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Canon Pixma IP4000: Howto do CD Printing ?

 
 
Steven Ung
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      7th Jan 2005
We've just purchased the above printer and we have the printable cds, but
for the life of me, where do you insert the 'plate' that holds the CD into
the printer?

The diagram on the cd 'plate' shows somekind of arrow that needs to be
aligned, but where the heck is it?!

Secondly, I'm trying to print borderless pictures but using the Easy Photo
Print trims off pictures that are bigger than the paper size 4"x6".

Is there a setting for 'print to fit' rather than 'crop'?

Thanks for your kind help
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Caitlin
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      7th Jan 2005

"Steven Ung" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> We've just purchased the above printer and we have the printable cds, but
> for the life of me, where do you insert the 'plate' that holds the CD into
> the printer?
>
> The diagram on the cd 'plate' shows somekind of arrow that needs to be
> aligned, but where the heck is it?!


If you look at the printer with the output tray down you will see CANON
printed above the tray. This can be flipped down and is where you insert the
CD tray.

>
> Secondly, I'm trying to print borderless pictures but using the Easy Photo
> Print trims off pictures that are bigger than the paper size 4"x6".
>
> Is there a setting for 'print to fit' rather than 'crop'?
>


That sounds weird - though it's not my software of choice I've printed
borderless photos with it no probs. Do you mean that is is cropping to the
4x6 aspect ratio so you are loosing the sides, or is it just printing a
fraction of the image?


 
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Caitlin
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      7th Jan 2005

"Caitlin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Steven Ung" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> We've just purchased the above printer and we have the printable cds, but
>> for the life of me, where do you insert the 'plate' that holds the CD
>> into the printer?
>>
>> The diagram on the cd 'plate' shows somekind of arrow that needs to be
>> aligned, but where the heck is it?!

>
> If you look at the printer with the output tray down you will see CANON
> printed above the tray. This can be flipped down and is where you insert
> the CD tray.
>
>>
>> Secondly, I'm trying to print borderless pictures but using the Easy
>> Photo Print trims off pictures that are bigger than the paper size 4"x6".
>>
>> Is there a setting for 'print to fit' rather than 'crop'?
>>

>
> That sounds weird - though it's not my software of choice I've printed
> borderless photos with it no probs. Do you mean that is is cropping to the
> 4x6 aspect ratio so you are loosing the sides, or is it just printing a
> fraction of the image?

Well I just had another look at Easy Photo Print, which I've only used a
couple of times. You're absolutely right - it trims by default. Yuck!
That's crap. Even on bordered prints it is the default. Not nice. As far as
I can tell there is no way of turning off cropping with borderless prints.

Another thing I noticed about the program when I used it previously - you
can't select images from different folders to print on the one page, which
seems pretty limiting.


 
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Peter
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      7th Jan 2005

"Steven Ung" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> We've just purchased the above printer and we have the printable cds, but for the life of me,
> where do you insert the 'plate' that holds the CD into the printer?
>
> The diagram on the cd 'plate' shows somekind of arrow that needs to be aligned, but where the heck
> is it?!
>
> Secondly, I'm trying to print borderless pictures but using the Easy Photo Print trims off
> pictures that are bigger than the paper size 4"x6".
>
> Is there a setting for 'print to fit' rather than 'crop'?
>
> Thanks for your kind help
> --
> Steven Ung
>


Go to preferences in Easy Photo Print and you can control the amount of border under "Amount of
extension of borderless printing"


 
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Bill Crocker
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      7th Jan 2005
Make sure you click on the Paper Size tab, select the correct paper size,
AND paper source, from the EasyPhoto menu. Works perfectly for me.

As for printing CD's, the printers sold in the U.S. do not support that
feature for some reason. Did you buy yours in the U.S.?

Bill Crocker


"Steven Ung" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> We've just purchased the above printer and we have the printable cds, but
> for the life of me, where do you insert the 'plate' that holds the CD into
> the printer?
>
> The diagram on the cd 'plate' shows somekind of arrow that needs to be
> aligned, but where the heck is it?!
>
> Secondly, I'm trying to print borderless pictures but using the Easy Photo
> Print trims off pictures that are bigger than the paper size 4"x6".
>
> Is there a setting for 'print to fit' rather than 'crop'?
>
> Thanks for your kind help
> --
> Steven Ung
>



 
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Caitlin
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      7th Jan 2005

"Peter" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Steven Ung" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> We've just purchased the above printer and we have the printable cds, but
>> for the life of me, where do you insert the 'plate' that holds the CD
>> into the printer?
>>
>> The diagram on the cd 'plate' shows somekind of arrow that needs to be
>> aligned, but where the heck is it?!
>>
>> Secondly, I'm trying to print borderless pictures but using the Easy
>> Photo Print trims off pictures that are bigger than the paper size 4"x6".
>>
>> Is there a setting for 'print to fit' rather than 'crop'?
>>
>> Thanks for your kind help
>> --
>> Steven Ung
>>

>
> Go to preferences in Easy Photo Print and you can control the amount of
> border under "Amount of extension of borderless printing"
>


Ah yes, if you set it to none (default is large for some strange reason)
this done largely fix the problem. Though it does still crop the photos to
the dimensions of the page.


