Canon Imageprograf Ipf815 User Guide
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Printing banners or at other non-standard sizes Printing Vertical or Horizontal Banners (Large-Format Printing) .....................................................................115 Printing Vertical or Horizontal Banners (Large-Format Printing; Windows) ................................................116 Printing Vertical or Horizontal Banners (Large-Format Printing; Mac OS X) ..............................................120 Printing on Non-Standard Paper Sizes ........................................................................................................... 124 Printing on Non-Standard Paper Sizes (Windows) ..................................................................................... 124 Printing on Non-Standard Paper Sizes (Mac OS X) ................................................................................... 129Printing Vertical or Horizontal Banners (Large-Format Printing) You can create vertical or horizontal banners by printing originals that are in banner format on rolls. Originals created in Microsoft Word or other applications in your preferred size can be enlarged to fill the width of roll paper by completing simple printer driver settings. Fit Roll Paper Width You can easily create vertical or horizontal banners by automatically enlarging or reducing originals to fit the full width of rolls. Note • The maximum supported roll length is 18.0 m or 19.7 yd. For instructions on printing vertical or horizontal banners, refer to the following topics, as appropriate for your computer and operating system. •Printing Vertical or Horizontal Banners (Large-Format Printing; Windows) →P.116 • Printing Vertical or Horizontal Banners (Large-Format Printing; Mac OS X) →P.120 Important • Before printing, check how much of the roll paper is left. If you have activated automatic detection of the remaining roll paper, a warning message is displayed when there is not enough roll paper left. • If not much ink is left, prepare replacement ink tanks. • To print at a higher level of quality, in the printer driver, choose High or Highest in Print Quality, and choose Unidirectional Printing as the direction of printing.Enhanced Printing Options > Printing banners or at other non-standard sizes > iPF815 Printing Vertical or Horizontal Banners (Large-Format Printing) 3 115
Printing Vertical or Horizontal Banners (Large-Format Printing; Windows) This topic describes how to print a banner about five times as long as the roll width based on the following example. •Document: A horizontal banner created in Microsoft Word • Page size: Non-standard (100×500 mm [3.9×19.7 in]) • Paper: Roll • Paper type: Plain Paper • Roll paper width: 16 in (406.4 mm) Follow the steps below to print a banner in either horizontal or vertical format. 1. Register a Custom Paper Size. Banners tend to be in non-standard sizes, so register a Custom Paper Size. In this example, 100×500 mm (3.9×19.7 in) is registered. 2. In the application, create an original in the size you registered. 3. Print the banner, using the settings that correspond to banners. Registering a Custom Paper Size This example describes how to register a paper size that is horizontally elongated and suitable for banners in either horizon- tal or vertical format. 1. Display the printer driver dialog box.(See " Accessing the Printer Driver Dialog Box from the Operating System Menu (Windows) →P.213 ") 2. Click the Page Setup tab to display the Page Setup sheet.3. Select and click a roll paper in the LPaper Source list. Enhanced Printing Options > Printing banners or at other non-standard sizes > Printing Vertical or Horizontal Banners (Large-Format Printing; Windows) iPF8153 116
4. Click OSize Options to display the Paper Size Options dialog box. 5. Enter a desired paper name in Custom Paper Size Name. My Horizontal Banner is used in this example. 6. In Units , click mm. 7. Under Paper Size, enter 100 in Width and 500 in Height . 8. Click Add to add the paper size of My Horizontal Banner. 9. Click OK to close the Paper Size Options dialog box. 10. Close the printer driver dialog box. Note • You can also specify a Custom Size as the paper size. Note that Custom Size settings are not available after you exit the application. For more information, see " Printing on Non-Standard Paper Sizes (Windows) →P.124 " Creating the banner in the application Follow the steps below to create the banner in Microsoft Word using the Custom Paper Size you registered. 1. Start Microsoft Word. 2. Choose Page Setup from the File menu to display the Page Setup dialog box. 3. Under Paper Size , click the Custom Paper Size you registered— My Horizontal Banner in this example. Important • If My Horizontal Banner is not listed, make sure this printer is selected as the printer to use. • In applications such as Microsoft PowerPoint that do not enable you to choose registered paper sizes, use the custom paper size setting in Custom and specify 100×500 mm (3.9×19.7 in) 4. Set the printing orientation to horizontal. 5. Create the banner. Printing the banner Follow these steps to print the banner using the corresponding banner settings. 1. Choose Print in the Microsoft Word menu. 2. Select the printer in the dialog box, and then display the printer driver dialog box.(See " Accessing the Printer Driv- er Dialog Box from Applications (Windows) →P.211 ") Enhanced Printing Options > Printing banners or at other non-standard sizes > iPF815 Printing Vertical or Horizontal Banners (Large-Format Printing; Windows) 3 117
3. Make sure the Main sheet is displayed. 4. In the AMedia Type list, select the type of paper that is loaded. In this case, click Plain Paper. 5. After confirming that DEasy Settings is selected, click Poster in the EPrint Target list. 6. Click the Page Setup tab to display the Page Setup sheet.Enhanced Printing Options > Printing banners or at other non-standard sizes > Printing Vertical or Horizontal Banners (Large-Format Printing; Windows) iPF8153 118
