Canon PIXMA MP500 MP500 User's Guide - Page 3

Table of Contents Copyright 3 Disclaimer 3 Model Name 3 Trademarks 4 How to Use the Documentation Provided.........5 Safety Precautions 6 Reading the Document 11 Symbols Used in This Guide 11 Legal Limitations on Use of Your Product and Use of Images 12 1 Before Printing 13 Main Components and Their Functions........13 Turning the Machine ON and OFF 19 Document Handling 20 Loading Paper 21 Changing the Print Settings 35 2 Copying 39 Making Copies 39 Changing the Copy Settings 41 Using Useful Copy Functions 41 3 Printing from a Memory Card 48 Using the Memory Card 48 Printing Photograph 51 Other Useful Functions 54 4 Printing Photographs Directly from a Compliant Device 63 Connecting to a PictBridge Compliant Device 63 Printing Photographs Directly from a PictBridge Compliant Device 65 Printing Photographs Directly from a Canon Bubble Jet Direct Compatible Digital Camera 67 5 Printing Photographs from a Wireless Communication Device 70 Setting the Page Size, Media Type, and Layout When Printing from a Mobile Phone 70 Performing Infrared Communication 71 Performing Bluetooth Communication ..........73 6 Printing from Your Computer 75 Printing with Windows 75 Printing with Macintosh 77 7 Scanning Images 80 About Scanning Images 80 Scanning Methods 80 8 Reading from and Writing to a Memory Card 83 Setting up the Card Slot as the Memory Card Drive of the Computer 83 9 Changing the Machine Settings 84 The Print Settings 85 Wireless Print Settings 86 Bluetooth Settings 86 Other Settings 86 Language selection 87 Reset setting 87 Save settings 87 Load settings 87 10 Routine Maintenance 88 Replacing an Ink Tank 88 Getting the Ink Level Information 88 Knowing When to Replace Ink Tank 89 Replacing Ink Tanks 90 Keeping the Best Printing Results 93 When Printing Becomes Faint or Colors are Incorrect 94 Cleaning Your Machine 100 11 Troubleshooting 104 An Error Message is Displayed on the LCD 105 Cannot See the Display Properly on the LCD/Cannot See the Display on the LCD 108 Ink Does Not Come Out/Printing is Blurred/Colors are Wrong/White Streaks/ Straight Lines are Misaligned/Cannot Print to End of Job 109 Back of Paper is Smudged/Paper Does Not Feed Properly/Printed Surface is Scratched 113 Paper Jams 117 Cannot Print Properly from a Photo Index Sheet 120 Cannot Print Properly from the Digital Camera 121 Cannot Print Properly through Wireless Communication 123 Cannot Install the MP Drivers 124 Cannot Connect to Computer Properly ...... 125 Problems Scanning 126 An Error Message Appears on the Screen 130 If You Cannot Resolve the Problem 134 12 Appendix 135 Printing Area 135 How to Read the On-screen Manuals ........ 137 Uninstalling the On-screen Manuals........... 138 Transporting Machine 138 1