كتالوج الصيانة الكامل كانون5000

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Page 1 - Setting up
Page 2 - Printer parts
Page 3 - Specifications
Page 4 - First prints
Page 5 - CD printing and Direct print
Page 6 - Conclusion

The Canon Pixma ip5000 printer
It hardly seems like yesterday when I reviewed my first Canon
printer, the Canon BJC-8200 , in fact it was about five years ago. The
BJC-8200 offered the user the new BCI 6 ink tanks and an ultra small
print dot of about 6 pl. I have tested many Canon models since, and
today I am taking a look at the PIXMA ip5000 printer. Interestingly it
still uses the same BCI 6 set of ink tanks. That's were the similarity
ends. Canon now offer an incredible print drop size of 1 picolitre. This
small drop size, is almost invisible to the naked eye, and by using
such a small drop you can dispense with the lighter colour inks. So lets
take a closer look at this printer.

What's in the box?
Having said that the ip5000 uses the same ink set at the
BJC-8200, there is one additional ink that the ip5000 uses and that is
the BCI 3eBK - a pigment black ink for text printing only. The package
includes; a print head, five ink cartridges CMYBK, and the additional3e
pigment BK. A CD printing tray, quick start guide, installation CD,
sample pack of paper (5 sheets of 6x4) power cable and the ip5000 unit.

The PIXMA ip5000 ink set	Remove the protective caps on each ink tank
Blue splot - "don't worry about this" Canon.	The full compliment of inks

Connecting
Connect the printer to the computer via a USB cable (not
included) and when the Found New Hardware Wizard jumps into life press
the Cancel button. The manual says you should turn off the computer for
this next stage. Press the power On button and the print head cradle
moves to the centre. Remove the protective cover from the print head and
....... hold on! Whilst doing the close up photography of the print
head I have noticed a large blue splot on the actual print head. I rang
the Canon consumer technical support number and was reassured that I
shouldn't worry about this, it is a protective liquid - funny I have
never seen this before on any Canon printer. I will follow the tech
support advice and continue with the installation. I have just spoken
with my usual contact and enquired about this, I am told that this may
appear on some heads as they are randomly selected for testing and this
is probably some Cyan ink still in the system. Once installed, the head
performs a head cleaning routine. This printer is very quiet.

Printer driver
You should turn off any Anti-Virus software for the next
stage. Turn off the printer and place the installation CD disc in your
drive. Follow the on screen instructions. Besides the printer driver
there are several mini applications that are also loaded; On Line Manual
- the detailed guide on how to use the printer (I would still prefer to
have a printed manual), PhotoRecord - a simple application for
organising your images into albums, Easy Photo-Print - a quick and easy
way to print your pictures (this is actually a very good bit of
software), Easy Print-Toolbox - a quick way to launch any of these
applications, Printer driver - the essential bit that enables your
computer to communicate with the printer, Easy Web-Print - this will
solve many problems for those who want to print web pages. Finally, CD
Label-Print - the application to help you design your CD labels. Please
note that CD printing is not available on the North American models, and
the circuitry within the printer has not been enabled. This is due to
US patents law. An entire installation would occupy 280mb, I am just
going to install the printer driver and CD Label-Print, this will take
up 90mb of hard drive space.










Once the applications have been installed the printer
performs an automatic head alignment, all you have to do is make sure
there is a blank sheet of A4 paper in the rear sheet feeder. The whole
installation and head alignment took about eight minutes.

