Canon large format printer imagePROGRAF iPF6400 User Manual
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5 Click the OK button. Using Paper Other than Genuine Paper and Feed Confirmed Paper Using Paper Other than Genuine Paper and Feed Confirmed Paper To add paper other than Canon genuine paper and feed confirmed paper to the printer control panel and printer driver, and export and import the media information file for that paper, click the Add and Edit Custom Paper button in the Media Configuration Tool main window. Confirm the printer, where media type information is to be updated, to be displayed in Printer in the Select Printer dialog box, and then click the Next button. Communication with the printer begins. The Add and Edit Custom Paper dialog box is displayed. Note •The printer cannot be changed after this.•Custom paper is paper other than Canon genuine paper and feed confirmed paper (paper that is detailed in the Paper Refer-ence Guide).• Added Custom Paper Added custom paper is displayed here. • Name in Printer Driver Added custom paper is displayed in the printer driver using this name. • Name on Printer Control Panel iPF6400 Using Paper Other than Genuine Paper and Feed Confirmed Paper (Windows)User's Guide Handling and Use of Paper Media Configuration Tool (Windows) 581
Added custom paper is displayed on the printer control panel using this name.• Standard Paper Displays the paper selected as the standard paper when the custom paper was added. • Add Button To add new custom paper to the printer control panel and printer driver, click this button. For details on the procedure for adding custom paper, see "Add Custom Paper ." →P.583 • Edit Button To change the settings of added custom paper, select the paper to edit and click this button. For details on the procedure for changing custom paper settings, see "Edit Custom Paper ." →P.590 • Delete Button To delete added custom paper from the printer control panel and printer driver in your computer, select the paper to delete and click this button. For details on the procedure for deleting custom paper, see "Delete Custom Paper ." →P.589 • Import Button To add custom paper to the printer control panel and printer driver by importing a Custom Media Information File saved in a folder, click this button. For details on the procedure for importing a Custom Media Information File, see "Import Custom Media Informa- tion ." →P.592 • Export Button To export media information for added custom paper to a file, select the paper to export and click this button. For details on the procedure for exporting media information for custom paper, see "Export Custom Media Informa- tion ." →P.591 Important•When adding custom paper, designate a computer for managing paper in advance and always add custom paper from thatcomputer. To use that custom paper on other computers, first export the Custom Media Information File (.am1 file) for thatcustom paper from the computer for managing paper, and then import it into another computer for use.•To use a Custom Media Information File (.am1 file) created outside of the network where the target printer is being used, firstimport it into the computer for managing paper. If you also want to use it on other computers, import and use a CustomMedia Information File (.am1 file) newly exported from the computer for managing paper.•When importing a Custom Media Information File (.am1 file) that was created on the computer for managing paper, first de-lete custom paper that does not exist on the computer for managing paper.•When deleting custom paper, make the same changes on all of the other PCs that use the target printer.•When using custom paper in another printer, always add the custom paper to that printer before use. Note •Canon genuine paper and feed confirmed paper cannot be changed from this dialog box. Refer to "Editing Media Type Infor-mation for Genuine Paper and Feed Confirmed Paper"→P.570.•Changing the display order of media types displayed in the printer control panel and printer driver is performed from the EditMedia Types dialog box regardless of whether it is Canon genuine paper or custom paper. Refer to "Editing Media Type Infor-mation for Genuine Paper and Feed Confirmed Paper"→P.570. Compatible Paper Compatible Paper Paper specifications Refer to "Specifications" and "Paper" for specifications such as thickness and size of paper that can be added as cus- tom paper (See "Specifications .") →P.934 Notes on the operating environment In low humidity environments (below 40%), your printer may develop the following problems. Compatible Paper (Windows) iPF6400 User's Guide Handling and Use of Paper Media Configuration Tool (Windows) 582
•Paper becomes curled or wrinkled.• Paper and the printhead are more likely to touch each other, resulting in a scratched print surface or damaged printhead. • The cut printed matter sticks to the printer and will not fall down (film media). • Paper sticks to the printer, making its transfer impossible and preventing its normal ejection (film media). • Uneven printing (film media) In high humidity environments (over 60%), your printer may develop the following problems. • Printed matter will not dry. • Wavy paper surface • Cut edges are ragged (fabric media). • Margins remain due to borderless printing. Important•Canon offers absolutely no guarantees regarding the print quality or paper feed properties of customer paper (paper that isnot Canon genuine paper or Canon feed confirmed paper). Add Custom Paper Add Custom Paper In order to add new custom paper to the printer control panel and printer driver, first select the media type to use as the basis from among the Canon genuine paper and feed confirmed paper.. Add this as custom paper after making various changes to the standard paper as necessary. Important•Canon offers absolutely no guarantees regarding the print quality or paper feed properties of customer paper.