select Network Service dialog box appears 5 Select File and printer sharing for Microsoft Networks click OK ...

Page 99: ...sing the Machine on Your Network 2 66 Printing 2 6 Click File and Print Sharing The File and Print Sharing dialog box appears 7 Select I want to be able to allow others to print to my printer s click OK ...

Page 100: ...ine is already on your network and set as a shared printer you can use it via network The easiest way to make the machine available for your computer is using network download If your operating system is Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 you cannot download the driver from Windows 98 Me servers In that case use Add Printer Wizard Network Download The following is the procedure to connect to the shared p...

Page 101: ...ter on your network using Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 IMPORTANT Installation in Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 needs to be done by a user with administrator privileges 1 Open the Printers and Faxes Windows 2000 Printers folder Click start on the Windows task bar select Printers and Faxes Windows 2000 Start Settings Printers 2 Open the Add Printer Wizard dialog box Click Add a printer in Printer Tasks...

Page 102: ...table driver is not found it probably means the server is a Windows 98 Me computer 7 Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation Add Printer Wizard Windows 98 Me The following is the procedure to connect to the shared printer on your network using Windows 98 Me Add Printer Wizard The screen shots shown are from Windows 98 1 Click Start on the Windows task bar select Settings...

Page 103: ...r network environment the installation of the driver may be carried out automatically In this case you need not perform steps 7 through 10 below 6 Click Next 7 Click Have Disk The Install From Disk dialog box appears 8 Select the location containing the printer driver To specify in the default location Go to step 9 To change the location Click Browse ...

Page 104: ...edit box 9 Click OK 10 Enter the name of the printer you want to use click Next If you accept the default name leave the edit box as it is click Next NOTE If the connection fails you will be able to install the printer but you will not be able to use the printer until it comes back online 11 Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation ...

Page 105: ...rt or Color Start on the operation panel of the machine you can scan documents to your computer Pressing SCAN Color Start has the same effect as clicking Save in the MF Toolbox Pressing SCAN B W Start has the same effect as clicking OCR in the MF Toolbox You can change the settings for Save or set up a button other than Save to perform the same operation See Setting the Scanning Function for B W S...

Page 106: ...nt will be scanned without pressing Start in the Save or OCR dialog box The scanned document will be processed according to your settings When you use Start for the first time a folder with the scanning date will be created in the My Pictures folder in the My Documents folder and your document will be saved in this folder If there is no My Pictures folder the folder with the scanning date will be ...

Page 107: ...l occur in the same way as when you click Save or OCR in the MF Toolbox Setting Up Start to Operate in a Different Way from Save 1 On the Windows desktop double click Canon MF Toolbox 4 7 Alternatively on the Windows desktop click start All Programs Canon MF Toolbox 4 7 Toolbox 4 7 The MF Toolbox will open 2 Drag the B W or Color mark over the button you want to select The mark will be displayed a...

Page 108: ...he MF Toolbox click Settings In the Settings dialog box from the pull down list for B W Start or Color Start select the button you want to link B W Start or Color Start to then click OK NOTE You cannot set the B W Start and Color Start to the save event You can also set up B W Start or Color Start in the Scanners and Cameras folder see p 3 5 ...

Page 109: ...alog Box 1 Open the Scanners and Cameras folder Windows 2000 the Scanners and Cameras Properties dialog box Click start on the Windows task bar select Control Panel Scanners and Cameras Windows 98 Me 2000 Settings Control Panel double click the Scanners and Cameras icon 2 Click the corresponding scanner driver name or icon 3 From the File menu click Properties Windows 98 Me 2000 Click Properties ...

Page 110: ...t select the operation for B W Start or Color Start in Actions click OK On Windows 98 2000 Me Select the Events tab select Canon MF8100 Color Scan Button or Canon MF8100 B W Scan Button in the Scanner events pull down list select the operation for B W Start or Color Start in Send to this application click OK NOTE If the settings you specified in the scanner property dialog box do not work immediat...

Page 111: ... 7 Toolbox 4 7 The MF Toolbox will open 3 Click one of the scanning buttons below Mail The document will be scanned and attached to an e mail message in your e mail application OCR The text will be scanned and read by the OCR software Save The document will be scanned and saved PDF The text will be scanned and saved as a PDF file Scan 1 Scan 2 The text will be scanned and appear in the registered ...

Page 112: ...licked a button other than Mail Save or PDF and no application appears in Link Scanned Images to select an application If you want to keep the same settings for future scans click Apply before clicking Start 5 Click Start If you checked the Use the Scanner Driver to Make Advanced Settings checkbox in step 4 the ScanGear MF dialog box will appear Example Mail dialog box ...

Page 113: ...ep 3 the scanned image will be displayed in the application after scanning Send the e mail message or perform OCR conversion The scanned image will not be displayed if you have not installed the applications on the Color imageCLASS MF8100 Series Setup CD ROM or if you have not set the Link Scanned Images to setting When the applications in the MF8100 Series Setup CD ROM are installed they will be ...

Page 114: ...scanned image You can also select to make advanced settings using the ScanGear MF Select Source Selects where the document is placed Platen Glass Document Feeder or Auto mode NOTE When Auto mode is selected the document in the ADF is automatically scanned if there is no document in the ADF the document on the platen glass will be scanned Example Mail dialog box ...

Page 115: ...lue set For an ordinary mail message a file size of 150 KB is recommended You cannot select this item when PDF is selected in Save as Type Use the Scanner Driver to Make Advanced Settings If you check this checkbox and click Start the ScanGear MF dialog box will appear and you can make advanced settings for scanning If you do not check this checkbox scanning will begin immediately with the setting...

Page 116: ...ata Size of the scanned file If you select JPEG in Save as Type and then select Newspaper B W in ScanGear MF Simple Mode or Black and White in ScanGear MF Advanced Mode the document will still be saved in grayscale To change the location to save the scanned images click Browse select a folder click OK When you scan for the first time a folder with the scanning date will be created in the My Pictur...

Page 117: ...s as thumbnail images and specify the file type and location to save them You cannot use this function when scanning with the OCR button and for the PDF button only the confirmation of the scanned image is available Check the Confirmation of the Scanned Image and Exif Settings checkbox for the PDF button Confirm the Scanned Image checkbox click Start When the scanning is complete the thumbnail of ...

Page 118: ... None Attach Manually is selected for Link Scanned Images to pressing Forward opens the folder where the scanned image is saved Save Press to save the scanned images in the specified location This button appears instead of the Forward button when scanning with the Save button Basic information Displays the information automatically acquired by scanning Advanced information Displays the extra infor...

