User manual CANON S300

[. . . ] BUBBLE JET PRINTER User's Guide V3 Table of Contents Table of Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 How to Use This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Safety Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Printer Parts and Their Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Rear View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Inside the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Operation Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] Because this method also resets the printer, any print data stored in the printer is lost. 1 2 Ensure the printer is on. Hold down the RESUME/CANCEL button until the POWER lamp flashes once. Now the POWER lamp starts flashing and print head cleaning begins. Do not perform any other operations until the head cleaning finishes. After print head cleaning finishes, print the nozzle check pattern to verify that the print head nozzles are clean. ¬ Printing the Nozzle Check Pattern Print Head Cleaning 78 Routine Maintenance Print Head Deep Cleaning If print quality does not improve by standard print head cleaning, try deep cleaning, which is a more powerful process. Perform print head deep cleaning from the printer driver. Note ® Print head deep cleaning consumes ink, so perform this procedure only when necessary. Windows 1 2 3 4 Ensure the printer is on. Open the Printer Properties dialog box. ¬ Opening the Printer Properties Dialog Box Click the Maintenance tab and then click the Deep Cleaning icon. When the confirmation message is displayed, click OK. Print Head Deep Cleaning 79 Routine Maintenance Macintosh 1 2 Ensure the printer is on. The Page Setup dialog box can normally be opened by selecting Page Setup. . . in the File menu. 3 4 5 Click the Utilities button to open the Printer Utility dialog box. Select Cleaning from the pull-down menu, and then click the Deep Cleaning icon. Click OK. Now the POWER lamp starts flashing and print head deep cleaning begins. The process takes one or two minutes to complete, so simply wait until the POWER lamp stops flashing. After print head deep cleaning finishes, print the nozzle check pattern to verify that the head is clean. If not, perform print head deep cleaning once more. If the head is still not clean after the second deep cleaning, the print head may be worn out, even if ink remains in the ink tanks. In this event, contact a Canon service representative. ¬ Printing the Nozzle Check Pattern Print Head Deep Cleaning 80 Routine Maintenance Enabling Low Ink Warning The low ink warning can be enabled/disabled from the printer driver. This notifies you of low ink levels during printing. s How Low Ink Warning Works Enable a low ink warning when installing a new ink tank. Reset the ink counter of the ink tank installed. When you install a new ink tank. . . When you reset the ink counter, it will assume the ink tank is full regardless how much ink is actually remains. The reset is the only way to match the counter value with an actual ink volume. Therefore only enable the low ink warning and reset the ink counter when installing a new ink tank. ¬ How to Display Low Ink Warning Correctly Enabling Low Ink Warning 81 Routine Maintenance s Low Ink Warning Display The '!' shows a low ink level in the ink tank. The colour ink becomes low. BJ Status Monitor (Windows) BJ Status Dialog (Macintosh) The colour ink becomes low. Enabling Low Ink Warning 82 Routine Maintenance Macintosh Note ® When the background printing is enabled, the low ink warning is displayed on the BJ Print Monitor (Macintosh). ¬ BJ Print Monitor s How to Display Low Ink Warning Correctly · Reset the ink counter every time you install a new ink tank The ink counter cannot work correctly unless you synchronise it with the actual ink level. [. . . ] and select Background Printing. Problems Unique to Windows 165 Troubleshooting Problems Unique to the Macintosh · Jagged Text or Graphics, or Banded Gradations · Cannot Print in Background Macintosh Problems Unique to the Macintosh 166 Troubleshooting Jagged Text or Graphics, or Banded Gradations s Ensure your application supports Quick Draw. If you are using a PostScript-compatible application, printed text and lines may appear jagged and gradations may appear banded. As S300 is not a PostScript printer but a Quick Draw printer, use an application compatible with Quick Draw for printing. Problems Unique to the Macintosh 167 Troubleshooting Cannot Print in Background s Ensure background printing is enabled. 1 2 In the Apple menu, select Chooser. Click Backgrounding on. s Check the amount of free space on the hard disk. [. . . ]