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Printer parts. You could be forgiven for mistaking the iP5000 for the iP8500, outwardly there isn't much to differentiate between the two, other than the small iP5000 logo on the top cover. As with the iP8500, Canon have opted for a sleek black finish, which looks great now but I suspect it may not look so good after a few weeks use. Fingerprints and dust will take their toll on the delicate surface. Use a soft cloth to clean the surface to ensure micro scratches are kept to a minimum (Mrs Oliver suggested this point). I would have liked a choice of colour - perhaps Pillar box red or Aqua blue, in fact anything other than black. Just a little imagination and printing could be more colourful The printer is a compact unit which when fully closed takes up very little desk space. I like the flat top surface, this can then double as a place to put documents and other paper work when the printer is not in use. (not recommended for coffee cups). The iP5000 is a compact unit Black is not good for fingerprints Push the front fascia to access the paper trays A single front extension is sufficient to catch media A flush fitting top paper feed tray Single extension for rear feed paper holder Firm paper guide Front paper tray To open the printer you must push the front fascia inwards, this releases a small catch. From here you can extend the front paper catcher. This is a single extension unit which doesn't feel flimsy and does what is says it will. The top paper feeder is hidden under a flap which also doubles a a single extension rear paper holder. The paper guide is stiff to move which should guarantee that the media is held in place. As with the iP8500, the iP5000 also has a front loading paper tray. This will hold up to 150 sheets of paper (Plain paper). There are markings for A4, Ltr, 5X7 and 6x4 media. When A4 media is loaded the tray protrudes by about 3.5 inches, for 6x4 media the tray can be collapsed and pushed all the way in the printer body. There is a smoked plastic cover which should keep the dust and flies of your A4 media, unfortunately this is not hinged, it sits on top of the tray. 6x4 media loaded in the bottom tray tray with A4 media loaded Rear Jam fixer Rear USB connection On the rear of the printer there is the USB socket and a back panel opens should a paper jam occur. I will return to CD printing and PictBridge options after I have published the first prints. Page 3 Select page Page 1 - Setting up Page 2 - Printer parts Page 3 - Specifications Page 4 - First prints Page 5 - CD printing and Direct print Page 6 - Conclusion Canon PIXMA iP5000 Specifications Resolution Up to 9600 1 x 2400 dpi Print engine 5-ink with 1 pl Micro-Nozzles and FINE Colour management ICM, ColorSync, Exif Print Mono print speed Up to 25 ppm (Max), 15 ppm (Std) Colour print speed Text & Graphics: Up to 17 ppm (Max), 11 ppm (Std); A4 Full Page: Up to 2.3 ppm (Std) Photo print speed A4: Up to 0.86 ppm (Max) Borderless 10 x 15 cm: approx. 36 seconds (Max) Media type Plain Paper, Envelopes, Photo Paper Pro (PR-101), Photo Paper Plus Glossy (PP-101), Photo Paper Plus Double Sided (PP-101D), Photo Paper Plus Semi-gloss (SG-101), Glossy Photo Paper (GP-401), Matte Photo Paper (MP-101), High Resolution Paper (HR-101N), Transparency (CF-102), T-shirt Transfer (TR-301), Photo Stickers (PS-101) Media weight Sheet feeder: 64 to 105 g/m 2 and supported Canon special media up to 273 g/m 2 Media input Auto Sheet feeder: 150 sheets Cassette: 150 sheets CD-R / DVD tray: 1 printable CD-R or DVD CD-R printing Available as standard Media size Sheet feeder: A4, B5, A5, Letter, Legal, Envelopes (DL size or Commercial 10), 10 x 15 cm, 13 x 18 cm, Credit Card (54 x 86 mm) Cassette: A4, B5, A5, Letter, Envelopes (DL size or Commercial 10), 10x15 cm, 13x18cm Borderless printing Available using Photo Paper Pro, Photo Paper Plus Glossy, Photo Paper Plus Double Sided, Photo Paper Plus Semi-gloss, Glossy Photo Paper or Matte Photo Paper in A4, 10 x 15 cm 13 x 18 cm & Credit Card sizes Two sided printing Available using Photo Paper Plus Double Sided or plain paper in A4, B5, A5, Letter & 13 x 18 cm sizes Ink cartridge configuration 5 Single Inks (BCI-3eBK, BCI-6BK, BCI-6C, BCI-6M, BCI-Y) Black ink tank life BCI-3e BK: 330 pages at 5% coverage; BCI-6 BK²: 440 pages at 5% coverage² BCI-3e BK: 1500 pages, BCI-6 BK: 2000 pages (Printing ISO/JIS-SCID N5) 3 Colour ink tank(s) life 440 pages at 5% coverage per ink tank 3 Cyan: 550 pages, Magenta: 430 pages, Yellow: 360 pages (Printing ISO/JIS-SCID N5) 3 PC interface & connectivity USB Camera interface & connectivity Direct Print Port: Camera direct photo printing from PictBridge & Bubble Jet Direct compliant digital cameras & camcorders Camera direct printing Compatibility: Exif 2.21 or earlier, DPOF compliant Operating system requirements Windows: PC with Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows Me or Windows 98, USB interface 4 , CD-ROM Drive. Free hard disk space: 50 MB for Windows XP/2000, 15 MB for Windows Me/98. Mac: Macintosh computer with Mac OS 9.x or Mac OS X v10.2.1 or later, USB interface. Free hard disk space: 30 MB for Mac OS 9.x, 100 MB for Mac OS X v10.2.1 or later. Driver features Windows: Photo Optimizer PRO, Image Optimizer, Photo Noise Reduction, Vivid Photo Mac: Photo Optimizer PRO, Photo Noise Reduction, Vivid Photo Software included Windows: Easy-WebPrint, Easy-PhotoPrint, PhotoRecord, CD-LabelPrint Mac: Easy-PhotoPrint, CD-LabelPrint Power source AC 220-240 V 50-60 Hz Power consumption Approx. 