User manual CANON S530D

[. . . ] PHOTO PRINTER User's Guide V1 Table of Contents Table of Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 How to Use This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Safety Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Printer Driver Functions (Windows) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Opening the Printer Properties Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Printer Properties Dialog Box Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 BJ Status Monitor Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Cancelling a Print Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] When the confirmation message is displayed, click OK. ¬ Examining the Nozzle Check Pattern Printing the Nozzle Check Pattern 90 Routine Maintenance Macintosh 1 2 With the printer on, load a sheet of Letter sized paper in the printer. 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 Utilities dialog box. Select Test Print from the pull-down menu, and then click the Nozzle Check icon. When the confirmation message is displayed, click OK. ¬ Examining the Nozzle Check Pattern Printing the Nozzle Check Pattern 91 Routine Maintenance s Printing the Nozzle Check Pattern through the Printer 1 2 With the printer on, load a sheet of Letter sized in the printer. Hold the RESUME/CANCEL button down until the POWER lamp flashes twice. ¬ Examining the Nozzle Check Pattern Printing the Nozzle Check Pattern 92 Routine Maintenance s Examining the Nozzle Check Pattern The nozzle check pattern should appear as follows when ink is discharged properly. Examine the nozzle check pattern output by the printer. Lines missing here indicate the print head requires cleaning. Unevenness in these patterns indicates the print head requires alignment. Printing the Nozzle Check Pattern 93 Routine Maintenance Print Head Cleaning Clean the print head if you suspect that the nozzles might be clogged. Head cleaning can be performed either from the printer drivers or from the printer itself. Note ® Cleaning the head consumes ink, so perform head cleaning only when necessary. s Cleaning the Print Head from the Printer Drivers Windows 1 2 3 4 Ensure that the printer is on. Open the Printer Properties dialog box. ¬ Opening the Printer Properties Dialog Box Click the Maintenance tab and then click the Cleaning icon. Select the ink nozzles to be cleaned, and then click Execute. All Colors: Black: Color: All nozzles Black ink nozzles Color ink nozzles Print Head Cleaning 94 Routine Maintenance 5 Macintosh When the confirmation message is displayed, click OK. 1 2 Ensure that 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 drop-down menu, and then click the Cleaning icon. Select the ink nozzles to be cleaned, and then click OK. All Colors: Black: Color: All nozzles Black ink nozzles Color ink nozzles Note ® If the problem remains even after you repeat print head cleaning three times, perform print head deep cleaning. Print Head Cleaning 95 Routine Maintenance s Cleaning the Print Head from the Printer 1 2 Ensure that 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 is clean. If the head is still not clean after the third cleaning, perform print head deep cleaning. ¬ Printing the Nozzle Check Pattern ¬ Print Head Deep Cleaning Print Head Cleaning 96 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 more ink than standard print head cleaning, so perform this procedure only when necessary. Windows 1 2 3 4 Ensure that 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. [. . . ] If you are using a PostScript-compatible application, printed text and lines may appear jagged and gradations may appear banded. The S530D is not a PostScript printer but a Quick Draw printer, so use an application that is compatible with Quick Draw for printing. Problems Unique to the Macintosh 183 Troubleshooting Cannot Print in Background s Ensure that 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. Background printing requires a certain amount of disk space. [. . . ]