Canon Imageprograf Ipf815 User Guide
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2. Move the slider for each item to the left or right to adjust the settings. Setting Details Raster and Shaded/Rendered Viewports Use these settings to adjust the balance between print quality, memory consump- tion, and the print speed. If set to None, you cannot print raster images. Printing time will take longer the higher you set the Best setting. OLE Use these settings to adjust the balance between print quality, memory consump- tion and the print speed when printing a OLE object. If set to None, you cannot print OLE objects. Printing time will take longer the higher you set the Best set- ting. Trade-off Use these settings to lower the print quality by a certain degree if the print job can- not be completed at the best quality.3. Click the OK button. Merge Control Settings Use thse settings to merge intersecting lines. 1. Click the Merge Control below Graphics. The Device and Document Settings sheet opens and switches to the Merge Control settings. Setting Details Lines Overwrite Where the lines intersect, the line that is printed last is visible, but the lines below it are not visible. Windows Software > HDI Driver > iPF815 Graphics Settings 4 375
Setting Details Lines Merge Where the lines intersect, the line colors merge.2. Click the OK button. Opening the Custom Properties Dialog Box Follow the procedure below to open the Custom Properties dialog box. 1. In the Plotter Configuration Editor dialog box, select and open the Device and Document Settings sheet. Note • For more details about how to open the Plotter Configuration Editor dialog box, see "Opening the Plotter Configuration Dialog Box ." →P.367 . 2. Click Custom Properties. 3. The Device and Document Settings sheet opens and switches to the display that presents the custom properties set- tings. Click the Custom Properties button. Windows Software > HDI Driver > Opening the Custom Properties Dialog Box iPF8154 376
4. The Custom Properties dialog box opens. Windows Software > HDI Driver > iPF815 Opening the Custom Properties Dialog Box 4 377
Custom Properties dialog box You can perform the settings for the media type, color matching, brightness, and other settings. Media Type This allows you to select the media type. Note • Always select media type that is actually set in the printer. When the media you chose is different from the media set in the printer, you may not receive the desired print results. Print Priority Select a print quality to suit the print job. Setting Details Image This mode achieves the best results for printing photographic images and illustra- tions. Line Drawing This mode is best for printing CAD drawings with fine lines or wall newssheet or other documents that contain large amounts of text. However, you may not achieve the quality you expect with printing photographs or other images with many filled areas. For these types of jobs, select Image.Note • The number of settings available for selection depends on the media type. Windows Software > HDI Driver > Custom Properties dialog box iPF8154 378
Print Quality Select a print quality to suit the print job. Setting Details Highest Gives priority to the highest possible image quality. High Prints images of high quality. Standard Balances quality with the need for faster printing. Draft Gives priority to high speed printing.Note • The availability of settings is determined by the media type and print priority selections. Color Mode You can select a color mode to suit the print job. Setting Details Color Enables color printing. Monochrome Disables color printing and converts image from continuous color to grayscaled monochrome. Color (CAD) Prints lines in the best color possible so they are easy to see. Monochrome (BK ink) Select to print all lines with black ink.Note • The availability of settings depends on the print priority and media type selections. Color Matching You can select a color matching to suit the print job. Setting Details Perceptual This item does color matching with priority on color tones to reproduce the best results in printing photographic images. Colorimetric This item places priority on reducing the differences between the color tones you seen on the computer screen and those you see in the printout, so the printout more closely resemble the colors of the original. Saturation This item does color matching with priority on saturation. None Color matching is not performed.Note • Color Matching is available for selection only when Color is selected for Color Mode.Brightness Adjust Brightness to achieve the best level of brightness in printed line drawings. Drag slide bar left and right to adjust the level of brightness. Windows Software > HDI Driver > iPF815 Custom Properties dialog box 4 379