7. In the APage Size list, click the size you registered, My Horizontal Banner. 8. Select the CEnlarged/Reduced Printing check box. Note • If the CEnlarged/Reduced Printing check box is not displayed on the Page Setup sheet, clear the B Borderless Printing check box.9. Select and click a roll paper in the LPaper Source list. 10. After you click EFit Roll Paper Width, the Information dialog box is displayed. 11. Select the width of the loaded roll in the Roll Paper Width list. In this case, click 16-in. Roll (406.4mm), and then click OK. 12. Confirm the print settings and print as desired. Note • For tips on confirming print settings, see " Confirming Print Settings (Windows) →P.206 " Enhanced Printing Options > Printing banners or at other non-standard sizes > iPF815 Printing Vertical or Horizontal Banners (Large-Format Printing; Windows) 3 119
If printing is unsuccessful, you may be able to print after completing the following setting. 1. On the Layout sheet, click JSpecial Settings to display the Special Settings dialog box.2. In the FineZoom Settings list, click Yes.Printing Vertical or Horizontal Banners (Large-Format Printing; Mac OS X) This topic describes how to print a banner about five times as long as the roll width based on the following example. •Document: An original designed for a horizontal banner • Page Size: Non-standard (100×500 mm [3.9×19.7 in]) • Paper: Roll • Paper type: Plain Paper • Roll paper width: 16 inches (406.4 mm) Enhanced Printing Options > Printing banners or at other non-standard sizes > Printing Vertical or Horizontal Banners (Large-Format Printing; Mac OS X) iPF8153 120
Follow the steps below to print a banner in either horizontal or vertical format. 1. In the application, create an original in the format of a horizontal or vertical banner. 2. Register a Custom Page Sizes (Mac OS X 10.3.9-10.5)/ Custom Paper Sizes (Mac OS X 10.6). Banners tend to be in non-standard sizes, so register a Custom Page Sizes (Mac OS X 10.3.9-10.5)/ Custom Paper Sizes (Mac OS X 10.6) in Page Setup. In this example, 100×500 mm (3.9×19.7 in) is registered. 3. Print the banner, using the settings that correspond to banners. Note • The following procedures are based on Mac OS X 10.5. The method of setting up non-standard paper sizes varies depending on the version of Mac OS X. Register a Custom Page Sizes This example describes how to register and print using a page size that is horizontally elongated and suitable for banners in either horizontal or vertical format. 1. Create the document in the application. 2. Choose Print in the application menu. 3. Select the printer in the APrinter list. 4. Click Manage Custom Sizes in the CPaper Size list to display the Custom Page Sizes dialog box. Enhanced Printing Options > Printing banners or at other non-standard sizes > iPF815 Printing Vertical or Horizontal Banners (Large-Format Printing; Mac OS X) 3 121
5. Double-click Untitled in the list at left, and then enter a name for the page size you want to register. Here, enter 100*500. If the Untitled size is not listed at left, click + below the list. 6. Under Page Size , enter 10 in Width and 50 in Height. Here, measurements are entered in centimeters. 7. Specify the margins by entering 0.3 in Printer Margins. Here, too, measurements are entered in centimeters. 8. Click OK to close the Custom Page Sizes dialog box. 9. In the CPaper Size list, click the size of the original. In this case, click 100*500, the size you registered. 10. In DOrientation , click the icon of the document in landscape orientation. 11. Click FOK to close the dialog box. Print the banner Follow the steps below to print the banner using the corresponding banner settings. 1. Choose Print in the application menu. 2. Access the Main pane. 3. In the AMedia Type list, select the type of paper that is loaded. In this case, click Plain Paper. 4. Make your selection in the EPrint Target list. 5. Make your selection in the FPrint Quality list. Enhanced Printing Options > Printing banners or at other non-standard sizes > Printing Vertical or Horizontal Banners (Large-Format Printing; Mac OS X) iPF8153 122
6. Access the Page Setup pane. 7. Select and click a roll paper in the APaper Source list. 8. Make sure the width of the loaded roll is displayed in the BRoll Width list—in this case, 16 in. (406.4mm). Note • If the width of the loaded roll is not displayed in BRoll Width , click LPrinter Information on the Main pane and update the printer information. 9. In CPage Size , make sure 100*500 is displayed, as registered in Page Setup. Enhanced Printing Options > Printing banners or at other non-standard sizes > iPF815 Printing Vertical or Horizontal Banners (Large-Format Printing; Mac OS X) 3 123
10. Select the DEnlarged/Reduced Printing check box. 11. Click FFit Roll Paper Width. 12. Confirm the print settings, and click MPrint to start printing. Note • For tips on confirming print settings, see " Confirming Print Settings (Mac OS X) →P.429 " Printing on Non-Standard Paper Sizes By specifying the paper size, you can print on non-standard sizes of paper. There are two ways to print on non-standard paper sizes, as follows. Registering non-standard paper size in the printer driver After you register non-standard paper sizes, they are listed with standard sizes so that you can choose them anytime as nee- ded. Note • These non-standard paper sizes you register in the printer driver are called Custom Paper Size in Windows and Custom Sizes in Mac OS X.Specifying custom paper sizes for temporary use Because these are sizes you specify temporarily in the printer driver, the sizes will not be available after you exit the appli- cation. If you want to set up a non-standard paper size so that it will always be available, we recommend registering the paper size in the printer driver. Note • These temporary paper sizes you register on the printer are called Custom Sizes in Windows. • This can only be configured in Windows. For instructions on specifying non-standard paper sizes for printing, refer to the following topics, as appropriate for your computer and operating system. •Printing on Non-Standard Paper Sizes (Windows) →P.124 • Printing on Non-Standard Paper Sizes (Mac OS X) →P.129 Printing on Non-Standard Paper Sizes (Windows) This topic describes two ways to print on non-standard paper sizes. •Printing by using Custom Size • Printing by using Custom Paper Size Printing by using Custom Size This section describes how to print using Custom Size based on the following example. • Document: Any Type Enhanced Printing Options > Printing banners or at other non-standard sizes > Printing on Non-Standard Paper Sizes iPF8153 124