Canon Maxify Mb5320 User Guide
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Related Topics Printing with Easy Setup Setting a Page Size and Orientation Setting the Number of Copies and Printing Order Duplex Printing Setting Up Envelope Printing Printing on Postcards Switching the Paper Source to Match the Purpose 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 481
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. The printer illustration shows how to load paper to match the printer driver settings. Check whether the printer is set up correctly by looking at the illustration before you start printing. 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. You may be able to switch the paper source with the printer driver. Cassette (Auto Select) Based on the paper settings on the printer driver and the cassette paper information registered on the printer, the printer automatically determines which cassette to use and feeds paper from that cassette. Cassette 1 Paper is fed from the cassette 1. Cassette 2 Paper is fed from the cassette 2. Important • Depending on the media type and size, the Paper Source settings that can be selected may differ. Print Quality Selects your desired printing quality. Select one of the following to set the print quality level that is appropriate for the purpose. 482
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. Color/Intensity Selects color adjustment method. Auto Cyan , Magenta , Yellow , Brightness , Intensity , and Contrast , and so on are adjusted automatically. Manual Select when you set the individual settings such as Cyan, Magenta , Yellow , Brightness , Intensity , and Contrast , etc. and Color Correction method. Set... Select Manual for Color/Intensity to enable this button. In the Manual Color Adjustment dialog box, you can adjust individual color settings such as Cyan , Magenta , Yellow , Brightness , Intensity , and Contrast on the Color Adjustment tab, and select the Color Correction method on the Matching tab. Note • If you want to use an ICC profile to adjust colors, use the Manual Color Adjustment dialog box to set the profile. Grayscale Printing This function converts the data to monochrome data when printing your document. Check this check box to print a color document in monochrome. 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. Important • To use the Canon IJ XPS Preview, you must have Microsoft .NET Framework 4 Client Profile installed on your computer. Defaults Restores all the settings you have changed to their default values. Clicking this button restores all the settings on the current screen to their default values (factory settings). Color Adjustment Tab This tab allows you to adjust the color balance by changing the settings of the Cyan, Magenta , Yellow , Brightness , Intensity , and Contrast options. Preview Shows the effect of color adjustment. The color and brightness change when each item is adjusted. You can check the color adjustment 483
status easily by changing the preview image to one similar to the results to be printed with Sample Type . Note • The graphic is in monochrome when the Grayscale Printing check box is checked. Sample Type Selects a preview image displayed on the Color Adjustment tab. If necessary, select a preview image from Standard, Portrait , Landscape , or Graphics , whichever is most similar to the print results. View Color Pattern Displays a pattern for checking color changes produced by color adjustment.If you want to display the preview image with a color pattern, check this check box. Cyan / Magenta / Yellow Adjusts the strengths of Cyan, Magenta , and Yellow . Moving the slider to the right makes a color stronger, and moving the slider to the left makes a color weaker. You can also directly enter a value linked to the slider. Enter a value in the range from -50 to 50. This adjustment changes the relative amount of ink of each color used, which alters the total color balance of the document. Use your application if you want to change the total color balance significantly. Use the printer driver only if you want to adjust the color balance slightly. Important • When Grayscale Printing is checked on the Main tab, Cyan , Magenta , and Yellow appear grayed out and are unavailable. Brightness Selects the brightness of your print.You cannot change the levels of pure white and black. However, the brightness of the colors between white and black can be changed. Intensity Adjusts the overall intensity of your print. Moving the slider to the right increases the intensity, and moving the slider to the left decreases the intensity. You can also directly enter a value linked to the slider. Enter a value in the range from -50 to 50. Contrast Adjusts the contrast between light and dark in the image to be printed. Moving the slider to the right increases the contrast, moving the slider to the left decreases the contrast. You can also directly enter a value linked to the slider. Enter a value in the range from -50 to 50. Print a pattern for color adjustment When the color balance or intensity/contrast is changed, the pattern printing function prints a list of the adjustment results along with the adjustment values. Select this function when printing a pattern for color adjustment. Pattern Print preferences... Check Print a pattern for color adjustment to enable this button. The Pattern Print dialog box opens and allows you to set pattern printing settings. 484
Pattern Print dialog box Performs the setup for printing of patterns that allow you to check the color balance and intensity/ contrast of documents. Parameters to Adjust Select the item to be checked by pattern printing. Cyan/Magenta/Yellow Prints a pattern that allows you to check the cyan/magenta/yellow balance. Important • When Grayscale Printing is checked on the Main tab, Cyan/Magenta/Yellow appear grayed out and are unavailable. Intensity/Contrast Prints a pattern that allows you to check the intensity/contrast balance. Printer Paper Size Selects the paper size to be used for pattern printing. This setting is linked to Printer Paper Size on the Page Setup tab. Note • Depending on the paper size selected on the Page Setup tab, there may be sizes that cannot be selected. Amount of Pattern Instances Sets the number of patterns to be printed. You can select from Largest, Large , and Small . When you select a pattern size, the number of patterns that can be printed is as follows: Note • Largest and Large cannot be selected when certain paper sizes or output paper sizes are selected. • The setting preview on the Main tab displays an image that allows you to check the overall layout. Largest Cyan/Magenta/Yellow 37 Intensity/Contrast 49 Large Cyan/Magenta/Yellow 19 Intensity/Contrast 25 Small Cyan/Magenta/Yellow 7 Intensity/Contrast 9 Color Variation Between Instances Sets the amount of color change between neighboring patterns. Select from Large, Medium , and Small . Large produces a large amount of change, and Small produces a small amount of change. Note • Large is about double the size of Medium, and Small is about half the size of Medium. 485