16 W (printing), approx 0.65 W (standby) Temperature range 5 – 35 °C Humidity 10 – 90% RH (no condensation) Acoustic noise levels Approx. 35 dB (A) (best quality mode) Dimensions (W x D x H) 418 x 286 x 170 mm Options 6.7 kg ¹ Print volume figures may vary with the content of the document and the print mode. Black calculation based on an average of four printers run continuously until ink out printing 1500 characters per page, normal text, in default mode on plain paper using Windows XP and Word 2003. 2 Print volume figures may vary with the content of the document and the print mode. Colour calculation based on an average of four printers run continuously until ink out printing the ISO/JIS-SCID N5 pattern in default mode on plain paper using Windows XP and Photoshop 7.0. 3 USB2.0 Hi-Speed is supported for Windows 2000, Windows XP and Mac OS X 10.2.7 or later (with in-built USB 2.0 Hi-Speed interface only) 4 USB operation can only be guaranteed on a PC with pre-installed Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows Me or Windows 98 Print speeds may vary with computer system specifications and content of document printed. Page 4 Select page Page 1 - Setting up Page 2 - Printer parts Page 3 - Specifications Page 4 - First prints Page 5 - CD printing and Direct print Page 6 - Conclusion First prints Generally I have not regarded printers with anything less than six inks as being photo quality. Manufacturers are also captious on how they describe their printers and will label them as "Photo Capable". However, when I reviewed the Canon i865 last year I was pleasantly surprised at the outstanding print quality that could be achieved with four inks (the fifth black is for text printing only). The i865 with its 2 pl ink drop actually produced better quality prints than my older generation 4 pl S900 six ink printer. The PIXMA iP5000 uses a 1 pl drop size, so by this standard it should be better than the i950 or i965 - lets take a look. I am taking slightly different approach with this page which will be for this occasion only. I have recently upgraded my computer, motherboard, cpu etc., reinstalled Windows XP (Home edition with Service Pack 2) and I am also using a new NEC LCD 1960 NX monitor. I have not calibrated anything, I am using the entire system as it comes out of the box, i.e. there are no custom monitor profiles etc. The reason for doing this is because this working setup best represents an average consumers setup, so what I am getting is probably on par with what 90% of all users will get. The iP5000 is an all purpose printer and many users will use this for photo and document printing. I will calibrate my system and publish the differences later. Original file Auto settings on PR101 ICM settings on PR101 As per previous reviews the first print I produce is with everything set to Auto. The media is Canon Photo Paper Pro - PR-101 glossy. The auto print has bags of detail throughout, open shadows and detail is just retained in the highlights. For my own personal preference this print is probably too light. The second print was made using the following settings; Media Type - Photo Paper Pro, Print Quality - Standard, Colour Adjustment - Manual. On the next screen the Enable ICM box has been ticked. Click OK to print. The second print is spot on, with excellent skin tones on Sophie's face, the colour's are well saturated throughout the entire picture, without looking artificial. The A4 print took 1 minute 34 seconds to print. I also tried the same file but this time selected the High Quality setting, this increased the printing time to 3 minutes 43 seconds. This produced a print that was too light. I increased the intensity to +10 and the resulting print is as good if not better than any other test print I have printed. This printer is looking good. Select Manual and press Set button Tick the Enable ICM box Vibrant and well saturated colour's. Looking at the print dot size, things become more remarkable. I have included a number of top end printers for direct comparison and can say that the ip5000 holds its ground against them all, including one printer that costs over £2000. This 1 pl drop size makes a huge difference. Compared the detail in the eyelashes, the iP5000 easily matches the iP8500 and beats most of the competition at the same time. Canon PIXMA