Manuals for the Machine The manuals for this machine are divided as follows. Please refer to them for detailed information. The manuals supplied with optional equipment are included in the list below. Depending on the system configuration and product purchased, some manuals may not be needed. Basic Operation..........
Includes the Combination of Functions Chart and Index. • Considerable effort has been made to ensure that this manual is free of inaccuracies and omissions. • However, as we are constantly improving our products, if you need an exact specification, please contact Canon.
Preface Thank you for purchasing the Canon imageRUNNER 2000/1600 Series. Please read this manual thoroughly before operating the product in order to familiarize yourself with its capabilities, and to make the most of its many functions. After reading this manual, store it in a safe place for future reference.
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Basic Copying Features CHAPTER This chapter describes the basic copying features. Overview of the imageRUNNER 2000/1600........1-2 Various Copying Features .
Overview of the imageRUNNER 2000/1600 Various Copying Features Flexible Document Handling To make a copy of an original, you have the choice of setting the document in the optional Feeder (ADF-J1) when attached, or placing it directly onto the platen glass. The feeder is useful when copying a multi page document, and the platen glass is ideal when copying a single page document, or from a book.
Flow of Copy Operations This section describes the flow of basic copy operations. NOTE • For the following items: - Main power and Energy Saver button, see the Reference Guide. - Routine maintenance, see the Reference Guide. • If the platen glass is dirty, the output quality may deteriorate. Always keep the platen glass clean.
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Feeder Staple copy: place the original face up Copies are stapled here. Copies are stapled here. Original Original (face up) (face up) Vertical Placement Horizontal Placement IMPORTANT The copies are stapled at the part equivalent to the upper left side of the original. NOTE •...
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If the message <INSERT A CONTROL CARD> is displayed: I Insert a control card. (See the Reference Guide.) Set the desired copy mode (paper selection, image quality, copy exposure, copy ratio, and finishing). NOTE For details about these settings, see the pages from 1-19 in this chapter, or Chapter 2 “Special Copying Features”.
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NOTE • If there is a current job, the machine scans the original, and waits to print it. Printing starts when the current job is completed. • When scanning is complete, remove your original. • If you have set Department ID Management, press [ID]. (See the Reference Guide.) •...
Placing Originals Place your originals on the platen glass or in the feeder, depending on the size and type of paper that you want to print and the settings that you have programmed. Platen glass Place the originals on the platen glass when scanning bound originals (such as books and magazines), originals on heavy or lightweight paper, and transparencies.
Orientation You can place original either vertically or horizontally. Always align the top edge of your original with the back edge of the platen glass (by the arrow in the top left corner), or with the back edge of the feeder. Platen glass Copies are stapled here.
• To get the same output result as when the original is placed on the platen glass, place it upside down and face up. However, when using the stapler function, the Finisher rotates the output automatically. Platen Glass You should use the platen glass when scanning books and other bound originals (such as books and magazines), heavy or lightweight paper originals, and transparencies into memory.
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Place your original face down. The surface that you want to scan into memory must be placed face down. Align the top edge of your original with the back edge of the platen glass (by the arrow in the top left corner). Place books and other bound originals on the platen glass in the same way.
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Gently lower the feeder/platen glass cover. CAUTION • Close the feeder/platen glass cover gently, to avoid catching your hand, as this may result in personal injury. • Do not press down the feeder/platen glass cover with force when scanning thick books. This may damage the platen glass and cause personal injury. IMPORTANT •...
Optional Feeder (ADF-J1) If the machine is equipped with the optional feeder, place a stack of originals, and press [Start]. The machine automatically scans them into memory. You can place the following originals in the original supply tray: • Weight: 10 to 32-lb bond [37 to 128g/m ](set the originals one-by-one when they are very thin (10 to 14-lb [37 to 51 g/m ]) or very thick (28 to 32-lb [105 to 128 g/m...
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Neatly place your originals face up in the original supply tray. If you are enlarging LTR originals to LGL or 11'' ✕ 17'' paper, place your originals horizontally. Place your originals into the feeder as they will go, until the original set indicator is lit.
Flow of Checking/Canceling Operations When you press [Monitor], the Monitor screen appears allowing you to check and cancel the copy jobs. Monitor Press [Monitor]. The current copy job appears on the display. To scroll through the list of the jobs, press [ ] or [ NOTE •...
Canceling a Job You can cancel a job in several ways. Canceling with [Stop] Stop Press [Stop]. If you press [Stop] during scanning I Press [OK]. The scanning stops and the job will be canceled. NOTE If you press [Stop] during scanning when copying from the optional feeder, the original may stop inside the feeder.
If there are multiple jobs: I Press [ ] or [ ] to select the job to be canceled. I Press [ ] to select ‘YES’. The selected job will be canceled. NOTE • If you do not want to cancel the job, press [ •...
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Clear Press [Clear]. Press [ ] to select ‘YES’. The selected job will be canceled. NOTE • If you want to cancel another job, repeat steps 3 to 5. • You cannot select multiple jobs and cancel them all at once. When canceling multiple jobs, select and cancel one by one.
