Canon printer imageCLASS D680 User Manual

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Printer Properties
With the CAPT, you initiate printing as you normally would from a Windows application. From 
the Print dialog box, usually accessed from an application’s File menu, you can select Properties 
to proceed to the Canon PC1200/iC D600/iR1200G Properties dialog box and its printing 
options.
Windows 95/98/Me Printer Proper ties
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NOTE
•  You can open the Properties dialog box from the Printers folder. The number of 
tabs displayed in the Properties dialog box depends on how you have your system set 
up. Screens examples use Windows 98.
•  The way you get to the dialog boxes determines how long the printing options remain 
in effect:
If you start from an applications Print... command, your choices apply only to 
that print job. They will not be stored when you close the application.
If you start from the Printers folder, the settings apply to all Windows 
applications and remain in effect until you change those settings. 
•  For more information about the following features, see the online Help. To display 
the online help, select the item you want more information about and press F1, or 
click ? in the title bar and then select the item of interest. 
						

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General Tab
General TabGeneral Tab General Tab
Lets you print a test page or define separator pages. Refer to your Windows operating system 
documentation for more information. 
						

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Details Tab
Details TabDetails Tab Details Tab
Specifies the printer port and time-out settings. Refer to your Windows operating system 
documentation for more information.
Spool Settings…
The installer sets the following defaults. 
						

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Sharing Tab
Sharing TabSharing Tab Sharing Tab
Specifies the printer-sharing settings. This tab is available only when file and printer sharing is 
turned on. Refer to your Windows operating system documentation for more information. 
						

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Page Setup Tab
Page Setup TabPage Setup Tab Page Setup Tab
Specifies paper size, scaling, number of copies, orientation, and pages per sheet.
Default settings depend on the country/region of purchase.
Page Size lets you select the paper size you are working with in your application. (A3, B4, A4, 
B5, A5, Letter, Legal, Executive, Statement, DL, COM10, ISO-C5, Monarch, and 3 custom 
paper sizes. The names of the custom paper sizes are set with the Custom Paper Size... 
option.)
Output Size lets you select the paper size to print on. If your output size is set to anything 
other than Match Page Size, the image will be automatically reduced or enlarged to fit on the 
page.
Copies lets you specify the number of copies to be printed (1 to 999).
Orientation lets you select the direction of printing relative to the paper (Portrait, Landscape).
Page Layout lets you select the number of pages per sheet (1, 2, 4, 8, 9). If you select more 
than 1, the image may be reduced to fit on the selected output size. When 2, 4, 8, or 9 pages 
per sheet is selected Manual Scaling disappears and Page Order appears in its place. 
						

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Manual Scaling lets you shrink or enlarge images. This option only appears when 1 Page per 
Sheet is selected as the Page Layout. Check on the check box to set a reduction or 
enlargement percentage (10 to 200).
View Settings
To get a quick view of your current settings, click View  Settings, which is located on the Page 
Setup, Finishing, Paper Source and Quality tabs. Click on the tabs in the View Settings 
dialog box to view the settings for each tab.
Custom Paper Size Settings
Custom Paper Size... on the Page Setup tab window allows you to define custom paper sizes 
for quick selection. You can specify the name, width, and height of each size. You can have up 
to 3 custom sizes.
Default settings depend on the country/region of purchase. 
						

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Selecting a Custom Paper Size Setting
If you wish to restore the default settings to all of the custom sizes, click Restore Defaults.
1Select one of the predefined sizes from the Custom Paper List.
2If you wish, enter a unique name in the Name area.
3Select the Unit of measurement (Millimeter or Inch)
4Define the Paper Size using the Width (76.2 to 215.9 mm/3.00 to 8.50 inches) and Height 
(127.0 to 355.6 mm/5.00 to 14.00 inches) settings.
5Click OK to accept your changes. 
						

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Overlay
Overlay Printing allows to overlay the document created in any Windows application onto a 
preselected form file.
For example, if there is a form file containing a company name, logo, or address, it will be 
printed in the same position on each page of the document altogether with the print data 
created in an application.
You can easily create perfectly formatted documents with the same appearance from any 
Windows application.
Overlay Form File Formats
For overlay forms you can use files in the following formats.
• Windows Metafile
• Windows BMP
Creating an Overlay  Form File
Before using Overlay Printing, you need to create an overlay form file in an application. To 
create a form file you can use both applications from Windows 95/98/Me package and 
commercially available software.
• Windows Metafile
Windows metafile format is used in most commercially available draw applications. Create 
the form data and save it in the metafile format.
• Windows BMP
You can easily create a form file in this format using software included in the Windows 
95/98/Me package, such as Paint. Windows 95/98/Me desktop wallpapers are also created in 
this format. There is also a number of commercialy available software, e.g. Corel PhotoPaint, 
that use this format. Create the form data using such software and save it as a BMP file. 
						

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Setting Overlay
To make settings for overlay printing click Overlay... on the Page Setup tab. The Overlay 
dialog box appears. Use Browse… to select the file that contains the overlay data.
Default settings depend on the country/region of purchase.
File Name sets the file name to use as the overlay form.
File Name dropdown list stores up to 9 file names beside the default (none) setting.
You can use Browse... button to select the file that contains the overlay data.
Overlay Placement
• Background—Check this radio button on to place the overlay data in back of (beneath) 
the application data.
• Foreground—Check this radio button on to place the overlay data in front of (over) the 
application data.
Position Left/To p  lets you specify the position of the overlay based on its distance from the 
papers left and top edges. Select units of measurement using Millimeter or Inch radio button. 
Valid values interval for this setting is 0~420mm.
Size Width/Height lets you set the size of the overlay. Select units of measurement using 
Millimeter or Inch radio button. Valid values interval for this setting is 0~420mm.
Unit lets you set units of measurement using Millimeter or Inch radio button. 
Restore Defaults resets Left, To p, Width and Height to their default values.
Confirm the settings and click OK. Page Setup dialog box appears again. 
						

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Overlay Placement
Print results may differ depending on the placement of the overlay and application print data 
(Background/Foreground). When the overlay and application print data overlap, print result 
may differ depending on the overlay file format and the application being used. Settings for 
overlay printing of your machine allow you to place overlay form in the foreground (in front) 
or in the background (in back) of the application print data.
ABCABC
ABC
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Original dataOverlay Application
[Overlay Placement: Background]
The result will appear as one of the shown below.
[Overlay Placement: Foreground]
The result will appear as one of the shown below.
Using Windows Metafile
Using Windows BMP
The result will always be as shown below.