Page 119: ...ort or Acquire image etc from the File menu 4 Select the scanner driver to be used With Windows XP Server 2003 you can use the ScanGear MF or the WIA driver as the scanner driver To use ScanGear MF select Canon MF8100 To use the WIA driver select WIA Canon MF8100 5 Specify the scanner settings click Scan For details see Setting Preferences and Scanning with ScanGear MF on p 3 19 or Scanning with t...

Page 120: ...e down on the platen glass or load it face up in the ADF 2 On the Windows desktop double click Canon MF Toolbox 4 7 Alternatively on the Windows desktop click start All Programs Canon MF Toolbox 4 7 Toolbox 4 7 The MF Toolbox will open 3 Click PDF If necessary adjust any settings 4 Click PDF Settings 5 Check the Create Multiple PDF checkbox to create one PDF file by scanning two or more pages ...

Page 121: ...that the document is correctly placed on the platen glass A document should be placed approximately 1 8 3 mm from the front edge i e the edge closest to the operation panel of the platen glass Create Searchable PDF Click to convert the characters in the document to text data and make the document searchable with simple keywords However all the characters in the document may not be accurately recog...

Page 122: ...in the My Pictures folder in the My Documents folder and your document will be saved in this folder If there is no My Pictures folder the folder with the scanning date will be created in the My Documents folder and your document saved in this folder For text documents or black and white documents it is recommended you select either Black and White or Grayscale in Scan Mode If making a Multiple PDF...

Page 123: ...g a document you can either check the Use the Scanner Driver to Make Advanced Settings checkbox in the MF Toolbox before scanning or scan from an application NOTE If you are scanning from an application in Windows XP select ScanGear MF in the application before scanning For details see Scanning an Image from an Application on p 3 15 Switching between Simple Mode and Advanced Mode ScanGear MF has t...

Page 124: ...correction in Advanced Mode click Preferences Color Settings tab clear Always Execute the Auto Tone Photo Color To scan color photos 300dpi Magazine Color To scan color magazines 150dpi with the Descreen function Newspaper B W To scan text and line drawings black and white 300dpi Document Grayscale To scan color image or text in monochrome Especially appropriate for scanning high resolution monoch...

Page 125: ...ted in step 4 If you select Add Delete you can add or delete the custom output size For details on setting see Add Delete the Output Size below Click to switch the orientation of the output size landscape or portrait 6 Click Scan Scanning starts NOTE If white lines appear on one edge of the scanned image check that the document is correctly placed on the platen glass A document should be placed ap...

Page 126: ...e preview area or the bottom frame Output Size Name Specifies the output size name you want to register Width Specifies the width of the output size Height Specifies the height of the output size Unit Selects the unit of measurement for the output size Add Adds the output size to the Output Size List Delete Deletes the selected output size from the Output Size List This button is disabled for this...

Page 127: ...lor settings For details on the settings see Advanced Mode Settings on p 3 26 3 Click Preview NOTE Selecting the range in the preview window and clicking Zoom reloads the selected image to enlarge it When enlarged image is displayed the Zoom button changes to the Undo button Clicking Undo displays the image in normal size To delete the displayed preview image click when asked to confirm click OK 4...

Page 128: ...eview area or the bottom frame This button is disabled for this model Crop Specifies the parameter of a scan For details see Advanced Mode Specifying the Parameters of a Scan on p 3 25 Move Moves the image If the enlarged image is too large to fit on the screen on the Toolbar click Then drag the image across the screen until the part you want to see is displayed You can move the image in the same ...

Page 129: ... Scan 1 To maintain the current width and height proportions set for the image even after selecting the parameters of the scan click in the Input Settings 2 Do one of the following Specify by dragging Click Then click and drag from the upper left corner of the parameter you wish to specify to the lower right of the parameter To adjust even further drag the corner or border of the selected paramete...

Page 130: ...ew area size height to width ratio will change to the paper size you selected Change this setting to set up the machine not to scan beyond the parameters of the scan when previewing or if you are scanning without specifying the parameters of the scan If you do not know the size of the document select Full Platen or a large size You can specify the parameters after previewing If you change Paper Si...

Page 131: ...type a resolution between 25 2400 dpi in 1 dpi increments or enter one of the values 4800 7200 or 9600 dpi If you have selected Black and White Grayscale or Text Enhanced either click or type a resolution between 25 600 dpi in 1 dpi increments For details see Determining Resolution on p 3 42 Black and White Select this mode when outputting photos and other documents to monochrome printer The image...

Page 132: ...00 if 4800 7200 or 9600 dpi is entered in Output Resolution Click to switch the orientation of the output size landscape or portrait This button is disabled when you select Flexible for Output Size Data Size Shows the data size of the scanned image according to your settings Image Settings Auto Tone Set to ON to automatically adjust the tone of the image The results of tone adjustment are reflecte...

Page 133: ...enness of gradation and a striped pattern in the image Descreen is the function for reducing this moire effect Selecting Magazine Color in Select Document Type in Simple Mode has the same effect as selecting Descreen in Advanced Mode Reduce Dust and Scratches Scanned photos may contain white dots caused by dust and scratches This setting reduces the dust and scratches on photos The default setting...

Page 134: ...orrection The grain correction feature smoothes out the film grain of the image recorded on fast film The result is smoother tones and higher overall quality The default setting is OFF NOTE This setting is not reflected in the preview image This setting is available when Color or Grayscale is selected in Color Mode If you set Grain Correction to Low Medium or High scanning may take more time The g...

Page 135: ...d balance in an image with the histogram and tone curve The Color Settings buttons will be displayed when Color or Grayscale is selected in Color Mode In Black and White mode the Color Settings buttons changes to the Threshold button and no Color Settings buttons will be displayed when Text Enhanced mode or Canon ColorGear is selected When you use the Color Settings buttons the changes you make wi...

Page 136: ...Blue and all settings for contrast brightness gamma histogram and tone curve will be suspended and will return to default settings Images which have undergone automatic color correction will also return to their defaults Channel Selects a color to adjust either Red Green or Blue or select Master to adjust three colors together Brightness Move the slider to the left to increase the darkness of the ...

Page 137: ...e To adjust the gamma diagrammatically press NOTE The monitor has characteristics gamma values for reproducing colors The gamma value of an average monitor is between 1 4 and 2 2 and reproduces colors in a somewhat darker way than the original document Consequently to correct the difference between the color in the original image and the reproduction of the color by the monitor you may need to cor...

