Canon IX7000 Series User manual

How to Use This Manual

Printing This Manual

MC-3990-V1.00

Basic Guide

Describes the summary of

this product.

Advanced Guide

Describes the detailed

function of this product.

Troubleshooting

Page 1 of 468 pagesCanon iX7000 series On-screen Manual

How to Use This Manual

Printing This Manual

MP-3501-V1.10

Advanced Guide

Contents

Overview of the Printer

Main Components

Printing Documents / Photos

Printing Documents (Windows)

Printing Documents (Macintosh)

Printing Photos (Easy-PhotoPrint EX)

Other Usage

Useful Software Applications

Loading Paper

Routine Maintenance

Replacing an Ink Tank

Checking the Ink Status

When Printing Becomes Faint or Colors Are

Incorrect

Maintaining Ink Quality

Cleaning the Paper Feed Roller

Cleaning the Transport Roller (Sheet Cleaning)

Opening the Maintenance Screens

Appendix

Legal Limitations on Use of Your Product and

Use of Images

Tips on How to Use Your Printer

Page 2 of 468 pagesiX7000 series Basic Guide

Advanced Guide Troubleshooting

Contents > Overview of the Printer

Overview of the Printer

This section shows the component names of the printer and describes their functions.

Main Components

Front View

Rear View

Inside View

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Page 3 of 468 pagesO er iew of the Printer

Advanced Guide Troubleshooting

Contents > Overview of the Printer > Main Components

Main Components

Front View

Rear View

Inside View

Front View

(1) Top Cover

Open to replace the ink tanks or to remove jammed paper inside the printer.

(2) Clear Ink Tank Cover

Open to replace the clear ink tank.

(3) Paper Guides

When loading from the Rear Tray, slide to align with both sides of the paper stack.

(4) Paper Support

Open to load paper in the Rear Tray.

(5) Paper Output Slot

Printed paper is ejected from here.

(6) Paper Holder

Holds plain paper loaded in the Manual Feed Slot so that paper can be fed properly. Also, prevents ejected

paper from mixing with paper loaded in the Manual Feed Slot.

(7) Manual Feed Slot

When Manual Feed is selected in Paper Source, load plain paper all the way into the Manual Feed Slot. Two

or more sheets of the same size of plain paper can be loaded at the same time, and fed automatically one

sheet at a time.

(8) Cassette

Load plain paper and insert it into the printer. Two or more sheets of the same size of paper can be loaded

at the same time, and fed automatically one sheet at a time.

See Loading Paper in the Cassette and Media Types You Can Use .

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(9) Cleaning Sheet Holder

Holds the supplied cleaning sheets for Sheet Cleaning.

See Cleaning the Transport Roller (Sheet Cleaning).

(10) Manual Feed Paper Guides

Slide to align with the both sides of the paper stack when loading paper in the Manual Feed Slot of the Front

Tray. When the Manual Feed Slot is not used, slide them to the far edge of the Front Tray.

(11) Front Tray Extension

Pull out to support paper. Pull it out before printing or loading paper in the Manual Feed Slot.

(12) Front Tray

Printed paper is ejected from the Paper Output Slot. Open it before printing or loading paper in the Manual

Feed Slot.

See Loading Paper in the Manual Feed Slot of the Front Tray and Media Types You Can Use .

(13) Rear Tray

Load paper other than plain paper which you can use on the printer. Two or more sheets of the same size

and type of paper other than plain paper can be loaded at the same time, and fed automatically one sheet at

a time.

See Loading Paper in the Rear Tray and Media Types You Can Use .

(14) Power button

Press to turn the power on or off.

Important

Disconnecting the power plug

When disconnecting the power plug after turning off the power, be sure to confirm that

the Power lamp is not lit. If the power plug is disconnected from the wall outlet while the

Power lamp is lit or flashing, the printer may become unable to print properly since the

Print Head is not protected.

Note

When the power is turned on, the printer may start mixing the ink to maintain ink quality (for

about 10 seconds to 2 minutes).

See Maintaining Ink Quality.

(15) Power lamp

Lights green after flashing when the power is turned on.

(16) RESUME/CANCEL button

Press to cancel a print job in progress. You can press this button to release from printer error status and

resume printing, after the printer problem is resolved.

(17) Alarm lamp

Lights or flashes orange when an error occurs, such as paper-out or ink-out.

Page 5 of 468 pagesMain Components

Note

Power and Alarm lamps

You can check the status of the printer by the Power and Alarm lamps.

- Power lamp is off: The power is off.

- Power lamp lights green: The printer is ready to print.

