Canon iPF710 Large Format Printer User Manual & Service Guide PDF

Contents Contents Introduction 1 How to use this manual.....................................................................................1 About This User Manual...............................................................................................................1 HTML Version of the Manual for Printing.....................................................................................3 Printer Parts 7 Printer parts.......................................................................................................7 Front.............................................................................................................................................7 Back.............................................................................................................................................8 Top Cover (Inside)........................................................................................................................9 Carriage.....................................................................................................................................10 Ink Tank Cover (Inside)..............................................................................................................11 Control Panel.............................................................................................................................12 Control Panel...................................................................................................14 Turning the Printer On and Off...................................................................................................14 Printer Modes.............................................................................................................................16 Switching Modes........................................................................................................................21 Printer Menu Operations............................................................................................................23 Main Menu Operations...............................................................................................................25 Menu Structure..........................................................................................................................30 Main Menu Settings...................................................................................................................42 Main Menu Settings (During Printing)........................................................................................53 Submenu Display.......................................................................................................................54 Status Print................................................................................................................................56 Optional accessories.......................................................................................63 Roll Holder Set...........................................................................................................................63 IEEE 1394 (FireWire) Expansion Board....................................................................................63 Printer Specifications.......................................................................................64 Specifications.............................................................................................................................64 Basic Environmental Performance.............................................................................................67 Print Area...................................................................................................................................68 Basic Printing Workflow 69 Printing procedure...........................................................................................69 Loading and Printing on Rolls....................................................................................................69 Loading and Printing on Sheets.................................................................................................73 Printing Options Using Rolls and Sheets...................................................................................76 Manually Loading Paper to the Position for Printing..................................................................77 Printing from Windows...............................................................................................................78 Printing from Mac OS X.............................................................................................................79 Printing from Mac OS 9..............................................................................................................81 Contents i

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Contents Specifying Paper in the Printer Driver (Windows)......................................................................83 Specifying Paper in the Printer Driver (Mac OS X)....................................................................85 Specifying Paper in the Printer Driver (Mac OS 9)....................................................................87 Canceling print jobs.........................................................................................89 Canceling Print Jobs from the Control Panel.............................................................................89 Canceling Print Jobs from Windows..........................................................................................90 Canceling Print Jobs from Mac OS X........................................................................................92 Canceling Print Jobs from Mac OS 9.........................................................................................94 Handling Paper 96 Paper...............................................................................................................96 Paper.........................................................................................................................................96 Types of Paper...........................................................................................................................97 Paper Sizes..............................................................................................................................102 Handling rolls.................................................................................................105 Selecting the Roll as the Paper Source...................................................................................105 Loading the Roll on the Roll Holder.........................................................................................106 Removing a Roll from the Roll Holder......................................................................................108 Loading the Roll in the Printer..................................................................................................109 Removing the Roll from the Printer..........................................................................................112 Selecting the Paper Type (Roll)...............................................................................................113 Specifying the Paper Length (Roll)..........................................................................................114 Feeding Roll Paper Manually...................................................................................................115 Detection of the Remaining Roll Paper....................................................................................116 Cutting the Leading Edge of Roll Paper Automatically............................................................117 Specifying the Cutting Method for Rolls...................................................................................118 Reducing Dust from Cutting Rolls............................................................................................123 Specifying the Ink Drying Time for Rolls..................................................................................124 Clearing Jammed Roll Paper...................................................................................................127 Roll Holder Set.........................................................................................................................130 Attaching Accessories to the Roll Holder.................................................................................131 Accessing the Printer Driver Dialog Box from the Operating System Menu (Windows)..........133 Manually Loading Paper to the Position for Printing................................................................135 Media Detailed Settings Dialog Box (Windows).......................................................................136 Media Detailed Settings Dialog Box (Mac OS X).....................................................................137 Media Detailed Settings Dialog Box (Mac OS 9).....................................................................138 Handling sheets.............................................................................................139 Selecting the Sheet as the Paper Source................................................................................139 Loading the Sheet in the Printer..............................................................................................140 Selecting the Paper Type (Sheet)............................................................................................143 Removing the Sheet................................................................................................................144 Clearing a Jammed Sheet.......................................................................................................145 Manually Loading Paper to the Position for Printing................................................................147 Output Stacker..............................................................................................148 Using the Output Stacker.........................................................................................................148 ii Contents

