Canon Pixma Mp540 User Guide
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Advanced Guide > Printing from a Computer > Printing with Other Application Software > Various Printing Methods > Switching the Paper Source to Match the Purpose Switching the Paper Source to Match the Purpose In this machine, there are two paper sources, a rear tray and a cassette. You can facilitate printing by selecting a paper source setting that matches your print conditions or purpose. The procedure for setting paper source is as follows: 1.Open the printer driver setup window 2.Select the paper source From the Paper Source list on the Main tab, select the paper source that matches your purpose. Automatically Select Plain paper whose Page Size is Letter 8.5x11, A5, A4, or B5 is fed from the cassette. Other sizes of plain paper and paper types other than plain paper are fed from the rear tray. Rear Tray Paper is always fed from the rear tray. Cassette Paper is always fed from the cassette. Important Plain paper that is not Letter 8.5x11, A5, A4, or B5 and paper types other than plain paper cannot be fed from the cassette. Continuous Autofeed If plain paper runs out in the specified paper source, the printer automatically switches the paper source. When printing a large volume of data, load plain paper of the same size in both paper sources. You can therefore reduce the trouble of having to load paper because the printer automatically switches the paper source when paper runs out in one paper source. Important Continuous Autofeed is unavailable when paper other than Plain Paper is selected for Media Type. Since the printer feeds paper from the paper source that was being used the last time Continuous Autofeed was selected and printing ended, load the same paper in both the rear tray and the cassette. Page 261 of 758 pages Switching the Paper Source to Match the Purpose
Paper Allocation If the media type for the print data is plain paper and the paper size matches the paper allocation setting, the printer automatically feeds paper from the cassette. If not, the printer feeds paper from the rear tray. To change the paper allocation settings, click Paper Allocation..., specify the Paper Size to be loaded in the cassette, and then click OK. If you load frequently used plain paper in the cassette, the printer feeds paper from the rear tray when the print data uses a different type of paper. You can therefore reduce the trouble of having t o load different paper. 3.Complete the setup Click OK. When you execute print, the printer uses the specified paper source to print the data. Page top Page 262 of 758 pages Switching the Paper Source to Match the Purpose
Advanced Guide > Printing from a Computer > Printing with Other Application Software > Various Printing Methods > Displaying the Print Results before Printing Displaying the Print Results before Printing You can display and check the print result before printing. The procedure for displaying the print result before printing is as follows: 1.Open the printer driver setup window 2.Set the preview Check the Preview before printing check box on the Main tab. 3.Complete the setup Click OK. The Canon IJ Preview will start and the print result will be displayed before printing. Related Topic Canon IJ Preview Page top Page 263 of 758 pages Displaying the Print Results before Printing
Advanced Guide > Printing from a Computer > Printing with Other Application Software > Various Printing Methods > Setting Paper Dimensions (Custom Size) Setting Paper Dimensions (Custom Size) You can specify the height and width of paper if its size cannot be selected in Page Size. Such a paper size is called a custom size. The procedure for specifying a custom size is as follows: 1.Set the custom size in the application software On your applications paper size feature, specify your custom size. Important If the application software that created the document has a function for specifying the height and width values, use the application software to set the values. If the application software does not have such a function or if the document does not print correctly, use the printer driver to set the values. 2.Open the printer driver setup window 3.Select the paper size Select Custom... for Page Size on the Page Setup tab. The Custom Paper Size dialog box opens. 4.Set the custom size in the application software Specify Units, and enter the Width and Height of the paper to be used. Then click OK. 5.Complete the setup Click OK on the Page Setup tab. When you execute print, the data is printed with the specified paper size. Page 264 of 758 pages Setting Paper Dimensions (Custom Size)
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Advanced Guide > Printing from a Computer > Printing with Other Application Software > Changing the Print Quality and Correcting Image Data Changing the Print Quality and Correcting Image Data Selecting a Combination of the Print Quality Level and a Halftoning Method Printing a Color Document in Monochrome Specifying Color Correction Optimal Photo Printing of Image Data Adjusting Colors with the Printer Driver Printing with ICC Profiles Adjusting Color Balance Adjusting Brightness Adjusting Intensity Adjusting Contrast Simulating an Illustration Representing Image Data with a Single Color Presenting Image Data with Vivid Colors Smoothing Jagged Outlines Changing Color Properties to Improve Coloration Reducing Photo Noise Page top Page 266 of 758 pages Changing the Print Quality and Correcting Image Data
Advanced Guide > Printing from a Computer > Printing with Other Application Software > Changing the Print Quality and Correcting Image Data > Selecting a Combination of the Print Quality Level and a Halftoning Method Selecting a Combination of the Print Quality Level and a Halftoning Method You can set the print quality level and the halftoning method. The procedure for setting the print quality level and the halftoning method is as follows: 1.Open the printer driver setup window 2.Select the print quality Select Custom for Print Quality on the Main tab, and click Set.... The Custom dialog box opens. 3.Setting the print quality and halftone expression method Move the Quality slider to select the quality level. Select Halftoning and click OK. Note Page 267 of 758 pages Selecting a Combination of the Print Quality Level and a Halftoning Method
Halftones refer to color shades between the darkest color and the brightest color. The printer replaces the color shades with a collection of small dots to express the halftones. Dither arranges the dots according to fixed rules to express the halftones. Diffusion places the dots randomly to express the halftones. When you select Auto, the data is printed with the optimal halftoning method for the selected print quality. 4.Complete the setup Click OK on the Main tab. When you execute print, the data is printed with the specified quality level and halftoning method. Important Certain print quality levels and halftoning methods cannot be selected depending on the settings of Media Type. Note When the part of the object is not printed, selecting Diffusion for Halftoning may solve the problem. Related Topics Specifying Color Correction Adjusting Color Balance Adjusting Brightness Adjusting Intensity Adjusting Contrast Page top Page 268 of 758 pages Selecting a Combination of the Print Quality Level and a Halftoning Method
Advanced Guide > Printing from a Computer > Printing with Other Application Software > Changing the Print Quality and Correcting Image Data > Printing a Color Document in Monochrome Printing a Color Document in Monochrome The procedure for printing a color document in monochrome is as follows: 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. Note During Grayscale Printing, color inks may be used as well as black ink. Page top Page 269 of 758 pages Printing a Color Document in Monochrome
Advanced Guide > Printing from a Computer > Printing with Other Application Software > Changing the Print Quality and Correcting Image Data > Specifying Color Correction Specifying Color Correction You 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. If you want to print by using the color space of sRGB or Adobe RGB data effectively, select ICM. If you want to use an application software to specify an ICC profile, select None. The procedure for specifying color correction is as follows: 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 suited to your purpose from the following, and click OK. Page 270 of 758 pages Specifying Color Correction