Printing from Your Computer

    03-Mar-2008
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    Solution

    This section describes the procedure for basic printing.
    NOTE
    When printing photographs taken by your digital camera, you can perform Borderless Printing in easy steps using Easy-PhotoPrint EX. Easy-PhotoPrint EX is provided on the Setup CD-ROM. Easy-PhotoPrint EX supports Exif Print to optimize photographs taken by an Exif-compliant digital camera by using the print information recorded at the time of shooting to achieve higher print quality.

    Windows
    REFERENCE
    • Depending on your application program, operations may differ. For details, refer to the instruction manual of your application. The steps described in this section are for printing in Windows Vista.
    • If your machine is connected to a computer, you can send faxes using the fax driver from any application that has a printing function.

    1. Turn on the machine and load the paper in the machine.

    2. Make sure that the proper paper source is selected.
    REFERENCE
    Press the Feed Switch to select the paper source so that the Rear Tray lamp is lit when feeding from the Rear Tray, and the Cassette lamp is lit when feeding from the Cassette.

    3. Create a document or open a file to print using appropriate application software.

    4. Open the printer properties dialog box.

    5. Specify the required settings.



    (1) Select the media type of the loaded paper in Media Type.

    (2) Make sure that Paper Feed Switch is selected in Paper Source.

    (3) Set Print Quality and Color/Intensity as needed.

    (4) Click OK.
    The Print dialog box is displayed.
    REFERENCE
    • To confirm the page size, click the Page Setup tab. If the setting does not match the document's page size you set in the application software, you need to set the page size to the same size, or otherwise use Scaled Printing or Fit-to-Page Printing.
    • Here we chose to use the Feed Switch on the machine to select the paper source.
    • For details on other printer driver functions, click Help or Instructions to view the online help or the PC Printing Guide on-screen manual. The Instructions button is displayed on the Main and Maintenance sheets when the on-screen manuals are installed on your computer.
    • To display the preview and confirm how your document will look when printed, select the Preview before printing check box. Some application software may not have a preview function.

    6. Click Print (or OK) to print the document.



    Printing begins.
    REFERENCE
    To cancel a print job in progress, press the Stop/Reset button on the machine or click Cancel Printing on the printer status monitor. To display the printer status monitor, click Canon XXX Printer (where "XXX" is your machine's name) on the taskbar.

    Macintosh
    REFERENCE
    Depending on your application program, operations may differ. For details, refer to the instruction manual of your application.
    The steps described in this section are for printing in Mac OS X v.10.4.x.

    1. Turn on the machine and load the paper in the machine.

    2. Make sure that the proper paper source is selected.
    REFERENCE
    Press the Feed Switch to select the paper source so that the Rear Tray lamp is lit when feeding from the Rear Tray, and the Cassette lamp is lit when feeding from the Cassette.

    3. Create a document or open a file to print using appropriate application software.

    4. Select the page size.

    (1) Select Page Setup on the application software's File menu.
    The Page Setup dialog box opens.



    (2) Make sure that your machine's name is selected in Format for.
    When using the machine over a network, your machine's name and MAC address are displayed in Format for.

    (3) Select the page size of the loaded paper in Paper Size.

    (4) Click OK.

    5. Specify the required settings.

    (1) Select Print on the application software's File menu.
    The Print dialog box opens.



    (2) Select Quality & Media in the pop-up menu.

    (3) Select the media type of the loaded paper in Media Type.

    (4) Make sure that Paper Feed Switch is selected in Paper Source.

    (5) Select the print mode appropriate to your document in Print Mode.
    REFERENCE
    • Here we chose to use the Feed Switch on the machine to select the paper source.
    • When you select the print mode appropriate to your document in Print Mode, the document will be printed in color and at a print quality suited to the characteristics of the Media Type you have selected.
    – Printing a top-quality photo: Select when printing documents consisting mainly of photographs and graphics featuring fine color gradation.
    – Printing tables and charts: Select when printing documents consisting mainly of graphs and graphics (illustrations) with strong color definition.
    – Printing a composite document: Select when printing documents consisting mainly of text.
    – Detailed Setting: Select to fine-tune the Print Quality and Halftoning settings.
    • For details on other printer driver functions, click on the Quality & Media, Color Options, Special Effects, Borderless Printing, or Duplex Printing & Margin screen to view the PC Printing Guide on-screen manual. If the on-screen manuals are not installed, the PC Printing Guide on-screen manual is not displayed even if is clicked.
    • To display the preview and confirm how your document will look when printed, click Preview. Some application software may not have a preview function.

    6. Click Print to print the document.
    Printing begins.
    REFERENCE
    Click the printer icon in the Dock to display the list of print jobs in progress.
    To cancel a print job in progress, select the desired document in the Name list and click Delete. To temporarily stop a job in progress, click Hold. To stop all the jobs in the list, click Stop Jobs.