User manual CANON S400

[. . . ] Contents Introduction Welcome Copyright Disclaimer Trademarks How to Use This Manual Safety Precautions Parts and Functions of the Printer Front View Rear View Inside the Printer Operation Panel Paper Handling Paper and Other Print Media Setting the Paper Thickness Lever Printing Area Notes on Handling Print Media Printing on Special Media Types Printing Photographs Contents 2 Using the Windows 98/95 Printer Driver Printer Driver Basics Windows 2000 and Windows NT Users Preparing and Executing a Print Job Getting to Know the Windows 98/95 Printer Driver Making the Most of the Windows 98/95 Printer Driver Using Maintenance Functions Using the Macintosh Printer Driver Printer Driver Basics Preparing and Executing a Print Job Print Mode Settings Executing Special Functions Printer Maintenance Routine Maintenance Prolonging the Service Life of the Printer BJ Cartridges You Can Use With the Printer Notes on Handling BJ Cartridges BJ Cartridge Maintenance When to Replace a BJ Cartridge Printing a Nozzle Check Pattern Cleaning the Print Head Replacing a BJ Tank Replacing a BJ Cartridge Aligning the Print Head Cleaning the Printer Transporting the Printer Contents 3 Troubleshooting Printout Is Unsatisfactory Printer Does Not Start or Stops Mid-Job Paper Jams or Does Not Feed The POWER Light Flashes Orange An Error Message Appears Other Problems Before You Call for Help Getting Help From Canon Specifications General Specifications System Requirements Using the Optional IS-32 Color Image Scanner Cartridge Using the Scanner Using the Scanner With Windows Using the Scanner With Macintosh Scanner Problems Contents 4 Introduction Welcome Copyright Disclaimer Trademarks How to Use This Manual Safety Precautions Introduction 5 Welcome Thank you for purchasing the Canon S400 Series Color Bubble JetTM Printer. This User's Manual provides complete explanations of the features and functions of the printer. To maximize the life of your printer, it's a good idea to familiarize yourself fully with all of its functions. This User's Manual uses the following symbols to indicate important information. [. . . ] About background printing The print processing method that enables you to do other tasks simultaneously while printing documents is called background printing. When background printing is to be performed, select Chooser from the Apple Menu, select a printer driver, and set Backgrounding to On. Selecting a Printer Driver While background printing is being performed, you can display the BJ PrintMonitor to confirm the progress of printing or to stop the printing. Displaying the BJ PrintMonitor window When Backgrounding is set to On, the BJ PrintMonitor starts up automatically when you print. The BJ PrintMonitor appears in the Application Menu. To verify the print process, click the BJ PrintMonitor icon in the Application Menu. Using the Macintosh Printer Driver 239 Executing Special Functions Closing the BJ PrintMonitor window When you select Close Status Window from the File menu, the BJ PrintMonitor window closes. BJ PrintMonitor Function The BJ PrintMonitor shows the document currently being printed and a list of the documents queued for printing. Print queue document information includes the document name, number of pages, number of copies, and the time when the print job was accepted. The total number of print queue documents is displayed in the bottom row. Using the Macintosh Printer Driver 240 Executing Special Functions Control Buttons Suspends printing of the document. Suspends the printing of specified documents only. Restarts the printing of the documents suspended with . Stops printing of the specified document. Shows information about the document currently being printed. The icon on the left gradually fills with black as printing proceeds. Lists the names of the queued documents. The BJ PrintMonitor makes it possible to perform the following tasks. · The order of the documents in the print queue can be changed. Position the cursor over the name of the document whose position you want to change and drag it to the desired position in the queue while holding down the mouse button. When you release the button, the document moves to the selected position. You can temporarily suspend the printing of one document so that another document in the print queue can be printed out. Click the name of the document for which you want to stop printing and then click the icon. The selected document is deleted from the list. · Printing can be suspended/restarted. Click the name of the document for which you want to suspend printing and then click the . [. . . ] On the Windows desktop, double-click the My Computer icon then double-click the CD-ROM icon. If Windows cannot read the CD-ROM, call the Canon Customer Care Center for help. Getting Help From Canon s Does Not Launch With Default Settings Check DID YOU LAUNCH IS SCAN FROM A TWAIN-COMPATIBLE GRAPHICS APPLICATION PROGRAM? Windows This problem occurs when IS Scan is launched from a TWAIN-compatible graphics application program. Depending on the TWAIN-compatible graphics application program, Previous Settings selected in the Standard Value box under the Custom Settings dialog box may be cleared, and standard settings characteristic of the TWAIN-compatible program you are using may be used when launching IS Scan. [. . . ]