Canon Imageprograf Ipf825 User Guide
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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 > iPF825 Custom Properties dialog box 4 385
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.388 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.388 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 iPF8254 386
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 > iPF825 Paper Detailed Settings 4 387
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 iPF8254 388
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 > iPF825 Printing 4 389
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 iPF8254 390
3. The Plotter Configuration Editor dialog box opens. Perform the settings that you need for the print job. Click the OK button to close the Plotter Configuration Editor dialog box. Note • For more details about how to perform the settings in the Plotter Configuration Editor dialog box, see "Plotter Configuration Editor Dialog Box ." →P.377Windows Software > HDI Driver > iPF825 Printing 4 391
4. The Plot dialog box opens. Perform the settings that you need on the Plot dialog box, then click the OK button. Note • The content of the settings done in the Plotter Configuration Editor dialog box are reflected in the Paper size settings on the Plot dialog box. • For more details about the Plot dialog box, please refer to the AutoCAD manual. 5. The print job begins. Note • If the output exceeds the number of pixels prescribed for the media, in order to prevent AutoCAD from hanging up during the print job a warning dialog box opens and asks if you want to lower theresolution or reduce the number of colors. If this occurs, click the OK button to cancel the print job and then lower the resolution or reduce the number of colors. • Some media may not allow printing with certain resolution settings. If you have selected a resolution setting that cannot be used for printing, then a dialog box will open and prompt you to change the resolution. If this occurs, click the OK button to cancel the print job and then lower the resolution. • A message from AutoCAD is displayed when printing starts. Press the OK button to execute the print job. This message display can be disabled with the Options setting in the AutoCAD Tools menu. For more details, please refer to the AutoCAD manual. Windows Software > HDI Driver > Printing iPF8254 392
Status Monitor The Features of imagePROGRAF Status Monitor .......................................................................................... 393 Job Management Using imagePROGRAF Status Monitor ..............................................................................394The Features of imagePROGRAF Status Monitor imagePROGRAF Status Monitor is a utility for checking the printer status and managing print jobs. Two screens are available in imagePROGRAF Status Monitor : Printer List shows a list of printers, and Status Monitor shows details for each printer. • You can view a list of the printers for which printer drivers have been installed on your computer, printers connected to your computer, and printers found on the network. Windows Software > Status Monitor > iPF825 The Features of imagePROGRAF Status Monitor 4 393
• If a printer error occurs, you can investigate the corrective action immediately. • Printer status can be checked in real time on a computer monitor. • Displays the ink level of every color in the printer. An icon and warning message will notify you when ink levels are low. • The type of paper loaded in each media source is identified. You can also check to see if paper has run out. • This way, the utility enables you to check printer information and take care of printer maintenance for optimal printing results. • You can also set up automatic email notification of any printer problems or errors to email addresses you designate in advance. • You can check the status of the hard disk and the documents saved on the hard disk. • You can use the Accounting Manager to collect the print job logs for the printers and check information such as the printing costs. For details of the Accounting Manager, see Accounting Manager →P.396 . Note • For details, refer to the imagePROGRAF Status Monitor help. Job Management Using imagePROGRAF Status Monitor You can use the Job sheet in imagePROGRAF Status Monitor for operations such as pausing and canceling print jobs. Preempting Other Jobs If you select a print job and click the Preempt Other Jobs button, the selected job is printed ahead of the job that currently precedes it in the print queue. Windows Software > Status Monitor > Job Management Using imagePROGRAF Status Monitor iPF8254 394