Canon printer imageCLASS D880 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...

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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...

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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...

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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 
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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.
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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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