Printing Area
24-Dec-2009
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Solution
To ensure the best print quality, the machine allows a margin along each edge of media. The actual printable area will be the area inside these margins.
Recommended printing area 
: Canon recommends that you print within this area.
: Canon recommends that you print within this area.Printable area 
: The area where it is possible to print.
: The area where it is possible to print.However, printing in this area can affect the print quality or the paper feed precision.
NOTE
Borderless Printing
- By selecting Borderless Printing option, you can make prints with no margins.
- When performing Borderless Printing, slight cropping may occur at the edges since the printed image is enlarged to fill the whole page.
- For Borderless Printing, use the following paper:
- Glossy Photo Paper "Everyday Use" GP-501
- Photo Paper Glossy GP-502
- Photo Paper Plus Semi-Gloss SG-201
- Photo Paper Pro Platinum PT-101
- Photo Paper Plus Glossy II PP-201
- Photo Paper Pro II PR-201
- Matte Photo Paper MP-101
Performing Borderless Printing on any other type of paper may substantially reduce printing quality and/or result in printouts with altered color hues.
Borderless Printing on plain paper may result in printouts with reduced quality. Use them only for test printing. You can perform Borderless Printing on plain paper only when printing from your computer.
- Borderless Printing is not available for legal, A5, or B5 sized paper, or envelopes.
- Depending on the type of paper, Borderless Printing may reduce the print quality at the top and bottom edges of the paper or cause these parts to become smudged.
In Borderless Copying, you can specify the amount of extension by Extended copy amt. in Print settings.
| Size | Printable Area (width x height) |
| Letter | 8.00 x 10.69 inches / 203.2 x 271.4 mm |
| Legal | 8.00 x 13.69 inches / 203.2 x 347.6 mm |
Recommended printing areaPrintable area| Size | Recommended Printing Area (width x height) |
| European DL* | 4.06 x 7.07 inches / 103.2 x 179.5 mm |
| US Comm. Env. #10* | 3.86 x 7.91 inches / 98.0 x 200.8 mm |
* This page size can be used only when printing from your computer.
Recommended printing area| Size | Printable Area (width x height) |
| A5 | 5.56 x 7.95 inches / 141.2 x 202.0 mm |
| A4 | 8.00 x 11.38 inches / 203.2 x 289.0 mm |
| B5 | 6.90 x 9.80 inches / 175.2 x 249.0 mm |
| 4" x 6" / 10 x 15 cm | 3.73 x 5.69 inches / 94.8 x 144.4 mm |
| 4" x 8" / 10 x 20 cm* | 3.73 x 7.69 inches / 94.8 x 195.2 mm |
| 5" x 7" / 13 x 18 cm* | 4.73 x 6.69 inches / 120.2 x 169.8 mm |
| 8" x 10" / 20 x 25 cm | 7.73 x 9.69 inches / 196.4 x 246.0 mm |
| Wide | 3.73 x 6.80 inches / 94.8 x 172.6 mm |
* This page size can be used only when printing from your computer.
Recommended printing areaPrintable area