User manual CANON PIXMA MP480

[. . . ] MP480 series On-screen Manual Page 1 of 681 pages How to Use This Manual Printing This Manual MC-3050-V1. 00 Basic Guide Describes the summary of this product. Advanced Guide Describes the detailed function of this product. Troubleshooting MP480 series Basic Guide Page 2 of 681 pages How to Use This Manual Printing This Manual MP-2402-V1. 10 Advanced Guide Contents Overview of the Machine Main Components Other Usages Printing Photos Directly from Your Digital Camera or Mobile Phone Machine Settings Solution Menu and My Printer Displaying the LCD Printing from a Memory Card Printing Photos Saved on the Memory Card Using Other Functions Inserting the Memory Card Loading Paper / Originals Loading Paper Loading Originals to Copy or Scan Copying Copying Documents Using Various Copy Functions Routine Maintenance When Printing Becomes Faint or Colors Are Incorrect Replacing a FINE Cartridge Cleaning the Paper Feed Roller Printing with Template Print Printing a Notebook Paper Appendix Scanning Saving Scanned Data Safety Precautions Legal Limitations on Use of Your Product and Use of Images Tips on How to Use Your Machine Printing from Your Computer Printing Photos (Easy-PhotoPrint EX) Printing Documents (Windows) Printing Documents (Macintosh) Overview of the Machine Advanced Guide Contents > Overview of the Machine Page 3 of 681 pages Troubleshooting Overview of the Machine This section shows the component names of the machine and describes the basic operations you need to know before using it. Main Components Front View Rear View Inside View Operation Panel Displaying the LCD Selecting Menus on the Top Menu Screen Page top Main Components Advanced Guide Contents > Overview of the Machine > Main Components Page 4 of 681 pages Troubleshooting Main Components Front View (1) Document Cover Open to load an original on the Platen Glass. (2) Paper Support Raise and tip back to load paper in the Rear Tray. (3) Paper Guides Slide to align with both sides of the paper stack. (4) Rear Tray Load various sizes or types of paper which you can use on the machine. Two or more sheets of the same size and type of paper can be loaded at the same time, and fed automatically one sheet at a time. See Loading Paper. (5) LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) Displays messages, menu selections, and the operation status. You can also preview photos on the LCD before printing. Note The LCD will turn off if the machine is not operated for about 5 minutes. To restore the display, press any button except the ON button or perform the print operation. (6) Operation Panel Use to change the settings of the machine or to operate it. See Operation Panel. (7) Direct Print Port Connect a PictBridge compliant device such as a digital camera or the optional Bluetooth Unit BU-30* when printing directly. Main Components See Printing Photos Directly from Your Digital Camera or Mobile Phone. Page 5 of 681 pages You can also insert a USB flash drive to this port to save scanned data on it. See Saving Scanned Data . * The Bluetooth unit is not available in some countries or regions depending on the local laws and regulations. [. . . ] Setting Passwords for PDF Files Add to This is displayed when you select PDF(Add Page) for Save as type and specify the PDF file to which images are added. to specify another one. Important Images can only be added to PDF files created with MP Navigator EX. You cannot specify PDF files created with other applications. PDF files edited in other applications cannot be specified as well. File name Enter the file name of the image to be saved (up to 32 characters). When saving multiple files, 4 digits are appended to each file name. Save in Displays the folder in which to save the PDF files. The following folders are specified by default. Windows Vista: MP Navigator EX folder in Picture folder Windows XP: MP Navigator EX folder in My Pictures folder Windows 2000: MP Navigator EX folder in My Pictures folder Save to a Subfolder with Current Date Select this checkbox to create a subfolder in the folder specified in Save in with the current date and save imported files in it. A subfolder with a name such as "2008_01_01" (Year_Month_Date) will be created. If this checkbox is not selected, files are saved directly in the folder specified in Save in. Page top PDF Settings Dialog Box Page 379 of 681 pages Advanced Guide > Scanning > Scanning with the Bundled Application Software > MP Navigator EX Screens > PDF Settings Dialog Box PDF Settings Dialog Box In the PDF Settings dialog box, you can specify the PDF compression type and other advanced settings for creating PDF files. Enable keyword search Select this checkbox to convert characters in a document to text data. This will enable an easy search by keyword. Document