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Printer Software Guide

(For Canon CP Printer Solution Disk Version 4)

Macintosh

Summary of Contents for CP Printer Solution Disk Version 4

Page 1: ...1 Printer Software Guide For Canon CP Printer Solution Disk Version 4 Macintosh ...

Page 2: ...ype 10 Setting the Printer Driver for Printing 13 Printing Duplicate Images on an 8 Label Sheet 16 Printing Different Images on an 8 Label Sheet 19 Merging Images to Print a Panorama 21 Printing Part of an Image Trimming 22 Printing with Image Quality Correction 24 Appendices 26 About the Print Area and Pixels 26 Print Area 26 Number of Pixels 28 Troubleshooting 29 Error Messages 30 ...

Page 3: ...ng with headphones to the loud sounds of a CD ROM played on a music CD player Disclaimer While every effort has been made to ensure that the information contained in this guide is accurate and complete no liability can be accepted for any errors or omissions Canon reserves the right to change the specifications of the hardware and software described herein at any time without prior notice No part ...

Page 4: ...puter Please read before using the printer This user guide Describes how to print using the software provided on the supplied CD ROM Canon CP Printer Solution Disk Explanations are based on Mac OS X v10 3 If you are using another version of Mac OS the actual screen contents and procedures may vary slightly from these shown Detailed explanations of operating procedures are given in the Help accompa...

Page 5: ...ssette into the printer See the Printer User Guide Install the software and printer driver on your computer Install the necessary software and printer driver on your computer from the CP Printer Solution disk See the Printer User Guide Connect the printer to your computer Connect the printer with a commercially available USB cable and the turn on the printer See the Printer User Guide Continued ne...

Page 6: ...ting p 8 in this user guide Printing Print on standard sheet or full size labels To print on an 8 label sheet see Printing Duplicate Images on an 8 Label Sheet p 16 or Printing Different Images on an 8 Label Sheet p 19 in this user guide See Selecting a Layout Type p 10 Setting the Printer Driver for Printing p 13 in this user guide ...

Page 7: ...nter is on and that the printer is properly connected to your computer with a USB cable Printers and computer displays use different color reproduction methods and lighting conditions and display settings affect the appearance of colors on your computer s display Therefore the colors in prints may differ from what you see on the screen This is not a printer malfunction For information on how to in...

Page 8: ...er icon Selecting an Image for Printing 1 Select an image you want to print from the browser area Click the Print button to display a menu From the menu select Layout printing To use index printing display the Index Printing window by clicking the Print button and selecting Index printing from the menu that appears Set thumbnail and paper sizes then click the Start printing button to start index p...

Page 9: ...ut Options window appear Print window You can check the layout of the image Layout Options window You can adjust the settings for printing When Prints to the Canon Compact Photo Printer is not displayed install the printer driver ...

Page 10: ... and then click the Next button Select the desired image layout in the Layout Options window Custom layout printing Freely specify the size and position of print images Photo printer standard printing Prints one image over the entire page Photo printer multiple printing Prints on an 8 label sheet Printing duplicate images on an 8 label sheet p 16 Printing different images on an 8 label sheet p 19 ...

Page 11: ...1 2 Click the Page Setup button 3 Select your printer in Format for specify Paper Size and Orientation and then click the OK button Select the paper size Select the paper orientation Select your printer ...

Page 12: ... You can also use this option to add text in the Print window to create greeting cards and so on There are 3 methods for adding text as shown below To add a caption to an image Click the image and select Edit Caption from the Edit menu To edit the page title Select Edit Header from the Edit menu To insert text Select Add Text from the Edit menu LAYOUT OPTIONS button Redisplays the Layout Options w...

Page 13: ... the PRINT button 2 Select your printer in Printer 3 After selecting Color adjust the brightness and color of the print result For details check the help menu This pop up menu contains various settings Do not change the Layout setting Adjust the brightness and contrast of print results Adjust the color of print results ...

Page 14: ...ng Save As Save Custom Setting for Mac OS X v10 1 from the Presets pull down menu allows you to save the current settings for Copies Pages Layout Output Options and Color To enable the saved settings select the name you specified when saving with Save As or select Custom for Mac OS X v10 1 from the Presets pull down menu When selecting multiple images specify the pages images to be printed To print...

Page 15: ... head If you interrupt printing while it is in progress be sure to check the printer status If the indicator lights green You can continue to print If the indicator lights red Temporarily remove paper from the paper handling slot Turn the printer off and then back on again Confirm that the indicator lights green before printing again Note that when printing is interrupted one print s equivalent of...

Page 16: ...ws you to print duplicate images This makes it possible to print multiple copies of the same image on an 8 label sheet 1 In the Layout Options window select Prints to the Canon Compact Photo Printer select Photo printer multiple printing and then click the Next button ...

Page 17: ...L in Paper Size Then specify the printing orientation and click the OK button Images are resized to fit the label dimensions and are displayed in the Print window 4 After returning to the Layout Options window click the OK button Select landscape orientation when printing to an 8 label sheet ...

