Canon S800 User manual

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Welcome! Thank you for your purchasing this Canon product.

This Reference Guide describes how to use the S800 printer.

Click this button if you are using this guide

for the first time.

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If you are using a Bubble Jet Printer for the ﬁrst time ...

This Reference Guide describes the printer and shows you how to use the printer

driver.We recommend that you read the chapters in their order of presentation. First,

the most important parts and features of the printer are described, followed by

descriptions and procedures about how to use these features.

If you experience difﬁculty during printer operation,refer to“Chapter 6Troubleshooting”.

If you have a question about a procedure or a term,refer to the glossary of selected terms

at the end of this Reference Guide.

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ForWindows NT4.0/Windows 2000 Users

Instructions in this guide are prepared for Windows 98, Windows 95, and Windows

Me. If you are using Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000, refer to the BJ Printer Driver

Guide for Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 Users. To open the file, click the Start

button on the desktop, point to programs, click S800, and then click Guide.

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How to use this Reference Guide

This is a brief explanation of how to use the screen buttons in this Reference Guide.

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About buttons in this guide

Buttons are provided in the bottom right corner of

every page to help you navigate through the guide.

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provided on the Setup Software & Reference Guide

CD-ROM. For details about how to install Acrobat

Reader 4.05, refer to the booklet provided with the

Setup Software & Reference Guide CD-ROM.

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Conventions and marks

The following marks are used in this Reference Guide to

attract your attention to important information:

Instructions that if ignored could result in

serious personal injury or even death as a

result of careless operation of the equipment.

Observe these warnings for your safety.

Instructions that if ignored could result in

minor injuries or material damage as a result

of careless operation of the equipment.

Observe these cautions for your safety and to

avoid damaging the equipment.

References to other pages or documents

supplied to your printer.For example, “For

details, see the User’s Guide.”

Instructions or advice to help you use the

printer more efﬁciently or to avoid minor

problems.

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of Canon Inc.

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,Windows

and Windows NT

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countries.

• All other company or product names used in this guide

are trademarks or registered trademarks of their

respective companies.

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Notices

• In this document Microsoft

Windows

98, Microsoft

Windows

95, Microsoft

Windows

Millennium Edition,

Microsoft

Windows NT

4.0 and Microsoft

Windows

2000 are referred to as Windows 98, Windows 95,

Windows Me, Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000.

• Unauthorised transfer or duplication of all or any part of

this Reference Guide is prohibited.

• The content of this Reference Guide is subject to

change without notice.

Warning!

Cautions

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How to use this Reference Guide (cont.)

•Every effort has been made to ensure that the

information contained in this guide is correct. If any

error or omission is found, contact the Canon, Inc.

Refer to the Contact List provided with the printer for

the contact point of your nearest Canon ofﬁce.

• Canon is not responsible for any damages, direct or

indirect, arising from or related to the use of this printer.

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Using Acrobat Reader

This is a brief explanation of how to use the buttons in the toolbar of Acrobat Reader.

In addition to the buttons provided on every page of this

Reference Guide, you can use the Acrobat Reader

toolbar buttons to browse pages. If you have further

questions, refer to the Acrobat Reader on-line Help.

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Acrobat Reader toolbar buttons

Displays/hides the bookmarks and thumbnails.

• The bookmarks resemble a Table of

Contents. Click the small triangle in front of a

title to display the levels below.

Changes the pointer into a zoom tool. Every time

you click a page the image is enlarged.

• If you press and hold down the Ctrl key,

every time you click a page the image is

reduced.

Displays the first page.

Displays the previous page.

Displays the next page.

Displays the last page.

Returns to the previous page after jumping to a link.

Returns to the next page when reviewing jumps to

links.

Sets the zoom for the document to 100%

Makes the current page fit into the window.

Fits the visible width of the current page into the

window.

Opens the find dialog box.

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Sizing the Acrobat Reader screen

To maximise the display of the Reference Guide, click

the maximise button in the upper right corner of

the window.

Using Acrobat Reader (cont.)

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Using the printer driver on-line Help

If you have a question about an option or procedure while you are using the printer

driver, or if you want to know more about a feature, follow the procedures below to

use the on-line Help.

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Opening main on-line Help

On a sheet provided with a Help button,

click the button to open main on-line Help.

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Using context help

Context help displays information

about an option on the screen. Click

the help button

in the upper right

corner of the dialog box then click the

option that you want to know more

about. The information is displayed in

a flyout.

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If you are using a Bubble Jet Printer for the first

time ... 2

How to use this Reference Guide 3

Using Acrobat Reader 6

Using the printer driver on-line Help 8

Chapter 1

Getting Acquainted with the Printer 12

How the printer operates

How a print job executes

Cancelling print jobs

Programs used with the printer

General procedure for starting a print job

Chapter 2

Getting Acquainted with the Printer Driver 18

What is the printer driver?

Opening the printer driver

Opening the printer driver from a software

application

Opening the printer driver directly

Viewing the printer driver settings

Restoring the printer driver default settings

Chapter 3

Utility Programs Used with the Printer

Driver 27

What is the BJ Status Monitor?

What is the BJ Background Monitor?

What is the BJ Backgrounder?

What is the BJ Printer Monitor?

Cancelling a print job

Changing the order of queued print jobs

Chapter 4

Using the Printer Driver 40

Basic printer settings

Printing on a non-standard page size

Using scaled printing for enlargement/reduction

Printing multiple pages on one sheet

Printing a colour document in greyscale

Rotating a document 90 degrees for Landscape

printing

Page ordered printing

Applying stamps to pages

Printing an artistic background behind text

Printing a full colour image in one colour

Using the simulated illustration feature

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Printing on both sides of a page

Creating a large poster from one image

Printing a booklet

Printing on thick paper

Adjusting ink density

Adjusting the print quality and halftoning

Using the Image Optimizer

Using the Photo Optimizer PRO

Adjusting the colour

Chapter 5

Using Special Print Media 67

Printing on transparencies (OHP film)

Creating an advertising or party banner

Creating an original T-shirt design with a T-Shirt

Transfer

* Notes on using the Photo Paper Pro

Chapter 6

Troubleshooting 81

Scratchy or streaked printing

What causes poor printing?

Printing a nozzle check pattern

Cleaning the print head

Deep cleaning the print head

Replacing ink tanks

Ink supply exhausted

Paper supply exhausted

Printed colour is not what you expect

Colour image printed in monochrome

Printed colours are not clear

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Printed colour does not match screen colour 103

Colour with uneven or streaked patterns 105

Aligning the print head 107

Text characters broken or printed with the wrong

colour 110

Printing is unsatisfactory 111

Meaningless characters, symbols printing 112

Printed text rotated 90 degrees, and print job

fails to complete 115

Text or image is reversed (mirrored) 116

Bottom portion of a page does not print 117

Stamp does not print correctly 120

Cannot execute scaled (enlarged/reduced) printing

correctly 122

Single file page prints over two or more pages 123

Selected background prints only on one page 125

Booklet Printing does not execute correctly 126

Printed area out of position 127

Printed area has shifted out of position,

partially missing 128

Printed vertical lines are broken and not sharp 131

Paper stained with wet ink, deformed,

or streaked 133

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