Canon printer PIXMA MX490 User Manual
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Instructions for Use (Printer Driver)This printer driver is subject to the following restrictions. Keep the following points in mind when using the printer driver. Restrictions on the Printer Driver• With some applications, the Copies setting in the Page Setup tab of the printer driver may not be enabled. In this case, use the copies setting in the Print dialog box of the application software. • If the selected Language in the About dialog box of the Maintenance tab does not match the operating system interface language, the printer driver setup window may not be displayed properly. • Do not change the Advanced tab items of the printer properties. If you change any of the items, you will not be able to use the following functions correctly. Also, if Print to file is selected in the Print dialog box of the application software and with applications that prohibit EMF spooling, such as Adobe Photoshop LE and MS Photo Editor, the following functions will not operate. ◦ Preview before printing on the Main tab ◦ Prevention of Print Data Loss in the Print Options dialog box on the Page Setup tab ◦ Page Layout , Tiling/Poster , Booklet , Duplex Printing (Manual) , Specify Margin... , Print from Last Page , Collate , and Stamp/Background... (Stamp... ) on the Page Setup tab ◦ Print a pattern for color adjustment on the Color Adjustment tab in the Manual Color Adjustment dialog box • Since the resolution in the preview display differs from the printing resolution, text and lines in the preview display may appear different from the actual print result. • With some applications, the printing is divided into multiple print jobs. To cancel printing, delete all divided print jobs. • If image data is not printed correctly, display the Print Options dialog box from the Page Setup tab and change the setting of Disable ICM required from the application software . This may solve the problem. Note • Disable ICM required from the application software cannot be used when the XPS printer driver is used. • Do not start up the Canon IJ Network Tool while printing. • Do not print when the Canon IJ Network Tool is running. Points to Note About Applications with Restrictions • There are following restrictions in Microsoft Word (Microsoft Corporation). ◦ When Microsoft Word has the same printing functions as the printer driver, use Word to specify them. ◦ When Fit-to-Page , Scaled , or Page Layout is used for Page Layout on the Page Setup tab of the printer driver, the document may not print normally in certain versions of Word. ◦ When Page Size in Word is set to "XXX Enlarge/Reduce", the document may not print normally in certain versions of Word. If this happens, follow the procedure below. 1. Open Word's Print dialog box. 2. Open the printer driver setup window , and on the Page Setup tab, set Page Size to the same paper size that you specified in Word. 401
3.Set the Page Layout that you want, and then click OK to close the window.4. Without starting printing, close the Print dialog box. 5. Open Word's Print dialog box again. 6. Open the printer driver setup window and click OK. 7. Start printing. • If bitmap printing is enabled in Adobe Illustrator (Adobe Systems Incorporated), printing may take time or some data may not be printed. Print after unchecking the Bitmap Printing check box in the Print dialog box. 402
Printer Driver Description Quick Setup tab Description Main tab Description Page Setup tab Description Maintenance tab Description Canon IJ Preview Description Canon IJ XPS Preview Description Canon IJ Status Monitor Description 403
Quick Setup tab DescriptionThe Quick Setup tab is for registering commonly used print settings. When you select a registered setting, the printer automatically switches to the preset items. Commonly Used Settings The names and icons of frequently used printing profiles are registered. When you select a printingprofile according to the purpose of the document, settings that match the purpose are applied. In addition, functions that are thought to be useful for the selected printing profile are displayed in Additional Features . You can also change a printing profile and register it under a new name. You can delete the registered printing profile. You can rearrange the profiles either by dragging the individual profiles or by holding down the Ctrl key and pressing the up or down arrow keys. Standard These are the factory settings. If Page Size , Orientation , and Copies were set from the application software, those settings have priority. Business Document Select this setting when printing a general document. If Page Size , Orientation , and Copies were set from the application software, those settings have priority. Paper Saving Select this setting to save paper when printing a general document. The 2-on-1 Printing and Duplex Printing (Manual) check boxes are checked automatically. If Page Size , Orientation , and Copies were set from the application software, those settings have priority. Photo Printing If you select this setting when printing a photo, the photo paper and photo size generally used are set. The Borderless Printing check box is checked automatically. If Orientation and Copies were set from the application software, those settings have priority. 404