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Contents Enhanced Printing Options 150 Print quality and color settings......................................................................150 Choosing a Paper for Printing..................................................................................................150 Giving Priority to Particular Graphic Elements and Colors for Printing....................................151 Printing Photos and Images (Windows, Mac OS 9).................................................................155 Printing Photos and Images (Mac OS X).................................................................................157 Printing Line Drawings and Text (Windows, Mac OS 9)...........................................................159 Printing Line Drawings and Text (Mac OS X)...........................................................................160 Printing Office Documents.......................................................................................................161 Adjusting the Color in the Printer Driver...................................................................................162 Printing in Monochrome...........................................................................................................165 Choosing the Document Type and Printing Conditions (Windows)..........................................167 Choosing the Document Type and Printing Conditions (Mac OS X)........................................169 Choosing the Document Type and Printing Conditions (Mac OS 9)........................................172 Fine-Tuning Colors of Photos and Images (Windows).............................................................175 Fine-Tuning Colors of Photos and Images (Mac OS X)...........................................................178 Fine-Tuning Colors of Photos and Images (Mac OS 9)...........................................................181 Fine-Tuning Monochrome Settings When Printing Line Drawings (Windows).........................184 Fine-Tuning Monochrome Settings When Printing Line Drawings (Mac OS X).......................186 Fine-Tuning Monochrome Settings When Printing Line Drawings (Mac OS 9).......................189 Fine-Tuning Monochrome Settings When Printing Photos (Windows)....................................192 Fine-Tuning Monochrome Settings When Printing Photos (Mac OS X)..................................194 Fine-Tuning Monochrome Settings When Printing Photos (Mac OS 9)...................................197 Printing Line Drawings and Text (Windows).............................................................................200 Printing Line Drawings and Text (Mac OS X)...........................................................................202 Printing Line Drawings and Text (Mac OS 9)...........................................................................205 Printing Office Documents (Windows).....................................................................................207 Printing Office Documents (Mac OS X)...................................................................................209 Printing Office Documents (Mac OS 9)....................................................................................211 Printing Photos and Images (Windows)...................................................................................213 Printing Photos and Images (Mac OS X).................................................................................215 Printing Photos and Images (Mac OS 9).................................................................................218 Printing enlargements or reductions..............................................................221 Resizing Originals to Match the Paper Size.............................................................................221 Resizing Originals to Fit the Roll Width....................................................................................222 Resizing Originals by Entering a Scaling Value.......................................................................223 Printing Enlargements of Scanned Originals from a Color imageRUNNER............................224 Printing Enlargements of Scanned Originals from a Color imageRUNNER (Windows)..........225 Printing Enlargements of Scanned Originals from a Color imageRUNNER (Mac OS X)........227 Resizing Originals by Entering a Scaling Value (Windows).....................................................229 Resizing Originals by Entering a Scaling Value (Mac OS X)...................................................231 Resizing Originals by Entering a Scaling Value (Mac OS 9)....................................................234 Resizing Originals to Fit the Roll Width (Windows)..................................................................238 Resizing Originals to Fit the Roll Width (Mac OS X)................................................................240 Resizing Originals to Fit the Roll Width (Mac OS 9)................................................................243 Resizing Originals to Match the Paper Size (Windows)...........................................................246 Resizing Originals to Match the Paper Size (Mac OS X).........................................................248 Resizing Originals to Match the Paper Size (Mac OS 9).........................................................251 Contents iii

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Contents Printing at full size.........................................................................................254 Printing on Oversized Paper....................................................................................................254 Borderless Printing at Actual Size............................................................................................256 Borderless Printing at Actual Size (Windows)..........................................................................258 Borderless Printing at Actual Size (Mac OS X)........................................................................260 Borderless Printing at Actual Size (Mac OS 9)........................................................................263 Printing at Full Size (Windows)................................................................................................266 Printing at Full Size (Mac OS X)..............................................................................................268 Printing at Full Size (Mac OS 9)...............................................................................................271 Borderless Printing........................................................................................273 Borderless Printing on Paper of Equivalent Size.....................................................................273 Borderless Printing by Resizing Originals to Fit the Roll Width...............................................275 Borderless Printing at Actual Size............................................................................................277 Borderless Printing at Actual Size (Windows)..........................................................................279 Borderless Printing at Actual Size (Mac OS X)........................................................................281 Borderless Printing at Actual Size (Mac OS 9)........................................................................284 Borderless Printing by Resizing Originals to Fit the Roll Width (Windows).............................287 Borderless Printing by Resizing Originals to Fit the Roll Width (Mac OS X)............................289 Borderless Printing by Resizing Originals to Fit the Roll Width (Mac OS 9)............................292 Borderless Printing by Resizing Originals to Match the Paper Size (Windows)......................295 Borderless Printing by Resizing Originals to Match the Paper Size (Mac OS X).....................297 Borderless Printing by Resizing Originals to Match the Paper Size (Mac OS 9).....................300 Printing banners or at other non-standard sizes...........................................303 Printing Vertical or Horizontal Banners (Large-Format Printing)..............................................303 Printing on Non-Standard Paper Sizes....................................................................................304 Printing on Non-Standard Paper Sizes (Windows)..................................................................305 Printing on Non-Standard Paper Sizes (Mac OS X)................................................................309 Printing on Non-Standard Paper Sizes (Mac OS 9).................................................................311 Printing Vertical or Horizontal Banners (Large-Format Printing; Windows).............................314 Printing Vertical or Horizontal Banners (Large-Format Printing; Mac OS X)...........................318 Printing Vertical or Horizontal Banners (Large-Format Printing; Mac OS 9)............................321 Tiling and multiple pages per sheet...............................................................325 Printing Multiple Originals Next to Each Other.........................................................................325 Printing Multiple Pages Continuously......................................................................................327 Printing Multiple Pages Per Sheet...........................................................................................328 Printing Posters in Sections.....................................................................................................329 Printing Large Posters (Windows)...........................................................................................330 Printing Large Posters (Mac OS 9)..........................................................................................332 Printing Multiple Originals Next to Each Other (Windows).......................................................334 Printing Multiple Originals Next to Each Other (Mac OS X).....................................................336 Printing Multiple Pages Continuously (Windows)....................................................................338 Printing Multiple Pages Continuously (Mac OS X)...................................................................339 Printing Multiple Pages Continuously (Mac OS 9)...................................................................341 Printing Multiple Pages Per Sheet (Windows).........................................................................343 Printing Multiple Pages Per Sheet (Mac OS X).......................................................................345 Printing Multiple Pages Per Sheet (Mac OS 9)........................................................................348 iv Contents

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