Canon Pixma Ip8720 User Guide
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After editing the print documents or print pages, you can change the print settings on the Page Information , Layout and Manual Color Adjustment tabs as necessary. Important • To display the multiple documents in the list, open the preview and execute print again. • To return the print documents to their original condition before they were edited in the preview, on the Edit menu, select Reset Documents from Documents . • If the documents to be combined have different print settings, a message may be displayed. Check the contents of the displayed message before combining the documents. • If the documents to be combined have different output paper sizes and duplex printing or page layout printing is to be performed, the printer may not produce the expected print results for certain print pages. Check the preview before printing. • Depending on the print settings of the print document, some functions may not be available in the Canon IJ XPS preview. Note • You can rename Document Name to any name. 5. Executing print Click Print. When you execute print, the printer uses the specified settings to print the data. Reprinting from the Print History When you click Save Print History on the File menu to enable the setting, the document printed from the preview is saved, and you can reprint the document with the same settings. 1. Displaying the print history Open the printer driver setup window . Then on the Maintenance tab, select View Print History . The saved print document is displayed in the preview. Important • To limit the number of print history registrations, click History Entry Limit on the File menu. • If the limit on the number of registration is exceeded, the print history registrations are deleted starting from the oldest one. 2. Selecting a print document From the Document Name list, select the document to be printed. 3. Executing print Click Print. Related Topic Displaying the Print Results before Printing 51
Changing the Print Quality and Correcting Image Data Setting the Print Quality Level (Custom) Printing a Color Document in Monochrome Adjusting Tone Specifying Color Correction Optimal Photo Printing of Image Data Adjusting Colors with the Printer Driver Printing with ICC Profiles Interpreting the ICC Profile 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) 52
Setting the Print Quality Level (Custom)The print quality level can be set in the Custom. The procedure for setting the print quality level is as follows:1. Open the printer driver setup window 2. Select the print quality On the Main tab, select Custom for Print Quality , and click Set.... The Custom dialog box opens. 3. Setting the print quality level Drag the slider bar to select the print quality level and click OK. 4. Complete the setup Click OK on the Main tab. When you execute print, the image data is printed with the selected print quality level. Important • Certain print quality levels cannot be selected depending on the settings of Media Type. 53
Related Topics Specifying Color Correction Adjusting Color Balance Adjusting Brightness Adjusting Intensity Adjusting Contrast 54
Printing a Color Document in Monochrome The procedure for printing a color document in monochrome is as follows: You can also set a grayscale printing in Additional Features on the Quick Setup tab. 1. Open the printer driver setup window 2. Set grayscale printing Check the Grayscale Printing check box on the Main tab. 3. Complete the setup Click OK. When you execute print, the document is converted to grayscale data. It allows you to print the color document in monochrome. Important • When the Grayscale Printing check box is checked, the printer driver processes image data as sRGB data. In this case, actual colors printed may differ from those in the original image data. When using the grayscale printing function to print Adobe RGB data, convert the data to sRGB data using an application software. 55
Note• During Grayscale Printing , inks other than black ink may be used as well. Related Topic Adjusting Tone 56
Adjusting ToneWhen printing black and white photos, you can produce the cooling effects of cool colors and the warming effects of warm colors.Cool is selectedStandard is selectedWarm is selected The procedure for adjusting tone is as follows: 1. Open the printer driver setup window 2. Select the media type For Media Type on the Main tab, select Photo Paper Plus Glossy II , Photo Paper Pro Platinum , Photo Paper Pro Luster , Photo Paper Plus Semi-gloss or Other Fine Art Paper . 3. Set grayscale printing Check the Grayscale Printing check box. 4. Select the manual color adjustment Select Manual for Color/Intensity , and click Set.... The Manual Color Adjustment dialog box opens. 5. Adjusting monochrome tones 57
Moving the Tone slider to the right brings out the warm colors (warm tones), and moving it to the left brings out the cool colors (cool tones). You can also directly enter a value linked to the slider. Enter a value in the range from -50 to 50. After adjusting the tones, click OK.6. Complete the setup Click OK on the Main tab. When you execute print, the color document is converted to grayscale data with adjusted tones. It allows you to print the color document in monochrome. Related Topics Printing a Color Document in Monochrome Adjusting Brightness Adjusting Intensity Adjusting Contrast 58
Specifying Color CorrectionYou can specify the color correction method suited to the type of document to be printed. Normally, the printer driver adjusts the colors by using Canon Digital Photo Color so that data is printed with color tints that most people prefer. This method is suitable for printing sRGB data. When you want to print by using the color space (Adobe RGB or sRGB) of the image data effectively, select ICM (ICC Profile Matching ). When you want to use an application software to specify a printing ICC profile, select None. The procedure for specifying color correction is as follows: You can also set color correction on the Quick Setup tab by choosing Photo Printing under Commonly Used Settings , and then choosing Color/Intensity Manual Adjustment under Additional Features .1. Open the printer driver setup window 2. Select the manual color adjustment On the Main tab, select Manual for Color/Intensity , and click Set.... The Manual Color Adjustment dialog box opens. 3. Select color correction Click Matching tab, select Color Correction setting that matches your purpose from the following, and click OK. 59
Driver MatchingWith 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 or rendering intent to be used. None The printer driver does not perform color correction. Select this value when you are specifying an individually created printing ICC profile or a printing ICC profile for special Canon paper in an application software to print data. 4. Complete the setup Click OK on the Main tab. When you execute print, the document data is printed with the specified color correction. Important • When ICM is disabled in the application software, ICM is unavailable for Color Correction and the printer may not be able to print the image data properly. • When the Grayscale Printing check box on the Main tab is checked, Color Correction appears grayed out and is unavailable. Related Topics Optimal Photo Printing of Image Data Adjusting Colors with the Printer Driver Printing with ICC Profiles Interpreting the ICC Profile 60