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CD Printing on US Model Pixmas
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This is now the legacy faq and a new thread for cd printing issues Five easy steps Pixma-FAQ: CD printing in the Americas - move pending DIRECT CD PRINTING WEBSITE FOR CANON PIXMA PRINTERS! Roller Assembly Photo Tutorial Last Update-28Sept2005. Wow I started this thing 02Jun2005. Wow and took only 1 month for people to find out how to do the MP760. I'll call the new site done I'll call this 02July2005. I might end up moving it... for now the free hosting is adquate and easy to remember. This is not to say I don't welcome additions, corrections, and critisms. At presnet it's still a rather hasty assembling of everything thing discussed in the long thread. From a design standpoint doesn't look too good but from a fuctional one.... it's nice to see the info in the origonal context from where it was asked. Next addition will be other software, specificly the SURETHING. And additional info regarding business card sized CDs might be required... there is that 4th undocumented reflector that no one ever discussed in length. I take the time to think all who contributed to the long thread.. with which none is possible To you I give this big document, so you don't have to continue re-answering old questions from those who don't want to read 40 pages. ------------- CD Printing on US Model Pixmas Canon first released a consumer inkjet supporting CD-printing in October, 2003. The i series, specifically the i865 and i965 employed the use of a separate CD printing tray guide (QM2-0626-000) that distinguished it from the i860 and i960 (PIXUS 990i in japan) models. See annoc This document was inspired by a 20+ page thread on stevesforums.com that started in Oct 2004. While every issue has been addressed in this thread, it's not organized. The purpose of this document is to index this information gathered over a 7 month period. These procedures have been tested on the Canon Pixma iP3000, iP4000, iP5000, iP6000D, iP8500, MP750, MP760, and MP780. These procedures have not been tested on the Canon Pixma iP4200, iP5200, iP6600D, MP450, MP500, MP800, and MP950. **Disclaimer... The author nor any contributers assume any responsibility for any damage you do to your printer. By reading further you assume all responsibility for any damage or loss as a result if your actions. Proceed at you own risk |
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[1] Ordering from overseas
The only issue to overcome other than the higher sticker price, high cost of shipping is the voltage requirements. Most of the world is is 240V 50hz. While it's possible they may use auto-switching power supplies, there is NO evidence to suggest this so better play it safe and either go with a step up power transformer or replace the power supply within the Canon printer to deal with 120V 60hz. According to arklab "To my supprise, Expansys threw in a "Plug converter" which allows the huge UK plug to be used in a US wall socket. I have been using this exclusively for over a week now and no problems at all. I've checked the voltage and it is still 120v feeding into the printer. " Code:
UK expansys.com 1 GBP = 1.81402 USD Newegg.com USD = 0.551263 GBP This info has been removed due to the fact that it's out of date Shipping 2kg to US..£28.89....$52.42 Shipping....$0.00-$8.75----£0.00-£4.84 Duty..................N/K.....N/K Power supply or..............$20.00 transformer approx..........~$30.00 Printer part numbers by mccoady [/align] Update: expansys.com no longer carries any printer with the exception of the ip4000R dishinit recommends a step-up-transformer A US powersupply can be easily mounted in the UK Canons. One may order one from 1-800-OK-CANON. According to iSAWaUFO The part numbers required are Code:
.$1.36-QH2-2725-000 CORD, POWER, 100V-120V $18.51-QK1-1068-000 AC ADAPTER: 100V-120V 50/60HZ .$5.00-SHIPPING $24.87=Total Parts Department 100 Jamesburg Road Jamesburg, NJ 08831 Phone: (732) 521-7679 According to TVUONGPHAM To replace the power supply "it is snap in, snap out procedure - literally." No further information is available on the subject. No further information is available whether UK models offer auto switching power supplies that will operate without a step-up transformer. Until that information is available it's unrecommended that you either buy the step-up transformer or buy the US power supply for $25.00. |