- Power lamp flashes green: The printer is getting ready to print, or printing is in progress.

- Alarm lamp flashes orange: An error has occurred and the printer is not ready to print.

For details, refer to "Troubleshooting" in the on-screen manual:

Advanced Guide

- Power lamp flashes green and Alarm lamp flashes orange alternately: An error that

requires contacting the service center may have occurred. For details, refer to "

Troubleshooting" in the on-screen manual:

Advanced Guide

Rear View

(18) USB Port

Plug in the USB cable to connect the printer with a computer.

Important

Do not touch the metal casing.

Do not plug in or unplug the USB cable while printing.

(19) Wired LAN Connector

Plug in the LAN cable to connect the printer to a LAN.

Important

Do not touch the metal casing.

Note

Remove the LAN connector cap before using the connector.

(20) Rear Cover

Open to remove jammed paper.

(21) Power Cord Connector

Plug in the supplied power cord.

Inside View

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(22) Ink lamps

Light or flash red to indicate the ink tank status.

See Checking the Ink Status.

(23) Print Head Lock Lever

Locks the Print Head into place.

Important

Do not raise this lever after installing the Print Head.

(24) Print Head Holder

Install the Print Head.

(25) Clear Ink Tank Locking Cover

Locks the clear ink tank into place.

Note

For details on installing the Print Head and ink tanks, refer to the printed manual: Getting

Started.

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Advanced Guide Troubleshooting

Contents > Printing Documents / Photos

Printing Documents / Photos

This section describes the procedure to print documents or photos.

You can easily print photos taken with your digital camera by using Easy-PhotoPrint EX supplied with the

printer.

Printing Documents (Windows)

Printing Documents (Macintosh)

For Mac OS X v.10.5.x

For Mac OS X v.10.4.x or Mac OS X v.10.3.9

Printing Photos (Easy-PhotoPrint EX)

Using Various Functions of Easy-PhotoPrint EX

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Page 8 of 468 pagesPrinting Documents / Photos

Advanced Guide Troubleshooting

Contents > Printing Documents / Photos > Printing Documents (Windows)

Printing Documents (Windows)

This printer can print with optimal quality on plain paper, not only text documents but also documents

containing photos and/or illustrations.

This section describes the procedure to print a document of A4 size on plain paper.

For details, refer to the on-screen manual: Advanced Guide.

Note

Operations may vary depending on your software application. For details on the operation, refer to

the instruction manual of your application.

The screens used in this section are for printing with Windows Vista operating system Ultimate

Edition (hereafter referred to as "Windows Vista").

1. Prepare for printing.

(1) Make sure that the printer is turned on.

See Front View .

(2) Load paper.

See Loading Paper .

Here we make sure that A4 plain paper is loaded in the Cassette.

Note

Load plain paper in the Cassette or Manual Feed Slot of the Front Tray and other sizes or

types of paper such as photo paper in the Rear Tray.

(3) Open the Front Tray gently, and pull out the Front Tray Extension.

2. Create (or open) a document to print using an appropriate software application.

3. Open the printer driver setup window.

(1) Select Print on the File menu or the command bar in your software application.

The Print dialog box will appear.

(2) Make sure that your printer's name is selected.

Page 9 of 468 pagesPrinting Documents (Windows)

Note

If another printer's name is selected, click and select your printer's name.

(3) Click Preferences (or Properties).

4. Specify the required print settings.

(1) Select Business Document in Commonly Used Settings.

Note

When the print object such as Business Document or Photo Printing is selected in

Commonly Used Settings, the items in Additional Features will be selected automatically.

The settings suitable for the print object such as media type or print quality will also

appear.

When you specify two or more copies in Copies, the Collate check box will be selected.

(2) Make sure of the displayed settings.

Here we make sure that Plain Paper in Media Type, Standard in Print Quality, A4 in Printer Paper Size, and

Cassette in Paper Source are selected.

Note

The settings can be changed.

However, after changing Printer Paper Size, confirm that the setting for Page Size on the

Page Setup sheet matches the setting set in the software application.

For details, refer to the on-screen manual:

Advanced Guide

When plain paper is selected, a message indicating that paper will be fed from the

Cassette will be displayed. When any type of paper other than plain paper is selected, a

message indicating that paper will be fed from the Rear Tray will be displayed. Click OK.

To feed plain paper from the Front Tray, select Manual Feed in Paper Source.

If you select the wrong media type, the printer may feed paper from the wrong paper

source or may not print with the proper print quality.

(3) Click OK.

Page 10 of 468 pagesPrinting Documents (Windows)

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