1imagePROGRAFGRAPHIC ARTSLARGE-FORMAT PRINTING© Lewis Kemper 2012© Lewis Kemper 2012

color quality

print quality

Canon imagePROGRAF iPF9400 Brochure & Specs

imagePROGRAF iPF6400

large format printer

Safety Precautions

in an emergency

legal notices

Manuals for this printer

about this user manual

Handling rolls

loading rolls in the printer

removing the roll from the printer

Handling sheets

removing sheets

Ink Tanks

Printheads

Maintenance Cartridge

Cleaning the Printer

cleaning the printhead

Operations and Display Screen

menu operations

menu structure

ink menu

Printer parts

paper feed slots

inside the roll feed unit cover

Preparing to Transfer the Printer

reinstalling the printer

Installing the Printer Driver (Windows)

Installing the Printer Driver (Mac OS X)

Convenient Printer Driver Features

borderless printing

large-format printing

enlarged/reduced printing

Adjusting the Printhead

Adjusting the feed amount

automatic banding adjustment

Problems Regarding Paper

clearing jammed roll paper

roll paper cannot be inserted into the paper feed slot

depression on the leading edge is left

Printing does not start

The printer stops during a print job

Problems with the printing quality

the edges of the paper are dirty

the surface of the paper is dirty

printed colors are inaccurate

colors in printed images are uneven

image edges are blurred or white banding occurs

the contrast becomes uneven during printing

documents are printed in monochrome

borders appear during borderless printing

Cannot print over a network

cannot print over appletalk or bonjour networks

Installation problems

ink level detection

Messages regarding paper

the paper is too small

paprwidth mismatch

this paper cannot be used

roll feed unit error

paper jam

cannot detect papr

end of paper feed

roll paper is not securely in contact with roll holder

Messages regarding ink

ink tank is empty

Messages regarding printing or adjustment

excessive temperature or humidity

blue platen switch is dirty

Messages regarding printheads

execute printhead cleaning

Messages regarding the maintenance cartridge

Other Messages

parts replacement time has passed

Error Messages

Basic Printing Workflow

printing procedure

turning the printer on and off

loading and printing on rolls

loading and printing on sheets

printing in windows

printing from mac os x

canceling print jobs

canceling print jobs from windows

pausing printing

Enhanced Printing Options

choosing paper for printing

printing photos and office documents

printing photos and images (windows)

printing photos and images (mac os x)

printing from photoshop

printing adobe rgb images (windows)

printing adobe rgb images (mac os x)

printing office documents

printing office documents (mac os x)

using posterartist to compose originals

adjusting images

fine-tuning colors of photos and images (windows)

fine-tuning colors of photos and images (mac os x)

giving priority to particular graphic elements and colors for printing

choosing the document type and printing conditions (windows)

choosing the document type and printing conditions (mac os x)

Printing enlargements or reductions

resizing originals to match the paper size (mac os x)

resizing originals to fit the roll width

resizing originals to fit the roll width (windows)

resizing originals to fit the roll width (mac os x)

resizing originals by entering a scaling value

resizing originals by entering a scaling value (mac os x)

Printing at full size

printing at full size (windows)

printing at full size (mac os x)

borderless printing at actual size

borderless printing at actual size (windows)

borderless printing at actual size (mac os x)

Borderless Printing

borderless printing by resizing originals to match the paper size (windows)

borderless printing by resizing originals to match the paper size (mac os x)

borderless printing by resizing originals to fit the roll width

borderless printing by resizing originals to fit the roll width (windows)

borderless printing by resizing originals to fit the roll width (mac os x)

Printing banners or at other non-standard sizes

printing vertical or horizontal banners (large-format printing; windows)

printing vertical or horizontal banners (large-format printing; mac os x)

printing on non-standard paper sizes

printing on non-standard paper sizes (mac os x)

Tiling and multiple pages per sheet

printing multiple originals next to each other (windows)

printing multiple originals next to each other (mac os x)

printing multiple pages continuously

printing multiple pages continuously (mac os x)

printing multiple pages per sheet

printing multiple pages per sheet (mac os x)

printing posters in sections

printing large posters (windows)

Centering originals

printing originals centered on rolls (mac os x)

printing originals centered on sheets

printing originals centered on sheets (mac os x)

conserving roll paper

conserving roll paper by rotating originals 90 degrees (mac os x)

conserving roll paper by printing originals without top and bottom margins

checking images before printing

other useful settings

printing with watermarks— copy, file copy, and so on (windows)

making the original orientation match the paper orientation

making the original orientation match the paper orientation (mac os x)

using favorites

cutting roll paper after printing

cutting roll paper after printing (mac os x)

Windows Software

Printer Driver

specifying paper in the printer driver

confirming print settings

accessing the printer driver dialog box from applications

accessing the printer driver dialog box from the operating system menu

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