Page 138: ...To change the black point shadow level mid point midtone level or white point highlight level do one of the following Click Black point eyedropper tool then click a point in the preview image to specify the darkest point You can also enter a value 0 to 245 Click Mid point eyedropper tool then click a point in the preview image to specify the midtone point You can also enter a value 5 to 250 Reset ...

Page 139: ...ue specified in White point will turn white 2 When adjusting a color image click Gray Balance eyedropper tool click a point in the preview image to specify the point to execute gray balance adjustment The gray balance adjustment ensures that gray elements within a scanned image appear as a neutral gray and consequently other elements within the image will also have true color reproduction Tone Cur...

Page 140: ...In this dialog box you can confirm the color settings you have made Channel Selects a color to adjust either Red Green or Blue or select Master to adjust three colors together Select Tone Curve Selects the tone curve No correction Overexposure Underexposure or High contrast Reset Resets all the current settings to their default values ...

Page 141: ...including the parts of an image which are a color between the two The boundary at which black and white is divided is called Threshold By adjusting the threshold you can sharpen characters in a text document and reduce back printing such as in newspapers Threshold Level Move the Threshold slider to the right to increase the threshold value and thus reduce the white areas black areas will increase ...

Page 142: ...the Start of ScanGear MF Selects the preview operation when you open ScanGear MF Display Saved Preview Image is selected by default Automatically Execute Preview The preview scan will start automatically when you open ScanGear MF Display Saved Preview Image Displays the image last previewed Color Settings and the Flip Left and Right Rotate Reverse Color and Ruler buttons in the Toolbar will be rep...

Page 143: ...mages Displays the last frame when you preview images None No frame will be displayed when you preview images Cropping Size for Thumbnail View This setting is not available for this model Scan without using ScanGear s Window Color mode cannot be changed in applications such as OCR software which will not display the ScanGear MF dialog box UI off mode and consequently the document will be scanned w...

Page 144: ... These settings will be invalid in UI mode the mode in which the ScanGear MF dialog box is displayed Enable 48 16 bit Output This setting is not available for this model Automatically Quit ScanGear MF after Scanning If selected the ScanGear MF dialog box quits automatically after the image is scanned This setting is not selected by default Some applications will automatically quit ScanGear MF afte...

Page 145: ...e Auto Tone If selected the image color will always be automatically corrected If you select either Canon ColorGear or None this setting is not available This setting is selected by default Energy Saving Mode You cannot set the Energy Saving Mode from your computer Quiet Mode This setting is not available for this model Select Folder Where Temporary Files are Saved Click Browse and specify the fol...

Page 146: ... dpi NOTE With a color printer the colors are expressed as a certain percentage of ink pigment so scanning your document at half the resolution of the printer should be fine For example if you are using a 600 dpi color printer you should scan your document at 300 dpi Printing to Scale For example if you want to print a document which is twice the size both vertically and horizontally the resolutio...

Page 147: ...ouble the resolution the image data will be four times greater If the data is too large processing speed will slow down significantly and you may experience malfunctions such as lack of memory Make sure the resolution corresponds to the purpose of use of the image and set at the lowest level possible ...

Page 148: ...tly placed on the platen glass A document should be placed approximately 1 8 3 mm from the front edge i e the edge closest to the operation panel of the platen glass 1 Open the Scanners and Cameras folder For details on how to open the Scanners and Cameras folder see Setting Up B W Start or Color Start in the Scanners and Cameras Folder Windows 2000 the Scanners and Cameras Properties Dialog Box o...

Page 149: ...re or text Custom NOTE When selecting Custom click Custom settings to make detailed settings in the Properties dialog box See Advanced Properties on p 3 49 5 Select the paper source Flatbed or Document Feeder NOTE If you selected Document Feeder select paper size from Page size and proceed to step 7 6 Specify the scanned area Click Preview drag to specify the scanned area ...

Page 150: ...n one picture in the same location sequential numbers are automatically added at the ends of file names e g numbers 001 002 are added from the second picture on Select a file format for the pictures You can select from the following BMP Bitmap Image JPG JPEG Image TIF TIF Image PNG PNG Image Select the location where you want to save the pictures To change the location click Browse select the new ...

Page 151: ...Scanning with the WIA Driver Windows XP Only 3 47 Scanning 3 9 Click Next Scanning starts NOTE To cancel scanning click Cancel ...

Page 152: ...ing 3 10 Click Next If you want to publish these pictures to a Web site or order printouts online select the corresponding option For more information see the Windows operating system documentation 11 Click Finish The location selected in step 8 will appear ...

Page 153: ...ufficiently in this tab Contrast Specifies the contrast 127 to 127 only for color or grayscale scanning NOTE You can also adjust the contrast in PageManager or OmniPage if it is not specified sufficiently in this tab Resolution DPI Selects the scanning resolution in dot per inch 50 to 600 NOTE You can enter the values of resolution listed above in the edit box directly If you enter an invalid valu...

Page 154: ... that the document is correctly placed on the platen glass A document should be placed approximately 1 8 3 mm from the front edge i e the edge closest to the operation panel of the platen glass 1 Select the type of picture you want to scan You can select from the following Color picture Grayscale picture Black and white picture or text Custom Settings 2 Select the paper source Flatbed or Document ...

Page 155: ...Advanced Properties dialog box appears 4 Adjust the quality of the image click OK For details on how to adjust the quality of the image see Advanced Properties on p 3 49 5 Specify the scanned area Click Preview drag to specify the scanned area 6 Click Scan Scanning starts When the scanning is completed the scanned image will appear in the display area of the application ...

Page 156: ...multiple recipients in one operation NOTE You cannot send a fax when an error occurs in the machine A very large document may not be sent You can send up to 256 pages per fax Based on ITU T No 1 Chart Standard Mode A document of 257 pages or more needs to be sent in separate faxes 1 Open the document you want to fax in an application select the command to print In most cases click Print from the F...

Page 157: ...t a recipient from the Address Book see Select Recipient from Address Book on p 4 5 NOTE You cannot send a fax without entering the Recipient Name Up to 38 characters excluding can be entered in the Fax Number edit box Up to 85 characters can be entered in the Recipient Name edit box To select the Recipient Name and Fax Number from the Address Book you must register them in the Address Book first ...

Page 158: ...Fax Sending Settings dialog box appears The Fax Sending Settings dialog box has three tab sheets NOTE For more information about the following features see the Online Help see p 1 3 The screen shots shown are from Windows XP Character symbol Explanation 0 9 For use in telephone and fax numbers p To place a pause between numbers P To place a pause at the end of an array of numbers T Numbers after t...