Adj. Pale Color Recognizable When you place a checkmark here, yellow or cyan lines or other portions of images that are difficult to see when printed in white space can become easier to see. Economy Printing You can reduce the amount of ink consumed for printing by placing a checkmark here. Increase image print speed (AutoCAD2011 only) When you print with the resolution configured to 600dpi, you can print data including raster images even faster. However, image quality may deteriorate if high-resolution raster images are included. Remove the check in this case. Output Method Button Click the button to open the Output Method dialog box and you can specify the output method for HDI Driver. For more information about the output method, see "Output Method Dialog Box." →P.382 Color Compatibility button Click the button to open the Color Compatibility dialog box, and you can set color for when Color (CAD) is selected in Color Mode . For more information on setting color compatibility, see "Color Compatibility Dialog Box." →P.382 Paper Detailed Settings To open the Paper Detailed Settings dialog box, click Settings button of the Media Type in the Custom Properties dia- log box. You can perform the settings for ink drying time of each media and other features. Windows Software > HDI Driver > Paper Detailed Settings iPF8154 380
Note • The settings in the Paper Detailed Settings dialog box are temporary; after the print job finishes the settings of the printer operation panel are restored. Drying Time Between Pages This sets the wait time for the ink to dry between each completely printed sheet and the output of the sheet. Setting Details Printer Default The settings of the printer operating panel are applied. None The paper is ejected immediately after printing. 30sec. / 1min. / 3min. / 5min. / 10min. / 30min. / 60min. The sheet is ejected when the specified time after printing has elapsed.Between Scans This sets the wait time between line scans during printing. Setting Details Printer Default The settings of the printer operating panel are applied. None The printing continues to the next line immediately after the last line. 1sec. / 3sec. / 5sec. / 7sec. / 9sec. The printing continues to the next line after the set time. *For the media type that has problems, such as ink smears on the page or colors that seem uneven during borderless printing etc., increase the value for this setting. Roll Paper Margin for Safety Near End Margin This sets the length of the near end margin of the roll paper. Setting Details Printer Default The settings of the printer operating panel are applied. 3mm Print at a standard size. *Select for Media Type that has no problem when printing with a standard size margin. 20mm This setting sets the margin about 17 mm (in the feed direction) longer than the standard margin for the media size. *This is for Media Type that has a strong tendency to curl, causing the printhead to scratch the surface. Important • If you make the margin (white space) too small, this could disturb the print image or cause the printhead to scour the surface of some types of media. If the printhead scours the surface of the media, adjust the height of the printhead. Cut Speed This selects the auto cut speed. Windows Software > HDI Driver > iPF815 Paper Detailed Settings 4 381
Setting Details Printer Default The settings of the printer operating panel are applied. Fast Select this setting if cutting with the Standard setting is not clean. Standard Select this setting when you are not experiencing problems. Slow Select this setting if cutting with the Standard setting is not clean. Output Method Dialog Box Output Method dialog box appears when you click Output Method button on the Main sheet in the Custom Properties dialog box. You can specify the output method for HDI Driver. Setting Details Print Normal printing. The print job data is stored temporarily in the box as the job prints Save in mail box The print data is saved in the mail box on the HDD without printing. Sets the number of the destination mail box for saving. The name of the data to be saved is displayed.Color Compatibility Dialog Box Color Compatibility dialog box appears when you click the Color Compatibility button on the Main sheet in the Custom Properties dialog box. You can set color for when Color (CAD) is selected in Color Mode. You can print with color approximating the specified model by selecting Color Compatibility for printing.Note • Color (CAD) is displayed by selecting the Main sheet, and then Line Drawing/Text in Print Priority. Windows Software > HDI Driver > Output Method Dialog Box iPF8154 382
Important • The color and quality of the specified model cannot be perfectly matched. Color Compatibility Color settings and compatible models are listed below. Color settings Compatible models Color (CAD) 1 Standard Color (CAD) 2 Color (CAD) Light Color (CAD) 3 Canon BJ-W3000/W3050 （BJ-W3000/W3050 are not sold domestically in Japan. ） Color (CAD) 4 HP Designjet 500/800 Color (CAD) 5 HP Designjet 1000 Color (CAD) 6 HP Designjet 4000/4500Printing This section describes how to execute a print job with the HDI driver. Note • The description below uses printing with the AutoCAD 2007 as an example. 1. Start AutoCAD and open the image file. Windows Software > HDI Driver > iPF815 Printing 4 383
2. Select Plot from the File menu. The Plot dialog box opens. Check the Name setting under Printer/plotter and confirm that iPFxxxx.pc3 (the name of the printer you use) is displayed. Click the Properties button. Note • If any other printer name is selected, select the name of the printer that you want to use from the Name list. • The names of the printers installed when the HDI driver was installed are in the Name list. Windows Software > HDI Driver > Printing iPF8154 384