This guide is written for worldwide markets. It may contain information related to accessories or licensed functionalities not supported by your local Canon organization or dealer.
Original instructions are in English.
This operation guide helps you to achieve your business purposes while you prepare and print jobs with the varioPRINT iX-series.
Read this operation guide to learn what the varioPRINT iX-series can do for you: how to operate, maintain, evaluate, and configure the printer and how to use it in a safe way.
After the introduction, the safety information is described. The guide continues with basic information on the printer (chapter 3) and to getting started (chapter 4).
How to define the printer defaults is described in chapter 5.
Job media handling is part of chapter 6.
The print production for transaction printing is described in chapter 7, while chapter 8 provides the tasks for job preparation, planning and printing for document printing.
Read the Save energy chapter 9 to know how you can reduce the energy consumption of the printer.
The media definitions chapter and color definitions chapter explain how to import and create new media and color definitions (chapter 10 and 11).
Calibration, quality control and color validation are part of chapter 12.
Maintenance instructions teach you how to keep the printer running, and how to keep printer parts clean (Chapter 13).
Chapter 14 has information about solving problems.
The reference chapter 15 gives you topics with detailed information and specifications about your product and the product supplies.
The last chapter 16 is the chapter of the Regulation notices.
This operation guide has Learn about topics to explain PRISMAsync Print Server and varioPRINT iX-series features.
Read these topics when you are not complete familiar with these features or when you want to discover what these features could do for you.
When your varioPRINT iX-series is updated towards R4.6.1 and you want to become familiar with the new features, read the following information.
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Plastic containers for consumables replaced by consumable boxes Ink, ColorGrip, and PML are now packed in consumable boxes. |
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New control panel Starting with this release, the new control panel is included in the standard configuration. This panel features capacitive touch technology for a sensitive and accurate touch response. It has a 21.5 inch screen, a resolution of 1360x768, and a 16:9 aspect ratio.  NOTE
The control panel is compatible with existing printers running R4.6.1. |
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New sentry behavior for skewed sheets Sheets with too much skew are now sent to the sentry bin automatically. The rejected sheet is shown in the sentry rejects overview. |
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PRISMAremote Manager Compared to PRISMAsync Remote Manager, the introduction of PRISMAremote Manager brings a fresh look and feel and new functionalities. |
Refer to the PRISMAremote Manager user guide. |
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Intermediate check print delivery for multiple stackers A new setting has been added to the Settings Editor to define the delivery of intermediate check prints for multiple high capacity stackers. |
Define usage of intermediate check prints in the Settings Editor |
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Optimize image rotation A new setting has been added to the Settings Editor to solve image rotation issues in the output. |
The following other guides are available for the varioPRINT iX-series. You find these guides on the downloads site http://downloads.cpp.canon.
PRISMAprofiler User guide
PRISMAlytics Dashboard Quick Reference Guide
PRISMAremote Monitoring User Guide
PRISMAremote Manager User Guide
PRISMAsync Remote Manager User Guide
PRISMAsync Simulator Quick Reference Guide
PRISMAsync Print Server Administration guide
Technical reference manual