EnvelopeIf you select this setting for printing an envelope, Media Type is set automatically to Envelope. In the Envelope Size Setting dialog box, select the size of the envelope to be used. Note • The combination of the Additional Features that was displayed for the printing profile that had been selected when the added printing profile was saved is also displayed when that added printing profile is selected. Save... Displays the Save Commonly Used Settings dialog box . Click this button when you want to save the information that you set on the Quick Setup, Main , and Page Setup tabs to Commonly Used Settings . Delete Deletes a registered printing profile. Select the name of the setting to be deleted from Commonly Used Settings, and click Delete. When a confirmation message is displayed, click OK to delete the specified printing profile. Note • Printing profiles that are registered in the initial settings cannot be deleted. Settings Preview The paper illustration shows how the original will be laid out on a sheet of paper. You can check an overall image of the layout. Preview before printing Shows what the print result will look like before you actually print the data. Check this check box to display a preview before printing. Uncheck this check box if you do not want to display a preview. Important • To use the Canon IJ XPS Preview, you must have Microsoft .NET Framework 4 Client Profileinstalled on your computer. Additional Features Displays the frequently used, convenient functions for the printing profile that you selected for Commonly Used Settings on the Quick Setup tab. When you move the mouse pointer near a function that can be changed, a description of that function is displayed. To enable a function, check the corresponding check box. For some functions, you can set detailed settings from the Main and Page Setup tabs. Important • Depending on the printing profiles, certain function may be grayed out and you will not be able to change them. 2-on-1 Printing Prints two pages of the document, side by side, on one sheet of paper.To change the page sequence, click the Page Setup tab, select Page Layout for Page Layout , and click Specify... . Then in the Page Layout Printing dialog box that appears, specify the Page Order . 405
4-on-1 PrintingPrints four pages of the document, side by side, on one sheet of paper. To change the page sequence, click the Page Setup tab, select Page Layout for Page Layout , and click Specify... . Then in the Page Layout Printing dialog box that appears, specify the Page Order . Duplex Printing (Manual) Select whether to print the document to both sides of the paper manually or to one side of the paper. To change the staple side or the margins, set the new values from the Page Setup tab. Borderless Printing Performs borderless printing without any margins on the paper. With the borderless printing function, the document to be printed is enlarged, so that it extends slightly off the paper. In other words, the document is printed without any margin. To adjust the amount that the document extends beyond the paper, click the Page Setup tab, choose Borderless , and enter the value in Amount of Extension. Grayscale Printing This function converts the data to monochrome data when printing your document. Draft This setting is appropriate for test printing. Rotate 180 degrees Prints the document by rotating it 180 degrees against the paper feed direction. The width of print area and the amount of extension that are configured in other application software will be reversed vertically and horizontally. Color/Intensity Manual Adjustment Select when you set the Color Correction method and individual settings such as Cyan, Magenta , Yellow , Brightness , Intensity , and Contrast , etc. Media Type Selects a type of printing paper. Select a media type that matches the paper that is loaded in the printer. This ensures that printing is carried out properly for the specified paper. Printer Paper Size Selects the size of paper actually loaded into the printer. Normally, the paper size is set automatically according to the output paper size setting, and the document is printed with no scaling. When you set 2-on-1 Printing or 4-on-1 Printing in Additional Features , you can manually set the paper size with Page Size on the Page Setup tab. If you select a paper size that is smaller than the Page Size, the document size will be reduced. If you select a paper size that is larger, the document size will be enlarged. Also if you select Custom..., the Custom Paper Size dialog box opens and allows you to specify any vertical and horizontal dimensions for the paper size. Orientation Selects the printing orientation. If the application used to create your document has a similar function, select the same orientation that you selected in that application. Portrait Prints the document so that its top and bottom positions are unchanged relative to the paper feed direction. This is the default setting. 406
LandscapePrints the document by rotating it 90 degrees relative to the paper feed direction. You can change the rotation direction by going to the Maintenance tab, opening the Custom Settings dialog box, and then using Rotate 90 degrees left when orientation is [Landscape] check box. To rotate the document 90 degrees to the left when printing, select the Rotate 90 degrees left when orientation is [Landscape] check box. Print Quality Selects your desired printing quality. Select one of the following to set the print quality level that is appropriate for the purpose. To set the print quality level individually, click the Main tab, and for Print Quality , select Custom . The Set... becomes enabled. Click Set... to open the Custom dialog box , and then specify the desired settings. High Gives priority to print quality over printing speed. Standard Prints with average speed and quality. Draft This setting is appropriate