Page 159: ...s Book Adds the recipient name and fax numbers you entered in Recipient Name and Fax Number to the Address Book Add to Recipient List Adds the recipient name and fax numbers you entered in Recipient Name and Fax Number to the Recipient List Address Book Opens the Select Recipient from Address Book dialog box See p 4 5 Recipient List Shows the list of the recipient names and fax numbers of the dest...

Page 160: ... Searches the destination by the recipient name Details Displays information about the selected recipient Add to List Adds the recipient names and fax numbers you entered in Recipient List Recipient List Shows the list of the recipient names and fax numbers of the destinations you are going to send a fax Number of Recipients Displays the number of people the fax will be sent to Remove from List De...

Page 161: ...e of the cover sheet from the list of the cover sheet templates supplied with the fax driver or the cover sheets you registered in the Register Cover Sheet dialog box for Windows 98 Me see p 4 23 for Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 see p 4 36 Items to Include Displays the items to be included in the cover sheet Settings Opens the Item Settings dialog box See p 4 7 Attach Attention Label Prints the att...

Page 162: ...es you to enter the sender name in Sender Name text box up to 85 characters Include Company Enables you to enter the company name in the Company text box up to 40 characters Include Dept Div Enables you to enter the department or division name of the sender in the Dept Div text box up to 40 characters Include Fax Number Enables you to enter the fax number in the Fax Number text box up to 45 charac...

Page 163: ...t information by selecting the appropriate check box Include Recipient Name Enters the recipient name Include Company Enters the recipient s company name Include Dept Div Enters the recipient s department or division name Include Fax Number Enters the recipient s fax number For details on the characters and symbols you can use for fax numbers see Characters and Symbols for Fax Numbers on p 4 3 ...

Page 164: ... to the cover sheet You can select a bitmap data only Browse Allows you to search for the logo file in your computer Manual Scaling Enables you to specify the size of the logo in Scaling from 50 to 200 Position Specifies the vertical and horizontal position where the logo is printed You can enter the values in the X and Y edit boxes in a range between 50 and 50 or use the X and Y slide bars to mov...

Page 165: ...be attached to the cover sheet You can select a bitmap data only Browse Allows you to search for the signature file in your computer Manual Scaling Enables you to specify the size of the logo in Scaling from 50 to 200 Position Specifies the vertical and horizontal position where the signature is printed You can enter the values in the X and Y edit boxes in a range between 50 and 50 or use the X an...

Page 166: ...ou to select whether the number of sheets to send is included in the cover sheet and edit the number of sheets to be included in the cover sheet Include Number of Sheets to Send Enables you to specify the number in the Number of Sheets to Send text box up to maximum of 4 numeric characters ...

Page 167: ...en you fax with the Canon MF8100 Series only for Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 The number of tabs displayed in the properties dialog box will vary depending on the type of operating system you are using and the method you use to access the dialog box The method you use to access the dialog boxes determines how long the faxing options remain in effect If you access the dialog box from an application ...

Page 168: ... Windows task bar select Printers and Faxes Windows 98 Me 2000 Start Settings Printers 2 Click the corresponding printer driver icon 3 From the File menu click Properties You can also open the MF8100 Series FAX Properties dialog box by right clicking the corresponding printer driver icon and selecting Properties from the pop up menu The Canon MF8100 Series FAX Properties dialog box appears Opening...

Page 169: ...inting Preferences You can also open the MF8100 Series FAX Printing Preferences dialog box by right clicking the corresponding printer driver icon and selecting Printing Preferences from the pop up menu The Canon MF8100 Series FAX Printing Preferences dialog box appears ...

Page 170: ...s 98 Me Fax Properties 4 15 PC Faxing 4 Windows 98 Me Fax Properties General Tab Lets you print a test page or define separator pages Refer to your Windows operating system documentation for more information ...

Page 171: ...Properties 4 16 PC Faxing 4 Details Tab Specifies the printer port and time out settings Refer to your Windows operating system documentation for more information Spool Settings The installer sets the following defaults ...

Page 172: ...axing 4 Sharing Tab Specifies the printer sharing settings This tab sheet is available only when the printer sharing is enabled see Setting Printer Sharing on p 2 63 Refer to your Windows operating system documentation for more information ...

Page 173: ...ox See p 4 20 Edit Edits the selected entry in the Address Book list If you select a person the Edit Person dialog box appears If you select a group the Edit Group dialog box appears Delete Deletes the selected entry from the Address Book Details Displays information about the recipient selected in the Address Book list box Specify a Folder Opens the Browse For Folder dialog box Enables you to mak...

Page 174: ...ist Dr Mr Mrs or Ms First Enters the recipient s first name Last Enters the recipient s last name Suffix Enters the suffix to the recipient s name or selects the suffix from the pull down list Jr MD or Sr Recipient name Enters the recipient name Company Enters the recipient s company name Dept Div Enters the recipient s department or division name Fax Number Enters the recipient s fax number You c...

Page 175: ... the group name Show Selects the category of the list displayed in Available Recipients Person Group or All Available Recipients Displays the list of recipients already registered in the Address Books Add Adds a person group to the group Delete Deletes a person group from the group Current Group Members Displays the members currently registered in the group Notes Enters the additional information ...

Page 176: ... Dr Mr Mrs or Ms First Enters the recipient s first name Last Enters the recipient s last name Suffix Enters the suffix to the recipient s name or selects the suffix from the pull down list Jr MD or Sr Recipient name Enters the recipient name Company Enters the recipient s company name Dept Div Enters the recipient s department or division name Fax Number Enters the recipient s fax number You can ...

Page 177: ...e group name Show Selects the category of the list displayed in Available Recipients Person Group or All Available Recipients Displays the list of recipients already registered in the Address Books Add Adds a person group to the group Delete Deletes a person group from the group Current Group Members Displays the members currently registered in the group Notes Enters the additional information abo...

Page 178: ...inal cover sheets using the Canon Cover Sheet Editor For details see Canon Cover Sheet Editor on p 4 40 Style Displays the list of the registered cover sheets Preview Displays the preview image of the selected cover sheet Register Registers the cover sheet template Delete Deletes the registered cover sheet template Select a cover sheet template from Style then press Delete ...

