Canon printer imageCLASS D860 User Manual

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Printer Properties
■General Tab
Specifies to print a test page and separator pages. Refer to your Windows operating system 
documentation for more information.
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Por ts Tab
Lets you specify the port to which the printer is attached. Refer to your Windows operating 
system documentation for more information. 
						

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■Scheduling Tab
Lets you define print spooling settings. Refer to your Windows operating system 
documentation for more information.
Spool print documents so program finishes printing faster and Start printing 
immediately are set automatically when you install the printer driver.
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Sharing Tab
Specifies the printer-sharing settings. Refer to your Windows operating system documentation 
for more information. 
						

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■Security Tab
Lets you specify security settings. Refer to your operating system documentation for more 
information. 
						

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■Paper Selection Tab
This printer driver supports three custom paper sizes. Using the custom forms defined on the 
Forms tab in the print server’s Properties dialog box, you can add information about the 
custom paper sizes. Form definitions must conform to the printer’s specifications.
Selected Paper dialog box gives you the ability to define up to three custom paper sizes (Size 
1, 2, & 3).  Select the size and click the Change Paper... button.
Change Paper opens the Available Paper dialog box. This dialog box contains the definition 
for the sizes you have defined in the Print Server Properties (refer to p. 3-21 for information 
on how to setup custom paper sizes).  Only paper sizes that are supported by your printer will 
be available in this dialog box.  Paper size can range in height from 5 to 14 (127mm to 
355.6mm), width 3 to 8.5 (76.2mm to 215.9mm), and must have a minimum of 0.2 (5mm) 
margin on all sides.  You can select either Millimeter or Inch to switch the unit of 
measurement displayed on the screen.
When you choose a size in the list and click OK, the size information is copied to the selected 
paper size you selected on the Selected Paper list in the Paper Selection tab.  
						

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Setting up custom paper sizes
The following procedure explains how to setup a custom paper size.
1Click  Sta rt   Settings    Printers  (on Windows XP/ Server 2003,  Printers and Fax).
2Open the  File menu and select  Server Properties .
3Check the  Create a New Form  box on the Form tab in the  Print Server Properties  dialog 
box.
4 Type a name for your setup in the  Form Description for box.
5Select  Metric  or English .
6Enter the values for  Width 5 to 14 (127mm to 355.6mm),  Height 3 to 8.5 (76.2mm to 
215.9mm), and  Printer Area Margins  a minimum of 0.2 (5mm).
Be sure to designate values such that the he ight is equal to or greater than the width. 
						

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Be sure to enter all the values required in Step  .
Repeat the Steps   to   to setup more custom paper sizes.
7Click Save Form.
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■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(JIS), 
A4, B5(JIS), A5, Letter, Legal, Executive, Statement, Envelope DL, Envelope #10, Envelope 
C5, Envelope Monarch, and three custom paper sizes).
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 printer’s 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.
Manual Scaling lets you shrink or enlarge images. This option only appears when 1 Page per 
Sheet is selected as the Page Layout. Check the check box to set a reduction or enlargement 
percentage (10 to 200). 
						

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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.
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 (WMF)
• Windows Bitmap (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 NT 4.0/2000/XP/Server 2003 
package and commercially available software.
• Windows Metafile (WMF)
Windows metafile format is used in most commercially available draw applications. Create 
the form data and save it in the metafile format.
• Windows BMP Bitmap (BMP)
You can easily create a form file in this format using software included in the Windows NT 
4.0/2000/XP/Server 2003 package, such as Paint. Windows NT 4.0/2000/XP/Server 2003 
desktop wallpapers are also created in this format. There is also a number of commercially 
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 nine 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 
paper’s left and top edges. Select units of measurement using Millimeter or Inch radio button. 
Valid values interval for this setting is 0 to 16 inches (0 to 420 mm).
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 to 16 inches (0 to 
420 mm).
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
ABC
ABCABC
ABCABC
Original data
OverlayApplication
[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.