for test printing. Paper Source Shows the source from which paper is supplied. Cassette Paper is always supplied from the cassette. Copies Specifies the number of copies you want to print. You can specify a value from 1 to 999. Important • When the application software that you used to create the document has the same function,specify the settings on the printer driver. However, if the print results are not acceptable, specify the function settings on the application software. Always Print with Current Settings Prints documents with the current settings starting from the next print execution. When you select this function and then close the printer driver setup window , the information that you set on the Quick Setup , Main , and Page Setup tabs are saved and printing with the same settings is possible starting from the next print execution. Important • If you log on with a different user name, the settings that were set when this function was enabled are not reflected in the print settings. • If a setting was specified on the application software, it has priority. Defaults Restores all the settings you have changed to their default values. Click this button to return all settings on the Quick Setup, Main , and Page Setup tabs to their default values (factory settings). 407
Save Commonly Used Settings dialog box This dialog box allows you to save the information that you set on the Quick Setup, Main , and Page Setup tabs and add the information to the Commonly Used Settings list on the Quick Setup tab. Name Enter the name for the printing profile you wish to save. Up to 255 characters can be entered. The name appears, with its associated icon, in the Commonly Used Settings list on the Quick Setup tab. Options... Opens the Save Commonly Used Settings dialog box . Changes the details of printing profile to be saved. Save Commonly Used Settings dialog box Select the icons of the printing profiles to be registered to Commonly Used Settings, and change the items to be saved in the printing profiles. Icon Select the icon for the printing profile you wish to save.The selected icon appears, with its name, in the Commonly Used Settings list on the Quick Setup tab. Save the paper size setting Saves the paper size to the printing profile in Commonly Used Settings. To apply the saved paper size when the printing profile is selected, check this check box. If this check box is unchecked, the paper size is not saved, and consequently the paper size setting is not applied when the printing profile is selected. Instead the printer prints with the paper size specified with the application software. Save the orientation setting Saves the Orientation to the printing profile in Commonly Used Settings . To apply the saved print orientation when the printing profile is selected, check this check box. If this check box is unchecked, the print orientation is not saved, and consequently the Orientation setting is not applied when the printing profile is selected. Instead the printer prints with the print orientation specified with the application software. Save the copies setting Saves the Copies setting to the printing profile in Commonly Used Settings. To apply the saved copies setting when the printing profile is selected, check this check box. If this check box is unchecked, the copies setting is not saved, and consequently the Copies setting is not applied when the printing profile is selected. Instead the printer prints with the copies setting specified with the application software. Custom Paper Size dialog box This dialog box allows you to specify the size (width and height) of the custom paper. Units Select the unit for entering a user-defined paper size. Paper Size Specifies the Width and the Height of the custom paper. Measurement is shown according to the units specified in Units. 408
Related Topics Printing with Easy Setup Setting a Page Size and Orientation Setting the Number of Copies and Printing Order Execute Borderless Printing Duplex Printing Setting Up Envelope Printing Displaying the Print Results before Printing Setting Paper Dimensions (Custom Size) Printing a Color Document in Monochrome Specifying Color Correction Adjusting Color Balance Adjusting Color Balance Using Sample Patterns (Printer Driver) Adjusting Brightness Adjusting Intensity Adjusting Contrast Adjusting Intensity/Contrast Using Sample Patterns (Printer Driver) Registering a Frequently Used Printing Profile 409
Main tab DescriptionThe Main tab allows you to create a basic print setup in accordance with the media type. Unless special printing is required, normal printing can be performed just by setting the items on this tab. Settings Preview The paper illustration shows how the original will be laid out on a sheet of paper. You can check an overall image of the layout. Media Type Selects a type of printing paper. Select a media type that matches the paper that is loaded in the printer. This ensures that printing is carried out properly for the specified paper. Paper Source Shows the source from which paper is supplied. Cassette Paper is always supplied from the cassette. Print Quality Selects your desired printing quality. Select one of the following to set the print quality level that is appropriate for the purpose. Important • Depending on the Media Type settings, the same print results may be produced even if the Print Quality is changed. High Gives priority to print quality over printing speed. Standard Prints with average speed and quality. Draft This setting is appropriate for test printing. Custom Select this when you want to set the printing quality level individually. 410