Matching Tab Allows you to select the method for adjusting colors to match the type of document to be printed. Color Correction Allows you to select Driver Matching, ICM (ICC Profile Matching ), or None to match the purpose of the print operation. Important • When Grayscale Printing is checked on the Main tab, Color Correction appears grayed out and is unavailable. Driver Matching With Canon Digital Photo Color, you can print sRGB data with color tints that most people prefer. ICM (ICC Profile Matching) Adjusts the colors by using an ICC profile when printing. Specify the input profile to be used. Important • If the application software is set so that ICM is disabled, ICM (ICC Profile Matching ) is unavailable for Color Correction and the printer may not be able to print the image data properly. None Disables color adjustment with the printer driver. Input Profile Specifies the input profile to be used when you select ICM (ICC Profile Matching ) for Color Correction . Standard The standard printer profile (sRGB), which supports the color space of ICM, is used. This is the default setting. Adobe RGB (1998) The Adobe RGB profile, which supports a wider color space than sRGB, is used. Important • Adobe RGB (1998) is not displayed when input profiles of Adobe RGB are not installed. Note • In the XPS printer driver, ICM has become ICC Profile Matching . Related Topics Adjusting Color Balance Adjusting Brightness Adjusting Intensity Adjusting Contrast Adjusting Color Balance Using Sample Patterns (Printer Driver) Adjusting Intensity/Contrast Using Sample Patterns (Printer Driver) Specifying Color Correction Adjusting Colors with the Printer Driver Printing with ICC Profiles 486
Printing a Color Document in Monochrome Displaying the Print Results before Printing487
Page Setup tab DescriptionThe Page Setup tab allows you to determine how a document is to be arranged on the paper. Also, this tab allows you to set the number of copies and the order of printing. If the application which created the document has a similar function, set them with the application. 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. The printer illustration shows how to load paper to match the printer driver settings. Check whether the printer is set up correctly by looking at the illustration before you start printing. Page Size Selects a page size. Ensure that you select the same page size as you selected within the application. 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. Landscape Prints 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. 488
Rotate 180 degreesPrints 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. Printer Paper Size Selects the size of paper actually loaded into the printer. The default setting is Same as Page Size to perform normal-sized printing. You can select a printer paper size when you select Fit-to-Page, Scaled , Page Layout , Tiling/Poster , or Booklet for Page Layout . 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. Page Layout Selects the size of the document you want to print and the type of printing.Normal-size This is the normal printing method. Select this when you do not specify any page layout. Automatically reduce large document that the printer cannot output If the printer cannot print the paper size of a document, the printer can automatically reduce the size when it prints the document. Check this check box to reduce the size when printing the document. Fit-to-Page This function enables you to automatically enlarge or reduce documents to fit to the paper size loaded in the printer without changing the paper size you specified in your application software. Scaled Documents can be enlarged or reduced to be printed. Specify the size in Printer Paper Size , or enter the scaling ratio in the Scaling box. Scaling Specifies an enlargement or reduction ratio for the document you want to print. Page Layout Multiple pages of document can be printed on one sheet of paper.Specify... Opens the Page Layout Printing dialog box . Click this button to set details on page layout printing. Tiling/Poster This function enables you to enlarge the image data and divide the enlarged data into severalpages to be printed. You can also glue together these sheets of paper to create large printed matter, such as a poster. Specify... Opens the Tiling/Poster Printing dialog box . Click this button to set details on tiling/poster printing. Booklet The booklet printing function allows you to print data for a booklet. Data is printed on both sides of the paper. This type of printing ensures that pages can be collated properly, in page number order, when the printed sheets are folded and stapled at the center. Specify... Opens the Booklet Printing dialog box . Click this button to set details on booklet printing. 489
Duplex PrintingSelects whether to print the document automatically on both sides or one side of a sheet of paper.Check this check box to print the document on both sides. This function can be used only when Plain Paper is selected for Media Type and one of Normal-size , Fit-to-Page , Scaled , or Page Layout is selected. Automatic Selects whether duplex printing is to be performed automatically or manually. This check box will be enabled if Booklet is selected from the Page Layout list or the Duplex Printing check box is checked. To perform duplex printing automatically, check this check box. To perform duplex printing manually, uncheck this check box. Print Area Setup... Opens the Print Area Setup dialog box in which you can configure the print area for automatic duplex printing. Stapling Side Selects the stapling margin position. The printer analyzes the Orientation and Page Layout settings, and automatically selects the best stapling margin position. Check Stapling Side, and select from the list to change it. Specify Margin... Opens the Specify Margin dialog box . You can specify the width of the margin. Copies Specifies the number of copies you want to print. You can specify a value from 1 to 999. Important • If the application used to create your document has a similar function, specify the number of copies with the application without specifying it here. Print from Last Page Check this check box when you want to print from the last page in order. If you do this, you do not need to sort the pages into their correct order after printing. Uncheck this check box to print your document in normal order, starting from the first page. Collate Check this check box to group together the pages of each copy when you want to print multiple copies. Uncheck this check box when you want to print with all pages of the same page number grouped together. Important • When the application software that you used to create the document has the same function, give priority to the printer driver settings. However, if the print results are not acceptable, specify the function settings on the application software. When you specify the number of copies and the printing order with both the application and this printer driver, the number of copies may be multiplied numbers of the two settings or the specified printing order may not be enabled. Print Options... Opens the Print Options dialog box . Changes detailed printer driver settings for print data that is sent from applications. 490