Page 179: ...ected settings reflected Page Size Selects the original page size to work with in an application Letter 11x17 Legal A4 A3 A5 B4 or B5 Orientation Selects the direction of printing relative to the paper Portrait or Landscape Resolution Specifies the resolution of the fax Ultra Fine or Fine Specify Outside Dialing Prefix Enables you to enter the prefix number in Outside Dialing Prefix up to 5 number...

Page 180: ...ddress Book This dialog box enables you to register the Address Books to be used when you send a fax Address Book List Displays the list of the registered Address Books Register Opens the Register Address Book dialog box See below Edit Opens the Add Edit Canon Fax Driver Address Book dialog box See p 4 26 Delete Deletes the selected Address Book from the Address Book List Available Address Books D...

Page 181: ...river Address Book This dialog box enables you to edit the properties of the Address Books to be used when you send a fax Configuration Tab Name Changes the name of the Address Book You can enter up to 64 characters About Displays the version information on the driver ...

Page 182: ... all Windows applications The FAX Printing Preferences Dialog Box This dialog box enables you to edit the address book register the cover sheets and set up the page settings FAX Properties The Canon MF8100 Series FAX Properties dialog box contains several tab sheets that enable you to set up the fax configuration and configure the fax settings NOTE The number of tabs displayed in the properties di...

Page 183: ...ting system documentation for more information Sharing Tab Specifies the printer sharing settings This tab sheet is available only when the printer sharing is enabled see p 2 63 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 ...

Page 184: ...r Windows operating system documentation for more information NOTE 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 ...

Page 185: ...ting Preferences dialog box contains three tab sheets that enable you to edit the address book register the cover sheets and set up the page settings NOTE If you access the equivalent dialog box from an application s Print dialog box your selected faxing options apply only to the current fax job For more information about the following features see the Online Help see p 1 3 The screen shots shown ...

Page 186: ...See p 4 32 Add Group Opens the Add Group dialog box See p 4 33 Edit Edits the selected entry in the Address Book list If you select a person the Edit Person dialog box appears If you select a group the Edit Group dialog box appears Delete Deletes the selected entry from the Address Book Details Displays information about the recipient selected in the Address Book list box Specify a Folder Opens th...

Page 187: ...r software Prefix Enters the prefix to the recipient s name or selects the prefix from the pull down list Dr Mr Mrs or Ms First Enters the recipient s first name Last Enters the recipient s last name Suffix Enters the suffix to the recipient s name or selects the suffix from the pull down list Jr MD or Sr Recipient Name Enters the recipient name Company Enters the recipient s company name Dept Div...

Page 188: ...ion Group Name Enters the group name Show Selects the category of the list displayed in Available Recipients Person Group or All Available Recipients Displays the list of recipients already registered in the Address Books Add Adds a person group to the group Delete Deletes a person group from the group Current Group Members Displays the members currently registered in the group Notes Enters the ad...

Page 189: ...om the pull down list Dr Mr Mrs or Ms First Enters the recipient s first name Last Enters the recipient s last name Suffix Enters the suffix to the recipient s name or selects the suffix from the pull down list Jr MD or Sr Recipient name Enters the recipient name Company Enters the recipient s company name Dept Div Enters the recipient s department or division name Fax Number Enters the recipient ...

Page 190: ... Group Name Enters the group name Show Selects the category of the list displayed in Available Recipients Person Group or All Available Recipients Displays the list of recipients already registered in the Address Books Add Adds a person group to the group Delete Deletes a person group from the group Current Group Members Displays the members currently registered in the group Notes Enters the addit...

Page 191: ...n p 4 40 Style Selects the style of the cover sheet A bitmap image of the selected cover sheet style is displayed in the preview area to the left of the options NOTE The number of sheets you are going to send as a fax is not displayed on the cover sheet when you select Template 1 2 or 3 for Style Preview Displays the preview image of the selected cover sheet Register Registers the cover sheet temp...

Page 192: ...ith the currently selected settings reflected Page Size Selects the original page size to work with in an application Letter 11 x17 Legal A4 A3 A5 B4 or B5 Orientation Selects the direction of printing relative to the paper Portrait or Landscape Resolution Specifies the resolution of the fax Ultra Fine or Fine Specify Outside Dialing Prefix Enables you to enter the prefix number in Outside Dialing...

Page 193: ...to when sending a fax Register Address Book This dialog box enables you to register the Address Books to be used when you send a fax Address Book List Displays the list of the registered Address Books Register Opens the Register Address Book dialog box Edit Opens the Add Edit Canon Fax Driver Address Book dialog box Delete Deletes the selected Address Book from the Address Book List Available Addr...

Page 194: ...rinting Preferences 4 39 PC Faxing 4 Add Edit Canon Fax Driver Address Book This dialog box enables you to edit the properties of the Address Books to be used when you send a fax Name Changes the name of the Address Book You can enter up to 64 characters ...

Page 195: ... the cover sheet when the fax is sent With the Canon Cover Sheet Editor you can do the following Insert text using different fonts font styles and font sizes into a cover sheet Insert a variety of objects such as drawings and images into a cover sheet Use the field feature for creating cover sheets for sending faxes to multiple recipients Add fields for specifying remarks and comments in addition ...

Page 196: ...structions on the screen to continue the installation The Canon Cover Sheet Editor License Agreement dialog box is displayed 6 Read the Canon Cover Sheet Editor license agreement carefully If you agree to the terms select I accept the terms in the license agreement click Next follow the instructions on the screen to continue the installation ...

Page 197: ...lecting a setup type select Complete or Custom click Next NOTE If you select Custom in the dialog box for selecting Setup Type you can specify the directory into which Canon Cover Sheet Editor is to be installed 8 Click Install to start copying the files 9 Click Finish ...

Page 198: ...installing If it becomes necessary to uninstall the Canon Cover Sheet Editor follow the procedure below 1 Click start on the Windows task bar Settings Control Panel 2 Click Add Remove Programs Windows 98 Me 2000 double click Add Remove Programs icon select Canon Cover Sheet Editor click Change Remove 3 When the InstallShield Wizard dialog box appears follow the instructions on the screen The Canon...

Page 199: ... Select a paper size for the new cover sheet click OK The New Cover Sheet screen appears Opening a Saved Cover Sheet You can open a saved cover sheet by specifying its file name To open a saved cover sheet follow the procedure below 1 Click Open on the toolbar Alternatively select Open from the File menu The Open dialog box appears 2 Specify the file name of the cover sheet that you want to open N...

Page 200: ...y the location where you want to save the file click Save The file extension is automatically set to cse Saving an Existing File Follow the procedure below to save an existing cover sheet after editing it 1 Click Save on the toolbar Alternatively select Save from the File menu IMPORTANT To preserve the opened file as it was before editing select Save As and specify a different name or location for...

