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 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 three custom sizes.
Be sure to designate values such that the height is equal to or greater than the width.
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 (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 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 95/98/Me 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 
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 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.
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.
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 16.5 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 16.5 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
Overlay 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.
Original 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))
•Special Paper 2* (postcards, envelopes)
*When Paper Source is set to Cassette, please do not select paper types other than Plain Paper. 
						

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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 darkens 
the overall image; increasing brightness lightens it. Brightness is expressed as a relative range 
from -80% to +80%.
Contrast is the degree of difference between the lightest and darkest areas of an image. 
Decreasing contrast lightens the dark areas and darkens the light areas; increasing it darkens 
the dark areas and lightens the light areas. Contrast is expressed as a relative range from -80% 
to +80%. 
						

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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 from the pop-up menu.
Default Document Properties*
In the Default Document Properties* dialog box, you can specify the default settings for the 
printing options available when you print on the imageCLASS D800 series. To view the 
default document properties, select Document Defaults...** 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 Document Defaults...** from the pop-up menu.
You can also open an equivalent dialog box and specify the setting by selecting Print or Page 
Setup from the File menu of an application.
Windows NT 4.0/2000/XP/Ser ver 2003 Printer 
Proper ties and Default Document Proper ties
* Printing Preference in Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003 (Windows NT 4.0 does not have this 
option.)
** Printing Preference... in Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003 (Windows NT 4.0 does not have this 
option.)
NOTE
• The number of tabs displayed in the Properties dialog box depends on how you have 
your system set up. Screens examples use Windows NT 4.0.
• 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.