Canon IR 6000 Connectivity?

[mrfixit51]

I will say that your hookup method sounds a bit bizarre,, you should only need either the parallel cable or the ethernet cable, not both! If you are using an ethernet cable to plug into your PC, it would normally be through a hub/switch/router, or the use of a crossover ethernet cable. The crossover cable negates the need of external hardware to do the network signaling back and forth, the transmit wires on one end are hooked to the receive wires on the other and vice versa. I too would suggest the network appliance to set up your network,,, it is just how it is done. Remove the ethernet cable connection from one end, leaving the parallel cable hooked up and try a print job,,, I will bet that that is how your printing is taking place!

[KenB]

Judging by the lack of discussion of IP addressing, I would say that the Ethernet cable isn't doing anything, and everything is going through the parallel cable.

I, too, would not normally recommend this method; as I mentioned in my previous post, you lose:

1.) TWAIN scanning
2). Auto configuration
3). Mailbox names
4). Job Accounting
5). Any other fun stuff that's only on the web page (RUI - Remote User Interface)
6). Sharing becomes much more complicated if another workstation is introduced

In a nutshell, parallel printing is a last resort, but it does work.

I'm curious... If you have your Ethernet connector (RJ45 jack) on your PC connected straight to the iR6000, how how are you getting Internet access / email? Please don't tell me you're using a - gulp - dial-up connection with a modem. Ouch!! Maybe you have 2 network cards in your PC?

As far as the reduction issue goes, please consider the fact that your originals are Letter sized, or 8.5" x 11". When you reduce to fit 2 on a page, you are reducing to Statement size, or 5.5" x 8.5".

If you do the math, 11" down to 8.5" is 77%, while 8.5" to 5.5" is 64%. That is why there is some undesired blank space.

If the ultimate intent is to create this size booklet, it's best to create the document in Statement size when first creating it, then using the booklet making function to lay it out for you, without any ill effects.

You said that these are PDF files. but do you have the original files, such as Publisher, PageMaker, etc...? If you do, you may be able to make the changes there, re-Distill the files, then print the resulting PDFs. (or print directly from that application).

You also said that these files were emailed to you, so you may need to request the original files from your customer. Hopefully, either you have the native application, or maybe they can make the changes, then send you the new PDFs.

[D_L_P]

have you define the finisher?

look at control panel , IR6000 printer properties > device setting >output options
select your matching finisher.

Good call. Print drivers need to be told what finishing options you have.



Probably not an issue for you but speed is sacrificed with the parallel cable. The ethernet has like 10x the bandwidth of a parallel port.