Page 201: ...cover sheet Creating an Original Cover Sheet This section explains how to insert text adjust text properties specify fields create objects adjust objects and specify grid options in order to create an original cover sheet Inserting Text You can insert text and numbers into the cover page The properties of any text or the text box itself can also be changed To edit the text change to the edit mode ...

Page 202: ... features see Specifying Fields on p 4 52 Font 1 Click inside the text box The text box is now ready for editing 2 Select the desired font from the Font drop down menu on the toolbar Font Size 1 Click inside the text box The text box is now ready for editing 2 Select the desired font size from the Font Size drop down menu on the toolbar You can also enter the desired font size directly into Font S...

Page 203: ...e the text box The text box is now ready for editing 2 Click Italic on the toolbar To undo the italic formatting click Italic again Underlining 1 Click inside the text box The text box is now ready for editing 2 Click Underline on the toolbar To undo the underlining click Underline again Aligning Text 1 Click inside the text box The text box is now ready for editing 2 Click Align Left Align Center...

Page 204: ...urrently selected settings Use it as a guide if you are specifying settings 1 Click inside the text box The text box is now ready for editing 2 Click Properties on the toolbar Alternatively select Properties from the Edit menu Alternatively right click inside the text box click Properties The Text Properties dialog box appears 3 Select Font Font Style and Size from the respective list boxes Altern...

Page 205: ...ow to specify the type of border border color and background color of the selected text box 1 Click anywhere on the border of the text box The border of the text box is selected 2 Click Properties on the toolbar You can also select Properties from the Edit menu You can also display the Text Box Properties dialog box by double clicking anywhere on the border of the text box The Text Box Properties ...

Page 206: ...dth setting to set the thickness of the border 0 1 to 50 0 NOTE The Width setting is available only if Line Style is set to Solid 5 Select the desired color of the border from Color 6 Select the desired background color for the text box from Fill in 7 Click OK ...

Page 207: ...nt for using the same cover sheet to send faxes to multiple recipients The repeating field is used to insert data for every recipient specified in the fax driver In addition to the Sender Information and Recipient Information fields you can also insert Sheets to Send Remark and Comment fields on the cover sheet When the fax is sent the number of sheets to send as a fax specified in the fax driver ...

Page 208: ... Recipient Information Fields When Not Editing Text 1 Click the Insert menu Sender Information or Recipient Information select the field such as Name Fax Number Company and Dept Div to insert 2 Drag the pointer on the area of the cover sheet to where you want to insert the field A square or rectangular text box containing the selected field appears NOTE If you select Insert All all of the availabl...

Page 209: ...ds is replaced with multiple recipients information when sending a fax NOTE The text box may not be able to accommodate all of the actual data for a repeating field if a large number of recipients are specified for sending a fax In this case a new page is automatically created and data that does not fit into the text box displays from the top of the new page Inserting Borders Between Repeating Fie...

Page 210: ...he type of line to use as the border from Line Style 4 Specify the Width setting to set the thickness of the borders 0 1 to 10 0 NOTE The Width setting is available only if Line Style is set to Solid 5 Select the desired color of the borders from Color 6 Click OK Inserting Sheets to Send Field When Editing Text 1 Inside the text box place the cursor where you want to insert the field 2 From the In...

Page 211: ...nt field is inserted depending on your selection Inserting Remark and Comment Fields When Not Editing Text 1 From the Insert menu select either Remark or Comment 2 Drag the pointer on the area of the cover sheet to insert the field A square or rectangular text box containing the selected field appears Creating Objects You can draw lines rectangles rounded rectangles or ovals on the cover sheet You...

Page 212: ...the rounded rectangle To do so click anywhere outside the newly created rounded rectangle click the rounded rectangle again click and drag the inner handle in its upper right corner to change the degree of the curve Ovals 1 Click Oval on the toolbar You can also select Oval from the Drawing menu 2 Drag the pointer on the area of the cover sheet to draw the oval To draw a circle hold down SHIFT on ...

Page 213: ...ing an Object within the Same Cover Sheet 1 Select the object to move You can select multiple objects and move them at the same time 2 Drag the selected object to the desired location Alternatively use any of the four arrow keys or to move the object in the desired direction in 0 1 mm increments NOTE Hold down SHIFT on the keyboard while dragging to move the object horizontally or vertically only ...

Page 214: ...e cover sheet Resizing an Object 1 Select the object whose size you want to change NOTE You can select multiple objects and change all of their sizes at the same time 2 Drag any handle on the selected object to change its size NOTE The shape of the pointer changes depending on which handle you place it over Dragging the handles on the top and bottom sides of the object changes its height Dragging ...

Page 215: ... NOTE You can select multiple objects and copy them at the same time 2 Click Copy on the toolbar You can also select Copy from the Edit menu 3 If you want to copy the object to a different cover sheet display the second cover sheet NOTE If the second cover sheet is open you can select it from the Window menu 4 Click Paste on the toolbar Alternatively select Paste from the Edit menu The selected ob...

Page 216: ...or press DELETE on the keyboard The selected object is deleted Grouping Objects You can edit or handle multiple objects that are grouped together as a single object You can move copy or change the size of grouped objects in a single operation You can also simultaneously modify the properties of all objects in the group 1 While holding down SHIFT on the keyboard you can individually select multiple...

Page 217: ...roperties dialog box by double clicking the selected object The Object Properties dialog box opens 3 Select the desired line type for the object from Line Style 4 Specify the Width setting to set the thickness of the line NOTE The Width setting is available only if Line Style is set to Solid 5 Select the desired line color for the object from Color 6 Select the desired background color for the obj...

Page 218: ...ressing TAB on the keyboard 2 Click Bring to Front Send to Back Bring Forward or Send Backward on the toolbar NOTE Alternatively select Bring to Front Send to Back Bring Forward or Send Backward from the Layout menu Aligning Multiple Objects You can align multiple selected objects according to their left edge right edge top edge bottom edge or center in one operation The position of the last selec...

Page 219: ...t is used as the point of reference 2 Click Align Left Align Center Align Right Align Top Align Middle or Align Bottom on the toolbar Alternatively click the Layout menu point to Distribute Horizontally or Distribute Vertically select the type of alignment you want Specifying Grid Options The grid function is useful for arranging created objects Showing Grids You can display the grid on the cover ...