•For Canon genuine paper and Canon feed confirmed paper, print using the media type as recommended in the Paper Refer-ence Guide. The print quality and feed properties are not guaranteed if you use Add Custom Paper in the Media Configura-tion Tool.•Do not execute printing on the target printer while adding custom paper.•When adding custom paper, check the specifications of paper that can be added using "Compatible Paper"→P.582.1 Open the Add and Edit Custom Paper dialog box. Note •For details on the procedure for opening the Add and Edit Custom Paper dialog box, see "Using Paper Other thanGenuine Paper and Feed Confirmed Paper."→P.5812 Click the Add button. 3 The Step 1: Select the standard paper dialog box is displayed. In Paper Category, select the category of media type to use as the basis of the custom paper you are adding. Important•Select the category that you think is the closest to the custom paper you are adding. iPF6400 Add Custom Paper (Windows)User's Guide Handling and Use of Paper Media Configuration Tool (Windows) 583
4 The media type names of the Canon genuine paper and feed confirmed paper within the selected category are shown in Media Type Name . Select the media type to use as the basis of the custom paper, and click the Next button. Note •If you do not know which media type to use as the basis of the custom paper, click the Assist button to open theMedia Type Selection Assistance dialog box, and then set either the Weight (grammage) or the Thickness. TheMedia Configuration Tool automatically selects the appropriate paper from the selected paper category. Alternatively,select the media type called General from among the displayed Media Type Name.•Depending on the selected category, there might not be a media type called General.•Depending on the selected category, the Assist button may be disabled.5 The Step 2: Set the custom paper name dialog box is displayed. Enter an arbitrary name to display in the printer control panel and printer driver, and then click the Next button. Note •Depending on the selected standard paper, you might not be able to input the Name in Printer Driver and add thecreated custom paper to the printer driver. To use the custom paper in the printer driver, create it by changing thestandard paper to another paper.•The characters that can be entered for Name in Printer Driver and Name on Control Panel are stated below.alphanumeric, space, "-", ".", "_", "()", "+", "%", ",", "/"•For Name in Printer Driver up to 32 one Byte characters can be entered, and for Name on Control Panel up to 16one Byte characters can be entered.•Paper Name (English) is used in keeping track of the amount of roll paper left, in status print, etc.For Paper Name (English) up to 16 one Byte characters can be entered. Add Custom Paper (Windows) iPF6400 User's Guide Handling and Use of Paper Media Configuration Tool (Windows) 584
6 Load the custom paper in the printer and then click the OK button. Important•Do not load paper that is curled or that has already been printed on.7 The Step 3: Paper Source Settings dialog box is dis- played. Select the paper source where the custom pa- per is loaded and then click the OK button. 8 The Step 4: Paper feed adjustment dialog box is dis- played. Click the Execute button to execute paper feed adjustment. The adjustment pattern is printed, and the paper feed is automatically adjusted based on the printing result. Once the paper feed adjustment is complete, click the Next button. Important•Check that there is no paper left on the ejection guide.•If Paper Feed Adjustment is not executed, horizontal stripes with different color tones may appear in the printedmaterial. Paper feed adjustment does not need to be executed more than once. Execute paper feed adjustmentonly once each time you add a custom paper.9 The Roll Paper Settings dialog box is displayed. Note •If a paper source other than Roll Paper is selected in the Step 3: Paper Source Settings dialog box, this screen isnot displayed. iPF6400 Add Custom Paper (Windows)User's Guide Handling and Use of Paper Media Configuration Tool (Windows) 585
Configure the following settings as necessary, and then click the Next button. SettingDetailsAutomatic Cutting SettingsConfigures the method for cutting roll paper when it is ejected after printing. • Automatic Cut:Roll paper is automatically cut by the cutter unit. • Eject Cut:When the Cut key is pressed on the printer control panel, the roll paper is cut bythe cutter unit. Select this if you do not want the printed material to drop immediately afterprinting, such as to wait for the ink to dry. • User Cut:Cutting is not performed by the cutter unit. Cut the roll paper using scissors aftereach sheet. Select this for paper that cannot be cut by the cutter unit.Drying TimeSpecify the time that the printer waits for ink to dry, as needed. • Off:Ejects immediately after printing finishes. • 30 sec./1 min./3 min./5 min./10 min./30 min./60 min.:Ejects after the specified time haselapsed after printing finishes.Borderless PrintingConfigures whether or not to permit borderless printing. • Permit: Borderless printing is permitted. • Deny: Borderless printing is denied.Important•Depending on the paper, there are types that cannot be cut by the cutter unit, and types that speed deterioration ofthe blade and cause damage to the cutter. For thick paper, hard paper, etc. do not use the cutter unit, and insteadcut the roll paper using scissors, etc. after printing. In this case, select User Cut as the Automatic Cutting Set-tings.•If borderless printing is performed on paper where the ink drying is poor, the cutter unit may leave scratches whereit touches the printed surface, or may not cut correctly. In this kind of situation, configure the amount of time to waitfor the ink to dry after printing using Drying Time. Alternatively, if the paper cannot be cut well by the cutter, set theAutomatic Cutting Settings to User Cut and cut the roll paper using scissors, etc.•Paper where borderless printing can be performed is limited by the media type and roll paper width. Refer to"Compatible Paper"→P.582.•For custom paper where there is a need to set the Automatic Cutting Settings to User Cut, set the BorderlessPrinting to Deny.Add Custom Paper (Windows) iPF6400 User's Guide Handling and Use of Paper Media Configuration Tool (Windows) 586