Copy Quantity You can make up to 99 copies for each copy job. Specifying the Required Number of Copies Press the numeric keys to enter the desired copy quantity (1 to 99). Clear The copy quantity appears on the right side of the display. IMPORTANT You cannot change the copy quantity while copying.
Paper Selection This mode enables you to set the machine to automatically select the paper size, or to manually specify a paper size for a copy job. NOTE • If you are copying an original onto the same size paper at a copy ratio of 100%, the periphery of the original image may be cut slightly on the copy.
Place your original. Make sure that <AUTO PAPER> is displayed. If not, press [Reset]. Start Press [Start]. Copying starts. NOTE • If the message <NO APPROPRIATE SIZE> appears, the paper set is different in size from the original. Set the appropriate paper. If you press [Start] without loading the paper, the machine automatically selects the paper with the least margin, and starts copying.
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NOTE • The paper sizes are displayed in the order in which they are loaded in the paper drawers. • indicates that the paper is set vertically and indicates that the paper is set horizontally. • The paper sizes shown on the display vary depending on which paper sizes are loaded in the paper drawers.
Copy Exposure and Image Quality Adjustments The exposure and image quality can be adjusted when the original is scanned. Copy Exposure (Manual) You can manually adjust the exposure to the most appropriate level for the original. Place your original. Light Press [Light] or [Dark] to adjust the exposure.
Start Press [Start]. Copying starts. NOTE • To adjust the copy exposure automatically, see “Copy Exposure and Image Quality (Automatic),” on p. 1-25. • To cancel all settings and return the machine to the Standby mode, press [Reset]. Image Quality (Manual) This mode enables you to adjust the image quality to the level best suited to the quality of text or photo originals.
NOTE • The default setting is ‘TEXT’. • If you select the Text, Text/Photo, or Photo mode, the exposure can be adjusted only by the manual exposure control. The automatic exposure control cannot be selected. • If the original is a transparency, select the Text, Text/Photo, or Photo mode and adjust the exposure to the most appropriate level.
Copy Exposure and Image Quality (Automatic) This mode enables you to set the machine to automatically adjust the exposure to the level best suited to the quality of the original. Place your original. Press [ indicator lights and the exposure is automatically adjusted to the level best suited to the quality of the original.
Changing the Copy Zoom Ratio You can set the machine to specify the copy ratio for a copy job. NOTE If you want to make copies at the copy ratio of 100%, press [Direct]. Preset Zoom You can reduce or enlarge standard size originals to another standard paper size. IMPORTANT Place your originals horizontally, when enlarging STMT or LTR originals to 11'' x 17'' or LGL paper.
Place your original. Reduce Press [Reduce] or [Enlarge] to change the copy ratio. Enlarge Start Press [Start]. Copying starts. NOTE • To return the copy ratio to 100%, press [Direct]. • To cancel all settings and return the machine to the Standby mode, press [Reset]. Zoom by Percentage You can reduce or enlarge original images by any copy ratio, in 1% increments.
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Start Press [Start]. Copying starts. NOTE • To return the copy ratio to 100%, press [Direct]. • To cancel all settings and return the machine to the Standby mode, press [Reset]. 1-28 Changing the Copy Zoom Ratio...
Collating Copies The Finisher modes can be selected to collate the copies in various ways by copy sets. Below is a list of finishing functions and paper sizes available for each optional unit. Collation Mode and Available Paper Sizes Optional Units Collate Rotate Offset...
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If the Collate Mode Is Set: The copies are automatically collated into sets arranged in page order. The output is as follows: Set 1 Originals Set 2 Set 3 Three Copies of Each Page Collated in Page Order If the Rotate Mode Is Set: If originals of the same size are copied, the pages are automatically collated into sets arranged in page order, and are output in alternating directions as follows: Originals...
If the Staple Mode Is Set: The copies are automatically collated into sets arranged in page order and stapled. The output is as follows: Originals Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Three Copies of Each Page Collated in Page Order Page Order (Collate) This section explains the settings to perform each collation mode.
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IMPORTANT • The Rotate mode can only be used in the following cases: - Available paper size is loaded both horizontally and vertically in the paper drawers. - <DRAWER ELIGIBLTY> is set to ‘ON’ for the paper drawer to be used in the Rotate mode.
Page Order (Staple) The Staple mode automatically collates the copies into sets arranged in page order, and staples each set. Place your originals. Finisher Press [Finisher] repeatedly until the indicator for the Staple Collate mode lights. Staple NOTE If <5.AUTO SORT> is set to ‘ON’, the Collate or Offset Collate mode is automatically set when you place your originals in the feeder.
Reserved Copying You can select copy settings and scan originals even if the machine is currently printing. Your scanned documents are processed after the current job is complete. IMPORTANT The machine cannot scan the originals while it is warming up, at power ON, or after clearing a paper jam.
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Once the original is scanned, remove it from the machine. Reserved Copying 1-35...