Language Select the language of the document to be scanned. Detect the orientation of text documents and rotate images Select this checkbox to detect the orientation of the document from the scanned text and rotate the scanned image to the correct orientation. Important This function may not work properly depending on the document language. Only text documents written in languages that can be selected from Document Language are supported. The orientation of the following types of documents may not be corrected, as the text cannot be detected correctly. - Resolution is outside the range of 300 dpi to 600 dpi - Font size is outside the range of 8 points to 48 points - Documents containing special fonts, effects, italics, or hand-written text - Documents with patterned backgrounds Correct slanted document Select this checkbox to detect the scanned text and correct the angle (within -0. 1 to -10 degrees or +0. 1 to +10 degrees) of the document. Important The inclination of the following types of documents may not be corrected, as the text cannot be detected correctly. - Documents in which the text lines are inclined more than 10 degrees or the angles vary by line - Documents containing both vertical and horizontal text - Documents with extremely large or small fonts - Documents with small amount of text - Documents containing figures/images or hand-written text - Documents containing both vertical and horizontal lines (tables) PDF Compression Select a compression type for saving. Standard It is recommended that you normally select this setting. High Compresses the file size when saving, allowing you to reduce the load on your network/server. Note PDF Settings Dialog Box The following images can be compressed with high efficiency. - Images with resolutions within the range of 75 dpi to 600 dpi Security Page 380 of 681 pages Set passwords for opening, editing and printing the created PDF files. Important Internet Explorer 5. 5 Service Pack 2 or later is required to use this function. This function is not available when images are automatically saved after scanning, such as when scanning from the One-click Mode screen or scanning using the Operation Panel of the machine. Note Select Password Security and set passwords in the Password Security -Settings dialog box. Setting Passwords for PDF Files Page top Memory Card Screen (Scan/Import Window) Page 381 of 681 pages Advanced Guide > Scanning > Scanning with the Bundled Application Software > MP Navigator EX Screens > Memory Card Screen (Scan/Import Window) Memory Card Screen (Scan/Import Window) Point to Scan/Import in the Navigation Mode screen and click Memory Card, or click Memory Card in the Scan/Import window. Open this window to import images (including PDF files scanned with the operation pannel) saved on a memory card. (1) Settings and Operation Buttons (2) Toolbar (3) Thumbnail Window (4) Selected Images Area Settings and Operation Buttons (View & Use) Click this when you want to open images and PDF files saved on your computer. View & Use Window Photos/Documents (Platen) Click this when you want to scan photos, documents, magazines and other printed materials. The screen for scanning photos and documents appears. Photos/Documents (Platen) Screen (Scan/Import Window) Memory Card Displays folders of images and PDF files (grouped by year, year/month and year/month/date) on a memory card in tree view. Select a folder to display its contents in the Thumbnail window to the right. File date is the captured or updated date. Import Import the selected images and open them in the View & Use window. [. . . ] If the functions on the Maintenance tab cannot be set properly from a client system, they may be grayed out. In this case, change the settings from the print server. When you change the settings of the print server, you should delete the icon of the shared printer from the client system, and then specify the shared settings again in the client system. If the same printer driver is installed in the print server system and the client system as the local printer The net crawl function may automatically create a network printer icon on the client system. Page top Using Easy-PhotoPrint EX Page 676 of 681 pages Advanced Guide > Using Easy-PhotoPrint EX Using Easy-PhotoPrint EX --- Transforming Your Photos into Creative Works of Art --Easy-PhotoPrint EX allows you to create albums, calendars and stickers easily using photos taken with digital cameras. You can also print borderless photos easily. Start Easy-PhotoPrint EX Click Here: Easy-PhotoPrint EX Note See the section below for details on how to use Easy-PhotoPrint EX. Printing with the Bundled Application Software Create a Personalized Photo Album Creating a personalized photo album is an easy task if you use Easy-PhotoPrint EX! [. . . ]