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[2] Front Panel plastic removal
Units that don't include CDr printing support have the QM2-1241-000 inner cover unit. It's slightly larger, has no slot for CDr, and no rollers.* Units that support CDr printing have the QM2-1239-000 inner cover unit w/cdr. W/O cdr model's are connected to the printer via three plastic hooks, two outside and one dead center and can be pulled with your fingertips. **With the tray raised reach under on one side and apply pressure releasing the clip. Repeat for center and opposite side. Should you be unable to remove the front cover unit, you may enjoy better luck with the tray lowered and using a flathead screw driver. [align=center] fig-2 by Azzkikr1337[/align]Printing is possible without this tray cover in place, though without the rollers one may need to manually insert the tray after hitting "resume" to start cd printing almost all the way leaving about 10mm of slack. After the tray is inserted properly the rear rollers clamp down on the tray and the printer prints normally. Fig 1 http://www.stevesforums.com/forums/v...307771#p307771 Fig 2 http://www.stevesforums.com/forums/v...182486#p182486 *http://www.stevesforums.com/forums/v...307771#p307771 **http://www.stevesforums.com/forums/v...177845#p177845 |
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[3] Canon CD tray
[align=center] *According to Wallyman the part number to the CDr tray is QL2-0605-000 **According to Makino the part number is QC1-4249 >ABS<T2-1 ***According to the Parts manual, QL2-0605-000 is the tray and QA4-1117-000 is the CD SUB W/ CDR PRINTING.
Fig 1 Fig 2 Fig 3 Fig 4 *http://www.stevesforums.com/forums/v...309651#p309651 **http://www.stevesforums.com/forums/v...311680#p311680 ***http://www.stevesforums.com/forums/v...303926#p303926 ****http://www.stevesforums.com/forums/v...308243#p308243 *****http://www.stevesforums.com/forums/v...316413#p316413 ******http://www.stevesforums.com/forums/v...309632#p309632 |
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[4]Settings Printer's Destination – enabling CDr printing
**http://www.stevesforums.com/forums/v...318639#p318639 ***http://www.stevesforums.com/forums/v...317955#p317955 ****http://www.stevesforums.com/forums/v...318611#p318611 |
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[5] Driver downloads Software - Windows - Mac OS X
I used the US driver and it has the CD tray option. I did change the region code on the printer first thing before I even hooked up the printer, so I am assuming that if you change the region of the printer initially then the CD that came with the printer should work. *http://www.stevesforums.com/forums/view_topic.php?id=36631&forum_id=40&jump_t o=317962#p317962 ** http://www.stevesforums.com/forums/view_topic.php?id=36631&forum_id=40&jump_t o=335876#p335876 |
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[6]Windows - Registry key
The last thing preventing CDr printing on the Pixma Series is a registry key entry "CnmFSI_CDRSWITCH". If you have a non CDr support, when installing the driver this value will be set to 0, where if you install the driver with a printer's destination set to CDr support this value will be one. [align=center] Fig-1 by Azzkikr1337[/align]When CnmFSI_CDRSWITCH = 1 there will be the extra options to print onto Printable disc (recommended) and "Printable disc (others)". Users who have already installed this printer while the destination was set to No CDr will have to run regedit <start>[run]"regedit" HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Pr int\Printers\Canon PIXMA iPxxxx\PrinterDriverData CnmFSI_CDRSWITCH=1 Fig 1-http://www.stevesforums.com/forums/view_topic.php?id=36631&forum_id=40&jump_to=208164 #p208164 |
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[7] Testing And Alignment
Pending writeup on CD tray testing
![]() ![]() After the disc is printed with the alignment cross hairs, using a metric ruler measure the distance of each alignment mark to the outer edge of the CD. The distance should be equal. First subtract the value of X from it's adjacent value, in this case 3 minus 9, and divide by two. (3-9)/2=-3 In this case the left adjustment is -3. Do the same with the Y value, but this time subtract the adjacent value from Y and device by two, in this case (5.5-6.5)/2=.5. This is your top adjustment. Take these values and place them in CD-R print. |
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[8] Alternative Software and Discs
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