Printing from Your Computer
09-May-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.
- 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.
1. Turn on the machine and load the paper in the machine.
2. Make sure that the proper paper source is selected.
NOTE
Press the Paper 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 an 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.
NOTE
- 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 Paper Feed Switch on the machine to select the paper source. For details on the other options of the paper source setting, refer to the PC Printing Guide on-screen manual.
- 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.
NOTE
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.
NOTE
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.
NOTE
Press the Paper 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 an 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) Confirm that your machine's name is selected 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.
NOTE
- Here we chose to use the Paper Feed Switch on the machine to select the paper source. For details on the other options of the paper source setting, refer to the PC Printing Guide on-screen manual.
- 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.
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.
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.
NOTE
Click the printer icon in the Dock to display the list of print jobs in progress. If you are using Mac OS X v.10.2.8, click the printer icon in the Dock to start up the Print Center and doubleclick the name of your machine in the Printer List.
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 cancel all the jobs in the list, click Stop Jobs.