iP5000 Epson R800 HP 8450 Canon i965 Canon PIXMA iP8500 Epson 4000 The above samples are extreme magnifications of the original prints, you would not normally look at any picture at this level. For all practical purposes the print dot can be forgotten about and the resolution would easily surpass most professional lab photographic prints. Now when you consider that this printer costs about £169 or less, it is a remarkable achievement. Monochrome printing is well under control but not 100% neutral, there is a slight overall warmth to the image, rather like the Agfa Portraiture photographic paper. I do not find this objectionable, but the purist may prefer to print 100% neutral grey tones. I tried the Greyscale setting from the printer settings and this had little if any effect. Printed using the Greyscale setting Good solid colour's Smooth gradations, print dot is only visible under high magnification To the naked eye this printer does not show any signs of banding or micro banding, looking through a powerful Loupe I can just see signs of slight micro banding. What a sad man - having to resort to looking at prints with a magnifying glass, I know what you are thinking The print dot is visible with my Horseman Loupe but not tired old eyes I will cover plain paper printing and CD printing on the next page Page 5 Plain paper and document printing I do not normally cover text printing in my photo printer reviews, but as this printer is a multi purpose printer I will publish a brief overview. As stated earlier in the review, there are two paper trays, the gravity fed one at the rear and a paper cassette that sits under the printer. The advantage of this is that you can keep your plain paper in the lower tray and Photo quality paper in the top holder. There is a button on the front of the printer which will allow you to select where you want the paper to be taken from. A light indicates where the paper will be drawn from; horizontal light for the bottom tray and the angled light for the rear paper tray. You can also set the paper source to either tray via the printer dialogue panel along with all the other printer settings. There is also a setting that will just take a specified media from a chosen source, i.e. if you always keep plain paper in the bottom cassette then you could define the printer to only take from the cassette when Plain paper is selected as the media type. Bottom button switches the paper source, only one light will be lit at a time Having loaded a pack of plain paper in the cassette I have printed a sample page of text using Microsoft Word, this took 13 seconds. The same page printed on a laser printer took 8.32 seconds (not including spooling times). The 11pt Times New Roman text on the ip5000 looks heavier than the laser print. It should be noted that you will get variation in quality depending on the Plain paper being used. I have used 90 gsm Kodak paper for this test. You may be forgiven for thinking that the Canon is too heavy, I should point out that an entire page of laser text looks very thin, whereas the Canon text is easier to read - at least to my eyes it is. This is due to the heavier pigment black ink which is used for text printing only. The ink is waterproof up to a point, running it under a tap didn't cause a total smudge but was enough to make a light film of coloured water stain the print. President Bush could read a political speech in a downpour from a page printed on this printer without it washing off the page. Perhaps this is not a good selling point. iP5000 text Laser text Very fast printing Excellent black on plain paper Sending a page of mixed graphics and text posed no problem, the page took 16 seconds to print and would be ideal for a newsletter or letter heading logo. This printer also has Duplex printing built it, this means you can print on both sides of your sheet without any user intervention. This is an added bonus for those of you who need this facility. Canon also have a range of double sided photographic quality media, again this is ideal for double sided albums. CD printing This printer has a built in CD/DVD printing facility. Place a printable disk in the CD tray and presto a few seconds later you will have a stylish looking CD/DVD. Unfortunately this option is not available in the US, this is due to local Patents. You can't even order a CD tray from England and use it on your unit vital circuitry has been left out, it won't work. To insert a CD, lower the CD tray feeder, place a CD in the tray and insert it into the slot, making sure you align the arrows. Lower the CD feeder. Slide in the CD tray Align the arrows accurately. Use CD label print to create your own designs Pictbridge Direct Print printers fall into two categories, those with multiple card slots and the other with PictBridge support. The iP5000 supports PictBridge. This means that you can link a PictBridge compatible camera up to the printer and using the camera's