Page 220: ...nap to Grid from the View menu NOTE Snap to Grid is available only after this setting is specified It does not affect objects that are modified before this setting is specified Specifying Grid Properties Follow the procedure below to specify the properties for the grid on the cover sheet such as type color and spacing You can also specify whether to display the grid and whether to snap objects to ...

Page 221: ... colors To create your own color Click on a color that is the closest to the color you want Click Define Custom Colors The color matrix appears on the right of the Color Settings dialog box Adjust the luminosity of the color click Add to Custom Colors 6 Click OK in the Color Setting dialog box 7 Specify the Horizontal and Vertical spacing for the grid NOTE You can change the unit of measure for th...

Page 222: ...t the printer click OK If necessary click Properties to specify detailed print settings 3 Specify the number of copies to print NOTE All is the only active selection for the Print range setting because the cover sheet consists of only one page 4 Click OK Registering an Original Cover Sheet as a Template You can register the cover sheet created with the Canon Cover Sheet Editor with the fax driver ...

Page 223: ... Preferences Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 3 Click the Register Cover Sheet tab 4 Click Register The Register Cover Sheet dialog box appears 5 Select the cover sheet template file click Open The selected template is added to Style in the Register Cover Sheet sheet NOTE In addition to the default templates you can add up to 30 templates to the fax driver ...

Page 224: ... by referring to the information in this chapter see also Chapter 9 Troubleshooting in the Basic Guide Printer Problems Printer does not print Q Is there paper in the machine A Make sure paper is loaded Q Does the copy job stop due to out of paper A Load paper The print job will start automatically when the copy job is completed Q Is the cartridge installed correctly A Make sure the cartridge is i...

Page 225: ...achine Printer stops printing Q Is the interface cable loose A Check your computer and cable Q Are you working on an application in the foreground A Printer performance improves if you give priority to your print job Printout is wrong Q Is there a communication problem between the printer and your computer A Make sure your cable connections are secure A Make sure your USB cable is less than 9 8 ft...

Page 226: ...tly A If you have a Toshiba laptop change the following line in your CONFIG SYS file c winutils mxtime exe to REM c winutils mxtime exe Computer indicates a device time out Q Is the machine off offline or not connected to the computer A Make sure the machine is not paused A Make sure the machine s interface cable is securely connected to both the machine and the computer A Make sure paper is prope...

Page 227: ...s printer Q Is the printer driver connected to the same port as the MF8100 Series printer driver A Connect the printer driver to a port different from the MF8100 Series printer driver Cannot install the MF8100 Series printer driver using the USB port Q Is the USB driver installed properly A Perform the following steps 1 Make sure the machine is connected to your computer using a USB cable and the ...

Page 228: ...our computer 7 For instructions on installing the printer driver see Installing Software on Your Computer on p 1 4 Strings of garbled characters are printed Q Is the driver installed properly A Check if the corresponding printer driver icon is displayed in the Printers and Faxes Windows 98 Me 2000 Printers folder If not install the driver If the corresponding printer driver icon is displayed right...

Page 229: ...Is a USB hub or repeater working properly A When using a USB hub or repeater try connecting a USB cable directly to the computer to check if it works properly If you can scan the document successfully after connecting a USB cable directly to the computer check your USB hub or repeater if it is working properly Q Are you using a USB 2 0 compatible USB hub A If you connect the machine to a USB 2 0 e...

Page 230: ...32 CNCMFP13 ini Windows XP Server 2003 windows system32 CNCMFP13 ini 2 In the ScanSize section change Read512Bytes 0 to Read512Bytes 1 then save the file Take care not to modify any other parts Q Is the Select Source setting in the MF Toolbox ScanGear MF or WIA driver set correctly A Choose between loading the document on the platen glass or ADF Q After installing the software did you install a TW...

Page 231: ... For example an LTR size document scanned at 600 dpi full color requires a minimum of 300 MB of disk space If you do not have enough available space scan the document at a lower resolution Q Does an error occur when scanning an image in Photoshop A Change the allocated memory On the Edit menu select References click Memory Image Cache Change the Physical Memory Usage in a range of approximately 10...

Page 232: ...he settings will not be activated unless you restart your computer Once you have changed your settings restart your computer Scanned images look dirty Q Is the platen glass or the platen glass cover clean A Clean the platen glass or the platen glass cover Q Is the image size too small A Some applications do not display an image properly at small sizes Try displaying the image at 100 magnification ...

Page 233: ... one of the following 1 Enlarge or reduce the image display in the application However if you open the image in Paint or Imaging it may display at a large size and you will not be able to reduce it 2 Change the resolution and scan again The image will be large if resolution is high It will be small if resolution is low See Determining Resolution on p 3 42 ...

Page 234: ...e software was completed but Canon remains Q Did you remove the MF drivers before removing the MF Toolbox A In Windows XP Server 2003 right click the start menu to open the Windows Explorer select Start Menu in Administrator Programs delete the Canon folder In Windows 2000 open Settings from the Start menu click Taskbar Start Menu Advanced Advanced select Start Menu in All Users Programs delete th...

Page 235: ...emoving the software A Remove the software see Uninstalling and Reinstalling the Software on p 1 21 then reinstall it See Installing Software on Your Computer on p 1 4 In Device Manager green mark is displayed Windows Me Q Is green mark displayed on USB Composite Device in USB Universal Serial Bus Controller in Device Manager in Windows Me A As this is not a problem you can continue to use it as i...

Page 236: ...Cassette LTR LGL Executive A4 B5 A5 Plain paper Maximum capacity 250 sheets of 17 lb 64 g m2 paper Multi Purpose Tray 8 1 2 14 216 mm 356 mm max to 3 5 76 mm 127 mm min Plain paper heavy paper and transparencies up to 34 lb 128 g m2 Maximum capacity 125 sheets of 17 lb 64g m2 paper Paper Delivery Face Down Output Way 100 sheets 17 to 21 lb 64 to 80 g m2 Host Interface USB interface Network interfa...

Page 237: ...Printer Specifications 6 2 Appendix 6 Software Printing Software Canon MF8100 Series Printer Driver Valid Printing Area The 5 0 mm border from all sides cannot be printed 10 mm border for envelope ...

Page 238: ... express color not with the three primary colors of light but with their three inverted complimentary colors the same as those used in mixing plants but with the addition of black as a separate color The three primary printing colors are cyan C magenta M yellow Y plus black K subtractive process The three primary colors of light and color are in a complementary color relationship The red in light ...