Page 18: ...ct Copy Image from the ImageBrowser Edit menu 6 Enter 7 and click the OK button The images are laid out in replicate with their positions adjusted for the eight labels on the 8 label sheet 7 Click the PRINT button to start printing ...

Page 19: ...ou can also print a combination of different images on an 8 label sheet 1 In the Layout Options window select Prints to the Canon Compact Photo Printer select Photo printer multiple printing and then click the Next button 2 Click the Page Setup button ...

Page 20: ...rning to the Layout Options window click the OK button 5 From the browser area drag and drop the images to be printed onto the Print window The different images are laid out with their positions adjusted for the eight labels on the 8 label sheet 6 Click the PRINT button to start printing Select landscape orientation when printing to an 8 label sheet ...

Page 21: ...from the Edit menu PhotoStitch starts 3 Merge the images following the instructions in the guidance panel at the top of the PhotoStitch window 4 Save your panoramic image and then close PhotoStitch 5 Print the panoramic image When you use images captured with a Canon digital camera in Stitch Assist mode PhotoStitch determines the order and direction of the composition automatically facilitating th...

Page 22: ...9 then select Trimming from the ImageBrowser Edit menu You can print portions of images selected from any type of layout The length to width ratio cannot be modified if you select Photo printer standard printing in the Layout Options window and then specify Borderless or if you select Photo printer multiple printing Also because a 1 3 mm border is trimmed from the image during printing we recommen...

Page 23: ...mming window closes and the selected area appears in the Print window 3 Click the PRINT button to start printing After selecting the portion to be printed clicking this closes the window The area inside the dotted line is the portion of the image to be printed Changes the size of the window ...

Page 24: ...ferred to as Exif Print allowing you to automatically optimize print quality and print clearer better looking images 1 Click the image you want to print and select Preferences from the ImageBrowser ImageBrowser menu The image quality correction is adopted for all images printed from ImageBrowser ...

Page 25: ...with cameras compatible with Exif 2 2 referred to as Exif Print This information can be passed onto the printer through ImageBrowser Exif Print compatible software so that prints are clearer Automatically corrects only images captured with Exif 2 2 compatible cameras Be sure to place a check mark in the check box when using image quality correction Automatically corrects images captured with Exif ...

Page 26: ...aded area in the following diagrams indicates the maximum printable area Note that because the print area is larger than the actual paper size a border is trimmed from the image when it is printed shown in millimeters Postcard size sheet 2 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 100 0 148 0 ...

Page 27: ...l sheets and 8 label sheets are available With 8 label sheets the images are laid out to fit the page The borders around each label are trimmed when printing so verify the preview image s on the screen before printing 2 0 2 0 2 6 2 6 89 0 119 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 86 0 54 0 ...

Page 28: ...g Paper Type Total number of pixels dots Effective number of pixels dots Postcard size sheet 1232 1808 approx 1180 1748 L size sheet 1100 1456 approx 1050 1406 Credit card size sheet Standard sheets full size label sheets and 8 label sheets are available 672 1066 approx 638 1016 Wide size sheet 1232 2416 approx 1180 2362 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 100 0 200 0 ...

Page 29: ... the USB cable to connect the printer directly to your computer If you connect via a USB hub the printer may not function properly If the problem still exists after trying these solutions restart your computer If the problem still persists uninstall the printer driver and then install it again The printer cannot be selected Cause The printer driver is not installed Cause The printer does not appea...

Page 30: ...nstalled Color Ink Paper Set may not be obtained If printing has been interrupted in progress If the ink sheet has been wound too tightly while removing slack from the ink sheet The color of an image seen on the screen is different from that seen in prints Cause Printers and computer displays use different color reproduction methods and lighting conditions and display settings affect the appearanc...

Page 31: ...rt an ink cassette Cause The ink cassette is not inserted into the printer No paper Check that paper is correctly loaded in the paper cassette and that the paper cassette is correctly installed Cause The paper cassette is not inserted correctly Cause Paper is not inserted correctly in the paper cassette Cause There is no paper in the paper cassette When printing in the background printing cannot b...

Page 32: ...inserted Wrong type of paper Replace the Paper Cause The paper is not suitable for the print settings Wrong type of Paper Cassette Check the Paper Cassette Cause The paper cassette in the printer is not suitable for the print settings The specified Ink Cassette cannot be found Replace the Ink Cassette Cause The ink cassette in the printer is not suitable for the print settings The specified Ink Cass...

Page 33: ...ve any slack from the ink sheet and then insert the ink cassette back into the printer If the problem still continues replace the ink cassette with a new one The battery capacity of the printer is insufficient Please connect AC adapter or stop printing and replace the battery Cause The printer s battery charge is running low The printer will not work Paper jammed in printer Clear the jam as follows...

Page 34: ...In other cases such as when you specify output for a file or other errors related to your system occur follow the error messages displayed to proceed Communication error Switch the printer off and on again and then start the print job again Cause There is a problem with communications Error in printer Turn printer off and back on then try printing again Cause The printer was not initialized succes...

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