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Photo Printer
series
Direct Photo Guide
Table of Contents
Introduction 1
How to Use the Documentation Provided 2
Printer Parts and Their Functions 3
Loading Printing Paper 8
Printing from a Memory Card 10
Printing Photographs Directly from a Compliant Device 21
Printing Photographs from a Wireless Communication Device 25
Routine Maintenance 27
The following ink tank is compatible with this printer.
Changing the Printer Settings 33
Troubleshooting 35
Appendix 47
For information on product specifi
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Getting Help from Canon Ordering Information For additional supplies, use the following descriptions and order numbers. Help Us Help You Better Description Order # Before you contact Canon, please record the following information. Serial Number (located on the bottom of the product): ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Ink Tanks CLI-36 Color 1511B002 Model Number (located on the top of the product):_______________________________________
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series Photo Printer Direct Photo Guide
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Exif Print Introduction This printer supports ExifPrint. This Direct Photo Guide uses the following symbols to indicate important Exif Print is a standard for enhancing the communication between digital information. Always observe the instructions indicated by these symbols. cameras and printers. By connecting to an Exif Print-compliant digital camera, the camera’s image data at the time of shooting is used and Warning optimized, yielding extremely high quality prints. Instructions that, if
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How to Use the Documentation Provided . Printed Documentation Setup Sheet Be sure to read this sheet first. This sheet explains how to setup the printer and the procedure to install the printer driver. Direct Photo Guide (This guide) Read this guide when starting to use the printer. This guide explains how to print photos while viewing them on the LCD, and the procedure of doing the regular maintenance of the printer. On-screen Manuals User’s Guide Read this guide when starting to use the pr
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Printer Parts and Their Functions Main Components Front View Paper Feed Tray Rear Tray IrDA Port Open and fold in half before printing Load paper here. Use this port to perform wireless printing to support paper. through infrared communication. See “Printing Photographs from a Wireless Paper Guide Communication Device” on page 25. Slide against the left side of the USB Connector (for computer) paper stack to support paper so that Plug in the USB cable connecting the it feeds properly. pri
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Interior Rear View Ink lamp Print Head Holder Lights or flashes red to The print head is installed in indicate the status of the ink advance. tank. See “Replacing an Ink Tank” on page 31. AC Adapter Connector Battery Connector Cover Connector used to connect the Remove each cover to attach the supplied AC Adapter plug. optional Portable Kit. To attach the Print Head Lock Lever Paper Thickness Lever optional Portable Kit, refer to the Locks the Print Head. Move to the right when printing
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How to Navigate Menus on the LCD Operation Panel (1) Home screen (1) (2) Left Function button (2) (3) (3) Right Function button (4) NAVI button (5) HOME button (6) Back button (7) OK button (8) {, }, [, and ] buttons (9) Easy-Scroll Wheel (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (1) ON/OFF button Turns the printer on and off. See “Turning On/Off the Printer” on page 6. Basic Operation (2) Buttons to be used to navigate menus on the LCD This section describes the operation to na
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Create item: Turning On/Off the Printer You can create your own items such as stickers or calendars using selected photo, or print your favorite photo with a frame. See “Using Other Useful This section describes the method to turn on/off the printer. Printing Function” on page 16. Special photo print: Turning On the Printer You can print all photos saved on a memory card and print photos according to the settings on the camera. You can also print a list of all photos and the photo Note info
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3 Press the ON/OFF button to turn the printer on. 1 Turn off the printer by pressing the ON/OFF button. Access lamp The Power lamp goes out and the power will be turned off. The Power lamp flashes, then changes to steady (non-flashing). Push down the LCD Monitor. The HOME screen appears on the LCD. 2 Close the Paper Feed Tray and then the Paper Output Tray. Note If the Alarm lamp is lit orange and an error message is displayed on the LCD, see Note “Error Message Is Displayed on the LCD” on page