Interrupt Mode This mode enables you to interrupt the current job that is printing long enough to make higher priority copies. This mode is useful if you need to make a rush copy during a long copy job. NOTE • You can make interrupt copies when the machine is ready to scan. •...
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Once the original is scanned, remove it from the machine. When the interrupt copy job is complete, the interrupted printing operation resumes. IMPORTANT If you want to continue making interrupt copies, wait until the current interrupt copy job is complete (end of printing). Then, repeat the process from step2. Interrupt Mode 1-37...
Two-Page Separation This mode enables you to copy facing pages in a book or magazine to fit onto separate sheets of paper. Original Copies IMPORTANT • If the machine is operating in the Two-Page Separation mode, you cannot use the Binding Hole Erase and 2 on 1 Combination mode.
Margin Mode This mode enables you to make copies with the entire original image shifted by a designated width to the left, right, top, or bottom in order to create a margin on the copies. Use this mode to make copies ready for placement in ring binders. Right Margin Left Margin Top Margin...
Frame Erase This mode enables you to erase shadows and lines that appear when copying various types of originals. The following three Frame Erase features are available. IMPORTANT • Combinations of the Original Frame Erase, Book Frame Erase, or Hole Punch Erase modes cannot be set.
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Book Frame Erase This setting erases the dark border, as well as the center and contour lines that appear when copying facing pages in a book onto a single sheet of paper. Copy Book Frame Erase Mode Original Selected Copy Book Frame Erase Mode Not Selected...
Original Frame Erase This setting erases the dark borders and frame lines that appear around the copy when the original is smaller than the selected paper size. Also, it creates a blank border around the edge of the copy. Before using this mode, set the width to be erased in the Additional Settings menu. (See “Standard Frame Erase Width,”...
NOTE • You can set the book frame erase width in a range from 3 mm to 50 mm. • The default setting is ‘10 mm’. • The machine selects the paper according to the original size you selected in step 3 and the selected paper size is displayed.
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NOTE • You can set the binding hole erase width in a range from 3 mm to 20 mm. • The default settings is ‘18 mm’. • The machine selects the paper according to the original size you selected in step 3 and the selected paper size is displayed.
2 on 1 Combination This mode enables you to automatically reduce two originals to fit onto the selected paper size. Original Copy IMPORTANT • If the machine is operating in the 2 on 1 Combination mode, you cannot use the Two- Page Separation, Original Frame Erase, or Book Frame Erase modes.
Setting/Storing Specifications of the Copy Functions CHAPTER This chapter describes how to store or change the default settings to suit your needs. Copy Settings Table ........... . . 3-2 Changing the Current Standard Settings .
Copy Settings Table The following items can be stored or set in the Copy Settings menu. Additional Applicable Available Settings Function page COPY SETTINGS 1.STANDARD EXPOSURE MANUAL*(-LT – DK+:9 steps, 5*)/AUTO 2.STD ZOOM RATIO 50 – 200% (100%*) 3.STANDARD COPY QTY 01* –...
Changing the Current Standard Settings The Standard Settings refers to a combination of Copy modes that the machine automatically sets after the power is turned ON or when [Reset] is pressed. In this section, the procedure for changing the Copy modes stored as the Standard Settings is explained.
Auto Collate This mode allows automatic selection of the Collate (Offset Collate) mode when the original is placed in the feeder. This is helpful when making multiple copies, because you do not need to remember to select the Finisher mode. IMPORTANT This setting is available only if the Feeder (ADF-J1) is attached.
Rotate Collate This mode allows automatic selection of the Rotate Collate mode when the original is placed in the feeder. For details about the Rotate Collate mode, see “Collating Copies,” on p. 1-29. IMPORTANT • The Rotate Collate mode can only be used with the following paper sizes: LTR , LTR , STMT , or STMT .
Stop Press [Stop] to return to the Standby mode. Sharpness This mode enables you to make copies of the original image with a sharper or a softer contrast. If you want to copy an original containing text and lines clearly, increase the sharpness level.
Prescan This mode enables you to save the copy time, by making the machine ready to start copying before you press [Start]. NOTE • If <PRESCAN> is set to ‘ON’, the machine is ready to start copying from the moment you set the original in the feeder or on the platen glass.
Combination of Functions Chart The chart shows the setting combinations when you want to reconfigure the functions. : Combination available : Combination unavailable Preset Zoom Zoom by Percentage Automatic Exposure Control Photo Text Text/Photo Automatic Paper Selection Stack Bypass Collate Rotate Collating Offset Collating Staple...
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: Combination available : Combination unavailable Two-Page Separation 2 on 1 Combination Original Frame Erase Book Frame Erase Hole Punch Erase Right Margin Left Margin Top Margin Bottom Margin : Combination available : Combination unavailable Preset Zoom Zoom by Percentage Automatic Exposure Control Photo Text...
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: Combination available : Combination unavailable Two-Page Separation 2 on 1 Combination Original Frame Erase Book Frame Erase Hole Punch Erase Right Margin Left Margin Top Margin Bottom Margin Combination of Functions Chart...