LCD screen, select the media type, print size, trimming and quantity etc., Depending on camera make you may have more or less options. The flat surface of the printer is a good place to put a camera whilst printing is in progress. Bear in mind that a camera might also scratch the plastic surface. For this review I have used the Canon S60 camera and tried both bordered and borderless A4 prints. The bordered print took 3 min 30 sec and the borderless print took 4 min 26 seconds. The print quality was acceptable but nothing spectacular, the colour's were generally dull, especially the reds and greens. See sample below. The PictBridge port (USB) Canon S60 in action printing The original file (downsized) Print made via the PictBridge port. Using PictBridge the quality of prints are not as good compared to the ones created via an imaging application, nevertheless it is a feature which I like and PictBridge makes more sense than having eight card slots. The downside is that you are using up the camera's battery whilst printing is in progress. Page 6 Conclusion The market is swamped with Photo Quality printers, and you could be forgiven for being in a total state of confusion. Canon is the main culprit, they seem to update their entire line-up every six months. Having said that, the printers are getting better and better all the time. When I first started out in digital photography (over ten years ago) a decent colour printer would cost well over £1500. Today I am looking at the photo lab quality that can be achieved with printers costing less than £200 and am in awe of what is available. Canon introduced their PIXMA range in Cannes last year, they threw out their bread bin looking printers and replaced them with a stylish compact unit. Of course it doesn't end with a good looking unit, it also has to deliver quality prints. To this end the PIXMA iP5000 doesn't disappoint. The Photo quality that this printer achieves with just four inks is remarkable and this is due to an increased resolution 9600 x 2400 and a reduced ink drop size which is now 1 picolitre. This smaller droplet size means the dots can be placed closer together to produce a continuous tone print. The iP5000 fires 27 million drops per second (glad I didn't have to count them). "To get an idea of scale, if you placed a 1 picolitre droplet every millimeter along a straight line, you would get 24 times around the circumference of the Earth before you had used up a litre," This is a quote by Mogens Jensen Head of Canon Consumer Imaging Europe, another amazing fact to store away in your mind. As with the i865 the ip5000 has ContrastPLUS, this is the inclusion of a photo black (BCI-6BK) to give better depth to photo printing. This together with a pigment black BCI3eBK for text printing makes the iP5000 a truly versatile printer. As an extra footnote, to get the best quality from this printer or for that matter any other PIXMA printer, you should use Canon's own Photo Quality media and inks. I found that PR-101 gives the best results and this media also produces the best print longevity. Printing times are more than respectable, 35 seconds for a 6x4 inch print, 1min 34 sec for a full A4 photograph and 3 minutes 34 seconds at maximum resolution. A plain paper mixed text and graphics document took 16 seconds for the first document and 10 seconds for subsequent documents. The overall construction and build quality of the iP5000 is very high, I like the way the whole unit neatly closes up thereby sealing it against dust. The CD printing tray is a delight to use, coupled with excellent CD layout software should guarantee your CDs get noticed - assuming you can find anyone who sells blank printable CDs. For those of you who need Duplex printing, this is fitted as standard. The ip5000 is a great general purpose printer which besides printing super looking text documents also produced high quality photographs, easily equal to photo lab quality. The excellent bundled software and printer accessories will certainly guarantee this printers success. Would I buy this printer? Last year I reviewed the Canon i865 and fell in love with it. The PIXMA iP5000 replaces the i865 and I have fallen in love again. The answer has to be YES, I would buy this printer, it is exceptional value for money. You will be hard pushed to see a difference between this four ink printer and a six ink printer. Pros: Excellent photographic print quality and it's only a four ink printer Excellent text quality Compact design Separate ink tanks (same cartridges as the S900, i950, iP8500 etc.) CD printing Price (£169 inc. vat) Cons: The PictBridge port could not be used to transfer images to a computer. Black finish Print quality 96 Features 98 Ease of use 96 Design 98 (ignoring the black finish) Value 98 Rating 97.2% Highly Recommended [ندعوك للتسجيل في المنتدى أو التعريف بنفسك لمعاينة هذا الرابط] Click on the picture below to buy the Canon PIXMA at a special price