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3 Ensure that the Paper Thickness Lever is set to the right. Loading Printing Paper This section describes the available page size and media type, and how to load Note paper. When printing, set the Paper Thickness Lever to the right. Loading paper Set the Paper Thickness Lever to the left only if ink smudges or the printed surface is stained. Return the Paper Thickness 1 Turn on the printer. Lever to the right after printing. See “Turning On the Printer” on page 6. (1) Press the Open butto
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Paper Output Tray Load Limit Printing Media We recommend that you remove the previously printed sheet from the Paper Output Tray before continuously printing to avoid blurs and discoloration. This section describes the available page size and media type for direct printing. For informations of page size and media type when printing from a computer, refer Selectable Page Size to the User’s Guide on-screen manual. Compatible Media Type Printer Setting for Page Size Width x Height Credit card
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Printing from a Memory Card Using the Memory Card This section describes the memory cards compatible with this printer, and how to insert and remove them. Memory Cards Supported by this Printer The following memory cards are compatible with this printer. Memory cards that can be directly inserted into the Card Slot: Memory cards that can be inserted in the Card Slot using the adapter: SD Secure Digital memory card Important SDHC memory card If a memory card is inserted without an adapter, y
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3 Insert only one memory card into the Card Slot. Printable Image Data This printer supports JPEG and TIFF images created by DCF ver. 1.0/2.0 standard compliant digital cameras (Exif ver. 2.2/2.21 compliant). Caution When a memory card is inserted into the Card Slot, the Access lamp is lit. When this Access lamp is flashing, the printer is accessing to the memory Important card. In this case, do not touch around the Card Slot. The memory card will stick out of the Card Slot, but do not for
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Removing the Memory Card Printing Photographs Saved on a Memory Card Important Photos saved on the memory card can be reviewed on the printer’s LCD. You can select a photo and print a single copy of the photo, or specify the number of copies If you used the Card Slot as the memory card drive of the computer, you need to do a “safe removal” operation on your computer before physically removing the to print. memory card from your printer. Selecting Photographs to Print—Select and print You ca
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4 Select the photo to print and specify the number of copies for each Note photo. When the page size is Credit card: (1) Use the Easy-Scroll Wheel or the [ or ] button to display the photo to Even if both Date ON and File no. ON are set, only the shooting date will be printed. If you want to print the file no., select Date OFF. It is not possible to print. print both the shooting date and the file no. (2) Use the [+] or [-] button to specify the To cancel printing, press the Stop/Reset bu
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3 Use the Easy-Scroll Wheel or the [ or ] button to select the Note layout, then press the OK button. Press the Back button to cancel pasting the specified photo. Press the left Function button not to paste a photo in the selected frame. You cannot paste photos on more than one page. Start printing once you have pasted photos on one page. You can do... You can search for photos with the shooting date. See “Searching for Photos with the Shooting Date—Search” on page 20. You can print a sp
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Print Setting Screens Note For the print setting screen, select Next to proceed to the next step. This section describes about the print setting screen and the print confirmation For the print confirmation screen, press the Print button to start printing. screen displayed during the operation to print photos on a memory card. The print settings are retained even if the printer is turned off. Note Advanced Print Settings Screen When printing directly from a PictBridge compliant device, see “
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Date Using Other Useful Printing Function Activate/deactivate to print the shooting date on a photo. File no. You can enjoy various printouts of photos in the memory card. Activate/deactivate to print the file no. on a photo. 1 Prepare for printing. Note (1) Turn on the printer. Under conditions listed below, even if both Date ON and File no. ON are set, only See “Turning On/Off the Printer” on page 6. the shooting date will be printed. If you want to print the file no., select Date OFF. (2)
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Creating a Calendar—Calendar print Note You can create your own original calendar with your favorite photo printed on it. Load a single sheet at a time. To print without a frame, press the left Function button in the frame selection 1 Select Calendar print on the screen. Create item screen. If the photo is upside-down, you can use the { or } button to rotate the frame 180 degrees. 2 Select the format, the photo to If you want to rotate a photo 90 degrees to match a frame, rotate the trim
