Advanced Guide Troubleshooting

Contents > Routine Maintenance > Opening the Maintenance Screens

# Opening the Maintenance Screens

You can maintain the printer from the printer properties dialog box (Windows) or Canon IJ Printer Utility (Macintosh).

### Opening the Printer Properties Dialog Box (Windows)

1. Click Control Panel, and Printer under Hardware and Sound.

In Windows XP, click Control Panel, Printers and Other Hardware, then Printers and Faxes.

In Windows 2000, click Control Panel, and Printers.

1. Right-click the Canon XXX icon (where "XXX" is your printer's name), and select Printing Preferences.

The printer properties dialog box opens.

Note You can also open the printer properties dialog box from your software application or My Printer on a desktop. Refer to the on-screen manual: Advanced Guide.

### Opening the Canon IJ Printer Utility (Macintosh)

1. Open System Preferences, and click Print & Fax.

1. Select your printer's name in Printers, and click Open Print Queue.

The list of printer jobs appears.

1. Click Utility.

The print list dialog box appears.

1. Select your printer's name in the Product list, and click Maintenance.

The Canon IJ Printer Utility starts up.

Note You can also open Canon IJ Printer Utility by the procedure below. Select Applications from the Go menu, double-click the Utilities folder, then double-click Printer Setup Utility. Refer to the on-screen manual: Advanced Guide.

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