Canon printer imageCLASS D880 User Manual

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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...

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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 (3.00 to 8.50 inches (76.2 to 215.9 mm)) and Height 
(5.00 to 14.00 inches (127.0 to 355.6 mm)) 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...

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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.
The 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....

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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.
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■Finishing Tab
Specifies how final output is collated and printing pages in reverse output order. Check the 
check boxes to collate the document or print it in reverse output order. 

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■Paper Source
Specifies the paper source and paper type settings.
Paper Source lets you specify paper feed method. Select from Cassette or Multi-purpose 
Tr a y.
Paper Type lets you select from following types of paper:
•Plain Paper (including colored paper, recycled paper: 17 lb to 20 lb bond (64 to 80 g/m
2))
•Transparencies*
•Tracing Paper* (tracing paper, thin paper: 15 lb to 19 lb bond (52 to 63 g/m
2))
•Special Paper 1* (thick paper: 21 lb to 32 lb bond (81 to 128 g/m
2))...

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■Quality Tab
Specifies the resolution, halftoning method, brightness, and contrast settings.
Resolution lets you specify the printer’s resolution in dots per inch (600 dpi,300 dpi).
Halftones is the process of converting a greyscale image to black dots and white (unprinted) 
dots that simulate the grey shades in the original image. Different halftone patterns give 
different grey shade results.
Brightness is the relative proportion of light and dark areas. Decreasing brightness...

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Detailed Settings
Details... accesses the settings for toner saver, and Image Refinement.
To n e r  S a v e thins the black areas of print data, so toner consumption is reduced.
Image Refinement is a printer technology from Canon, with which the printer automatically 
senses and refines the jagged edges and ragged curves of characters and graphics. 

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The CAPT driver for Windows NT 4.0/2000/XP/Server 2003 has two main dialog boxes: the 
Printer Properties dialog box and the Default Document Properties* dialog box.
Printer Properties
To view the printer properties, select Properties from the File menu in the Printers (in 
Windows XP/Server 2003, Printers and Faxes) folder, or click the right mouse button on the 
Canon iC D800 icon in the Printers (in Windows XP/Server 2003, Printers and Faxes) 
folder and select Properties...