Page 239: ... of color dots On the display various colors are expressed by the red green and blue dots The colors of toner cannot be saturated by the printer Therefore a larger amount of dots are used in the printer and colors are expressed in various combinations by adding black to cyan yellow and magenta In addition the smaller the dots are colors can be printed in a higher resolution Display Pallet Color ba...

Page 240: ...ata is developed in each cartridge and toner is transferred onto paper repeatedly When data in all four colors is transferred onto paper the paper goes through the fuser unit and is output C M Y K K K C M Y Makes four revolutions Data C Y M Intermediate Transfer Unit Photosensitive Drum The toner color changes each time the intermediate transfer unit makes one revolution After all the four colors ...

Page 241: ...inted image may differ from the color that you see on the display if the color on the display is specified inaccurately Use the color samples or color adjustment tools that come with the application software to adjust the displayed colors to the colors that are actually printed Adjusting the resolution Image quality higher than the printer resolution cannot be obtained no matter how high you speci...

Page 242: ...on to standard for printing documents that do not required high image quality such as text documents reports or presentation references that consist of mainly with graphics or black and white data The speed for printing can be increased by changing to this mode Specify gradation to High for printing color photos or complicated illustrations clearly Printing can be performed efficiently by adjustin...

Page 243: ...rk areas Decreasing brightness darkens the overall image increasing brightness lightens it C Canon ColorGear Color Matching Color management system for high speed high precision color processing using Canon s own color management technology Canon ColorGear is compatible with the industry standard format ICC Profiles and enables high precision color management using the properties of color devices ...

Page 244: ...ur 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 Canon Color imageCLASS MF8170c prints at a resolution of 600 dpi Driver A program that controls how the computer and an external device interact For example the printer driver supplies Windows with information such as descripti...

Page 245: ...custom paper size with width and height defined by the user G Gamma Correction Method for changing the brightness of an image With gamma correction the brightness of parts of an image in the middle of the tonal range is changed without changing the lightest or darkest areas of the image which means you can change the brightness of an image while maintaining contrast Grayscale image A bitmap image ...

Page 246: ... a USB port located on the back of the machine See also USB interface Italic A font style distinguished by slanted characters the upright strokes of the characters are at an angle to the vertical axis J Jam A situation created when paper becomes caught along the paper path You must remove jammed paper before you can continue printing K Kilobyte KB A unit of measurement representing the binary numb...

Page 247: ...o share equipment such as printers and exchange information O OCR Optical Character Reader Device for reading characters optically System for extracting information in a text format from information in the form of a graphic such as hand written or printed characters which have been scanned with a scanner You cannot edit text scanned with a scanner because it is in a graphic format but with OCR sof...

Page 248: ...eight 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 Preview Provisional scanning and display of the document you are about to scan before you actually scan it If the preview scan looks different from what you want you can change the settings display the preview again and confirm before scann...

Page 249: ...he computer clears all information from RAM Printing very complicated documents might require closing other running programs or adding more RAM to the computer See also Physical RAM Virtual memory Reinstall To remove installed software and install again Resolution The density of dots for any given output device expressed in terms of dots per inch dpi Low resolution causes font characters and graph...

Page 250: ...lectromagnetic interference You need to use a double shielded interface cable with this machine Spooling A process by which an application sends a document to the spooler rather than directly to the printer thus freeing the computer and application for other tasks Spooled documents are printed in the order they are received T Title bar The horizontal bar that contains the title of a window or dial...

Page 251: ... TWAIN driver from the software s menu scan the document and return the scanned image to its original image processing software U Uninstall To remove software installed on a computer and return the computer to its condition before the software was installed Universal Serial Bus USB interface These are new serial interface standards This bus automatically recognizes connections Plug and Play to all...

Page 252: ...otoshop etc Windows Explorer The Windows program you can use to browse through open and manage the disk drives folders and files on your computer in a network system You can also use Windows Explorer to view and open shared folders on other computers on the network You can use Windows Explorer to manage your files by moving copying renaming and deleting files WYSIWYG Pronounced wizzy wig an acrony...

Page 253: ... Auto Tone 3 28 B Brightness 6 8 Brightness Contrast 3 32 C Calibration 3 31 Cannot install 5 11 Canon ColorGear 3 41 Cassette 6 1 Client 6 8 Collate 6 8 Color 2 34 4 29 Color Adjustment tab Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 2 52 Windows 98 Me 2 21 Color Management tab Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 2 34 4 29 Windows 98 Me 2 8 Color Settings 3 31 Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 2 52 Windows 98 Me 2 20 Color Se...

Page 254: ...nding Settings 4 3 Fax Setting changing 4 12 Fields 4 52 Final Review 3 36 Finishing Details Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 2 47 Windows 98 Me 2 16 Finishing tab Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 2 39 2 46 Windows 98 Me 2 15 Fixing assembly 6 10 Font 6 10 Form 6 10 G Gamma 3 33 General tab Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 2 30 4 28 Windows 98 Me 2 6 4 15 Gradation 2 19 2 50 Grain Correction 3 30 Grayscale image...

Page 255: ...Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 2 39 2 40 Windows 98 Me 2 9 Paper delivery 6 1 feed 6 12 size 6 1 type 6 13 weight 6 1 6 16 paper size custom 2 13 Parameters of a scan specifying 3 25 PDF 6 13 PDF Setting dialog box 3 16 Portrait 6 13 Ports tab Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 2 32 4 28 Power not supplied 5 2 Preferences dialog box 3 38 Presto PageManager 3 9 Preview 6 13 Preview tab 3 38 Print queue 6 13 ...

Page 256: ...ems 5 6 setting 3 5 using MF Toolbox 3 7 with B W Start or Color Start on the machine 3 1 ScanSoft OmniPage 3 9 Security tab Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 2 35 4 30 Select Recipient from Address Book 4 5 Sender tab 4 7 Sending fax 4 1 Sending Settings tab 4 4 Server 6 15 settings Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 2 60 settings Windows 98 Me 2 64 Shared printer 2 60 Add Printer Wizard Windows 2000 XP Serve...

Page 257: ...dows 98 Me 2 28 W White lines 5 9 WIA driver 3 44 Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 Advanced tab 2 33 4 29 Attribution tab 2 38 Color Adjustment tab 2 52 Color management tab 2 34 4 29 Finishing tab 2 46 General tab 2 30 4 28 Matching tab 2 53 Page Setup tab 2 40 Ports tab 2 32 4 28 Profile tab 2 36 Quality tab 2 49 Sharing tab 2 31 4 28 Windows 98 Me Color Adjustment tab 2 21 Color Management tab 2 8 D...

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