 
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FredBillie
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      8th Jan 2005
<< From: "Steven Ung" (E-Mail Removed)
Date: Fri, Jan 7, 2005 4:49 AM
Message-id: <(E-Mail Removed)>

We've just purchased the above printer and we have the printable cds, but
for the life of me, where do you insert the 'plate' that holds the CD into
the printer?

The diagram on the cd 'plate' shows somekind of arrow that needs to be
aligned, but where the heck is it?!

Secondly, I'm trying to print borderless pictures but using the Easy Photo
Print trims off pictures that are bigger than the paper size 4"x6".

Is there a setting for 'print to fit' rather than 'crop'?

Thanks for your kind help
--
Steven Ung
>><BR><BR>

You can’t get borderless prints from an original that has a 4;3 ratio when
you try to print on 4:6 paper. Try the 4X6 setting that shows a border. That
should (I think) do the trick. I normally don’t worry about cropping a 1/4
inch from the top and the bottom of the print since I try to be careful to
leave a little extra margin when I compose the photo.
 
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Michael Doherty
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      8th Jan 2005
Does this image help you to insert the CD-Plate?
http://www.canon.co.uk/Images/14_224661.jpg

I don't have the printer so I can't be sure, but borderless prints on my
Epson print larger than the paper. This is by design and is done to stop
fading on the edges of the image. I would expect that the Canon does the
same.

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> << From: "Steven Ung" (E-Mail Removed)
> Date: Fri, Jan 7, 2005 4:49 AM
> Message-id: <(E-Mail Removed)>
>
> We've just purchased the above printer and we have the printable cds, but
> for the life of me, where do you insert the 'plate' that holds the CD into
> the printer?
>
> The diagram on the cd 'plate' shows somekind of arrow that needs to be
> aligned, but where the heck is it?!
>
> Secondly, I'm trying to print borderless pictures but using the Easy Photo
> Print trims off pictures that are bigger than the paper size 4"x6".
>
> Is there a setting for 'print to fit' rather than 'crop'?
>
> Thanks for your kind help
> --
> Steven Ung
> >><BR><BR>

> You can't get borderless prints from an original that has a 4;3 ratio when
> you try to print on 4:6 paper. Try the 4X6 setting that shows a border.
> That
> should (I think) do the trick. I normally don't worry about cropping a 1/4
> inch from the top and the bottom of the print since I try to be careful to
> leave a little extra margin when I compose the photo.



 
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      9th Jan 2005
"Caitlin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Steven Ung" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> We've just purchased the above printer and we have the printable cds, but
>> for the life of me, where do you insert the 'plate' that holds the CD
>> into the printer?
>>
>> The diagram on the cd 'plate' shows somekind of arrow that needs to be
>> aligned, but where the heck is it?!

>
> If you look at the printer with the output tray down you will see CANON
> printed above the tray. This can be flipped down and is where you insert
> the CD tray.


Ah, yes. Found it. Thanks!

Jesus! I can't find any printed materials that describe this simple step.

>>
>> Secondly, I'm trying to print borderless pictures but using the Easy
>> Photo Print trims off pictures that are bigger than the paper size 4"x6".
>>
>> Is there a setting for 'print to fit' rather than 'crop'?
>>

>
> That sounds weird - though it's not my software of choice I've printed
> borderless photos with it no probs. Do you mean that is is cropping to the
> 4x6 aspect ratio so you are loosing the sides, or is it just printing a
> fraction of the image?


May I know what software you're using for borderless prints?
--
Steven Ung


 
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Steven Ung
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      10th Jan 2005
:P

Yes the picture did help. I just wish they have it printed somewhere. Kind
of a silly question to ask in NG, innit?

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"Michael Doherty"
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> Does this image help you to insert the CD-Plate?
> http://www.canon.co.uk/Images/14_224661.jpg
>
> I don't have the printer so I can't be sure, but borderless prints on my
> Epson print larger than the paper. This is by design and is done to stop
> fading on the edges of the image. I would expect that the Canon does the
> same.
>
> --
> Mick Doherty
> http://dotnetrix.co.uk/nothing.html
>
>
> "FredBillie" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> << From: "Steven Ung" (E-Mail Removed)
>> Date: Fri, Jan 7, 2005 4:49 AM
>> Message-id: <(E-Mail Removed)>
>>
>> We've just purchased the above printer and we have the printable cds, but
>> for the life of me, where do you insert the 'plate' that holds the CD
>> into
>> the printer?
>>
>> The diagram on the cd 'plate' shows somekind of arrow that needs to be
>> aligned, but where the heck is it?!
>>
>> Secondly, I'm trying to print borderless pictures but using the Easy
>> Photo
>> Print trims off pictures that are bigger than the paper size 4"x6".
>>
>> Is there a setting for 'print to fit' rather than 'crop'?
>>
>> Thanks for your kind help
>> --
>> Steven Ung
>> >><BR><BR>

>> You can't get borderless prints from an original that has a 4;3 ratio
>> when
>> you try to print on 4:6 paper. Try the 4X6 setting that shows a border.
>> That
>> should (I think) do the trick. I normally don't worry about cropping a
>> 1/4
>> inch from the top and the bottom of the print since I try to be careful
>> to
>> leave a little extra margin when I compose the photo.

>
>



 
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