10 The Step 5: Configure the amount of ink used dialog box is displayed. The upper limit on the amount of ink used to print to the custom paper is set on this screen by selecting from among several levels. First, click the Test Print button to perform a test print of each level. Note •If a standard paper that does not display the Name in Printer Driver is selected in the screen in Step 5, you cannotperform test prints or configure the maximum amount of ink to use.11 The Test Print Settings dialog box is displayed. Select the print priority and print quality of the test print using Print Priority and Print Quality . Set the level to test print using Maximum ink usage and the image to use using Image used in test print, and then click the Start Print button. iPF6400 Add Custom Paper (Windows)User's Guide Handling and Use of Paper Media Configuration Tool (Windows) 587
12 Determine and set the ink level that is thought to give the best visual test print results with no bleeding or scraping of ink. Note •Select the optimal ink level by referring to the help.•If you cannot obtain sufficiently high quality printing no matter which maximum ink usage level you select, use theStep 1: Select the standard paper dialog box to change the paper that is the basis of the custom paper to anotherpaper.•Because this settings imposes an upper limit on the amount of ink used during printing, the printing result might notchange even if the level is changed depending on the image.•The color tone cannot be configured using the Media Configuration Tool. Although the color tone may change whenthe maximum ink usage is changed, at this point you should select the optimal level by only focusing on bleeding andscraping of ink. If the color tone needs to be adjusted, provide an ICC color profile that matches the paper you areusing, and select that ICC color profile in your software. For details on how to specify the ICC profile in the printerdriver, see "Matching Sheet ."→P.191•Depending on the maximum ink usage setting, some of the print qualities in the printer driver may become unselect-able.13 Configure Head Height and Vacuum Strength as re- quired and click the Next button. Usually, these do not need to be set. Add Custom Paper (Windows) iPF6400 User's Guide Handling and Use of Paper Media Configuration Tool (Windows) 588
Important•If you set the Head Height lower than the automatically set height in parentheses ( ), check that the printhead doesnot rub against the paper. (If the printhead rubs against the paper, there will be scratches in the printing results.) Ifthe printhead rubs against the paper, this can cause damage to the printhead.•If you change the Vacuum Strength, check that the printhead is not rubbing against the paper. (If the printheadrubs against the paper, there will be scratches in the printing results.) If the printhead rubs against the paper, thiscan cause damage to the printhead.•For details on the Head Height and Vacuum Strength, refer to the help.14 The Step 6: Confirm the settings dialog box is dis- played. Configure the settings of the custom paper, and then click the Next button. 15 The Confirm Update dialog box is displayed. Confirm the updates and then click the Execute button. The custom paper is added to the control panel of the printer and to the printer driver of the PC you are using. Important•If you have added custom paper with the POP Board / Cardboard category as the Standard Paper, remove theloaded custom paper from the printer. Note •When the custom paper is correctly added to the printer driver, the name of the added custom paper is displayed inthe Edit Media Types dialog box that is opened by Add Genuine Paper in the Media Configuration Tool window. Delete Custom Paper Delete Custom Paper You can delete custom paper that you have already added from printer control panel and from the printer driver of the PC you are using. 1 Open the Add and Edit Custom Paper dialog box. Note •For details on the procedure for opening the Add and Edit Custom Paper dialog box, see "Using Paper Other thanGenuine Paper and Feed Confirmed Paper."→P.581 iPF6400 Delete Custom Paper (Windows)User's Guide Handling and Use of Paper Media Configuration Tool (Windows) 589
2 Select the paper you want to delete from the Added Custom Paper list and then click the Delete button. Note •You can select multiple paper.3 The Confirm Update dialog box is displayed. Confirm the updates and then click the Execute button. The custom paper is deleted from the control panel of the printer and from the printer driver of the PC you are using. Edit Custom Paper Edit Custom Paper You can change the settings of custom paper you have already added. 1 Open the Add and Edit Custom Paper dialog box. Note •For details on the procedure for opening the Add and Edit Custom Paper dialog box, see "Using Paper Other thanGenuine Paper and Feed Confirmed Paper."→P.5812 Select the paper you want to edit from the Added Cus- tom Paper list and then click the Edit button. Edit Custom Paper (Windows) iPF6400 User's Guide Handling and Use of Paper Media Configuration Tool (Windows) 590